For the consummate speed junkie, however, it doesn't get more day dreamy than a Porsche 959 and it seems that this owner, possibly of unsound mind, has decided to unload this bastion of late 80's ...

Jerry Seinfeld was one of the first people to get a Porsche 959. He was joined by Microsoft partners Paul Allen and Bill Gates. Gates, in particular, was glad when the Show or Display went into ...

There’s a chapter in the story of the Group B homologation special 959 that Porsche would rather was not there at all. In fact the German sports car maker did everything it could to avoid it.

Italian, British, and German overachievers like the Ferrari F40, McLaren F1, and Porsche 959 were the stuff of dreams when debuted, inspiring next-generation designers. “We are delighted to be ...

The Kalmar 9x9 transformation starts at $2.15 million (plus donor vehicle), with the first customer delivery planned for next ...

Explore the Porsche 959, the 1980s icon that set the standard for supercars with its 444-horsepower twin-turbo engine, all-wheel drive and groundbreaking performance. Can Kamala Harris beat Donald ...

But perhaps one of the brightest stars of the era was the glorious Porsche 959. It did have a brief competition history with a prototype winning the 1984 Paris-Dakar, while it also won the ...

In reality, the 959 did not actually fail U.S. safety tests because it never took them. Porsche lost about $500,000 for each 959 sold, due to the complexity of the car, so it only produced 292 of ...

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Kalmar’s latest Porsche-based creation is the 9X9, a radically made-over 993 coupe inspired by the 1980s 959 supercar. Comfort, sport and lightweight configurations deliver between 523 hp and ...

Of the pair, the 959 is the most significant. For Porsche its value was represented not by profit – indeed Ferdinand Piëch, a major Porsche shareholder, went on record as saying that each 959 ...

The body references Porsche’s 959 with its notable lightness, strength, and shape, while incorporating contemporary styling cues from the German marque’s latest 992 models. Kalmar Automotive ...