E-Bay 959 Options

[Chris H.]

959Here's something you don't see much. A 959 on e-bay!

Anyone have $300K lying around?

[airsix]

>* What is the HP rating of 959
450 hp (translates to 6.6lb per hp) 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. (smoking all four tires)
>*they had aircooled cylindders and water cooled heads right?
Correct. 4-valve twincam (per side).
>*can it be shoehorn'd into a 914?
Probably not. Heads are big due to twin-cams and quad valves. Suspension console would probably be a deal-killer.
>*how many were made?
230 street-legal cars were produced and sold (worldwide) I think
>* what years were they made?
We started hearing rumors in 1983-ish. Cars hit the road in 1986.
>*and why are they so freakin espensive?????
At the time they were produced it was the most advanced car ever made. It was Porsche's technology testbed. Features such as hydro-all-wheel-drive, speed sensitive suspension, twin-turbos, traction-conrtol, ABS, speed-sensitive power steering, run-flat tires, remote tire-pressure sensing, extensive use of hi-tech composites, etc. had never before been seen in a production vehicle. It was simply amazing in it's day. It was a concept car that delivered the goods - It was literally the car of the future delivered 25 years early. Over the years Porsche has taken what it learned from the 959 and incorporated many of it's features into the 911, and that was the point. The 959 was a proof-of-concept project to help develop many of the technologies common today but never before seen in it's day.

-Ben M.