Porsche 959

Porsche 959 – The Pursuit for Perfection

If you ever saw a Porsche 959 in the wild, consider yourself very lucky, because the car was built in extremely limited numbers. In fact, it is one of the rarest Porsche’s ever created. Moreover, it is probably the greatest Porsche of all times too. It is a crown jewel in every car collection and a phenomenal driver’s car, and the story of its creation is as exciting as the car itself. Let’s talk about the 959, the car which left an everlasting mark on Porsche and the whole automotive world.

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Bruce Canepa and the Porsche 959. Source: Porsche, YouTube

The Origin of the Porsche 959

To understand the processes that ultimately led to the creation of the 959, we must travel back to the early 1980s and see Porsche as a small and independent, yet influential and ever-growing company relying on the same basic design dating all the way to the 1950s with the 356.

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