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Porsche 959
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By the year 1980, Porsche had come a long way. In merely twenty years, the Stuttgart-based company had quickly become the benchmark to which all other car companies would aspire to - past, present and future. The dedicated engineers and motivated designers had shown the world that they could beat the best at Le Mans. They had proved their worth at rallying, with a 1965 win in Monte Carlo, and they had become champions all over the world in the Grand Touring class. Most prolific of all, the team had produced a quick, reliable and desireable sports car, in the shape of the 911, from a seemingly 'flawed' chassis - which had a large proportion of mass behind the rear axle. The most recent triumph had been to harness turbocharging efficiently and safely in a road car.
Instead of lying back amongst their many laurels, the Porsche engineers decided to bring all the knowledge, experience and hard-won data together, and create a Car for the Future. A car that would beat all comers on road and track. A car that would form the very essence of Porsche DNA. And it was to be called the 959.