Rally racing is one of the most intense motorsports in the world, with drivers racing against the clock on long, challenging ...

At least 200 road-going examples were required to be built for the 959 to be eligible for participation in Group B rallying – ...

The Porsche 959 began life as a purist racing car, an evolution of the evergreen 911 tailored to compete on one of the most vivid, popular and gruelling motorsport series of the age, Group B rallying.

“You did what to a Porsche 959?” The words likely uttered with increasing volume ... after he’d successfully turned the brand’s first supercar and Group B rally contender into the ultimate St Tropez ...

None were more complex and expensive than the outstanding 959, a 4WD car created by the homologation process for racing and rallying, where a minimum of 200 examples were required to be built. After ...

The 959 is one of Porsche’s most iconic vehicles ever made and perhaps one of the most sort-after supercars of all time. It was designed for speed and to take part in the crazy Group B rally series.

Not only was the 959 fast, but it was ultra-capable in almost any conditions, thanks to development work that had originally grown out of Porsche's attempts to build a world-beating rally car.

The Dakar isn’t simply an off-road-ready 911; it’s a love letter to Porsche’s rally racing history, where precision engineering and peak driver skill are tested against untamed wilderness. Inspired by ...

The 959 proved its technical superiority in the way Porsche knows best, in competition, winning (and taking second place) on the gruelling Paris-Dakar Rally in 1986. While the wind-tunnel-honed ...