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The Porsche 959 is a sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 1986 to 1993, first as a Group B rally car and later as a road legal production car designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requiring at least 200 units be produced.
6.1 Prototype Sports cars/Silhouettes. ... Porsche 959 Porsche 968 Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion Porsche Carrera GT ... Rally Porsche 911 Carrera SC 3.2 4x4 ...
1986 Dakar Rally also known as the 1986 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 8th running of the Dakar Rally event. René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne won the car class for the second time, using a Porsche 959; Cyril Neveu won the motorcycle class on a Honda NXR750V, while Giacomo Vismara and Giulio Minelli used a Mercedes-Benz to win the truck class.
Less than 350 examples of the German marque's 1980s supercar were ever built.
Porsche had been working on a four-wheel drive Group B car since 1983. This became the Porsche 959 "supercar", and the company wanted to produce the requisite 200 cars for homologation and customer sale. However, by 1986, the FIA had tweaked the regulations for rallying and the customer-car project was cancelled.
This 807-mile 1987 Porsche 959 Komfort is likely to set a record on the Bring a Trailer auction site—bidding is already above $1.6 million with 10 days to go.
List of rally cars. Early era. BMW 328; BMW 700; Ford Cortina MK1; ... Porsche 928S; Porsche 959; Renault 5 Turbo; Renault 5 Maxi Turbo; Renault Alpine A310 V6 ...
The Dakar Rally or simply "The Dakar" ... At the behest of 1983 car class winner Jacky Ickx, Porsche entered the Dakar in 1984, ... Porsche 959: Cyril Neveu: