Porsche 959 is the most sophisticated and perfect 80 's: car magazine Sports Car International named him best sportkarom 80-х and Edition Auto Moto und Sport considers him the best Porsche of all time.
Porsche 959 engine chosen in light of the strict requirements of FIA, because the car was prepared to engage in ruthless group b. rules allowed engine size should not exceed four liters, and in the case of a Turbo-supercharging is 2.85 l Porsche's engineers went on the second version, equipped with a car-2.85 litre engine with dual Turbo. The six-cylinder engine was borrowed from racing Porsche 956, had two camshaft, four valves per cylinder and cylinder head water cooling system.
Four-wheel drive Porsche 959 is without exaggeration the most advanced in the mid 80 's system, known as PSK (Porsche-Steuer Kupplung) normally distributed torque at a ratio of 40: 60 in favor of the rear axle, but in case you need to move back up to 80% of the time. Transmission – 6-speed "mechanics" is combined with "smart" electronic clutch Control Porsche Clutch.
Porsche 959 allows adjust the suspension clearance and had 3 fixed positions: 124 mm (sport mode), 150 mm (intermediate) and 175 mm. Surprisingly, but adjustable ground clearance allowed to participate even in the famous 959 race Paris Dakar.
In the United States, by the way, the car never sold. Oddly enough, but the management of the company simply refused to provide the NHTSA four cars for crash tests and further certification. Maybe the company just doesn't see the point of losing at a whopping 2% of certification planned volume of issue (200 pieces), from a financial point of view, this meant the loss of two million marks. Why these States if and in Europe wanting to buy wildly expensive Porsche was very much. Immediately after buying a Porsche lucky many interesting proposals received on resale, often proposed amount 959 is several times higher than the price paid for the car
Despite the fact that the production car will appear only in 1987, a racing version of the 959 was introduced in 1985. In the same year, Porsche 959 racing team won the Rally of the Pharaohs "and" Paris-Dakar ". But Group B for which the car actually was was banned.
Author: TICK, Bob Robert
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