Best Porsche ever

[spigidygak]

IMHO: Porsche 959 mmmm

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[Pdizog]

I prefer the 993GT.

[spigidygak]

That's very nice but you can't deny these stats for the '87 959: a F6, 2.85 liter 450-horsepower, 370 ft-lb engine that tops out at 198 mph and is designed to handle WRC track conditions. 0-60 @ 3.6 seconds, and quarter mile in 11.8 seconds. And best of yet, hehe, its not legal in the states since Porsche did not allow to have four models for crash testing :O. All of this from a car manufactured 13 years ago.







[This message has been edited by spigidygak (edited 07-17-2000).]

[pennypinch]

Yes, but wasn't the 959 water cooled? I think so. And there were only 201 made, were there not? I dunno, I think if you're talking about the quintessential Porsche, it has to have a coupla things:

Air cooled (bye bye, 996)
Rear engined (See ya, everything except 911's)
Not rust (1988-present)
Not suffer from terminal understeer (i.e., 1992 Carrera 4)

So I'm thinking like a 993 C4 or a 993 Turbo, although the old Turbo 3.6 was a pretty wild machine too...re:handful to drive. I guess a RUF could count, but I haven't heard of them making anything since the old Yellow Bird models...does RUF still modify 993's and 996's?

[att]

if you're talkling about the best porsche EVER, the it has to be one of their gt1 leman cars. you can even purchase them from the factory ready to race.

[pennypinch]

OK, yeah, you're right, the GT1 was so bad-ass. Aesthetically, though, did it remind anyone of a whale from the rear 3/4 view? That thing looked HUGE!

[spigidygak]

True true, pennypinch. But its all in your opinion is what I meant. But the Le Mans winner would be a nice car to have