I was in Napa today and saw one of these...
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I was in Napa today and saw one of these...
I thought none were street legal? It was real.
Also saw the new Bentley Coupe.
Safe to say there was some money in town.<ul><li><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Porsche_959_34_rear.jpg">fancy</a></li></ul>
Also saw the new Bentley Coupe.
Safe to say there was some money in town.<ul><li><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Porsche_959_34_rear.jpg">fancy</a></li></ul>
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a 959... nice!
From Wiki...
The Porsche 959 is a sports car manufactured by Porsche from 1986 to 1989, first as a Group B rally car and later as a legal production car designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requiring that a minimum number of 200 street legal units be built.[2]
During its production run, it was hailed as being the most technologically advanced road-going sports car ever built and the harbinger of the future of sports cars: it was one of the first high-performance vehicles to use an all-wheel drive system; it provided the basis for Porsche's first all-wheel drive Carrera 4 model; and it convinced Porsche executives of the system's viability so well that they chose to make all-wheel drive standard on all versions of the 911 Turbo starting with the 993 variant. During its lifetime, the vehicle had only one other street legal peer with comparable performance, the Ferrari F40.[citation needed] The 959's short production run and performance have kept values high.
The Porsche 959 is a sports car manufactured by Porsche from 1986 to 1989, first as a Group B rally car and later as a legal production car designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requiring that a minimum number of 200 street legal units be built.[2]
During its production run, it was hailed as being the most technologically advanced road-going sports car ever built and the harbinger of the future of sports cars: it was one of the first high-performance vehicles to use an all-wheel drive system; it provided the basis for Porsche's first all-wheel drive Carrera 4 model; and it convinced Porsche executives of the system's viability so well that they chose to make all-wheel drive standard on all versions of the 911 Turbo starting with the 993 variant. During its lifetime, the vehicle had only one other street legal peer with comparable performance, the Ferrari F40.[citation needed] The 959's short production run and performance have kept values high.
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Actually...there is a bit more to it than that>>>>
Canepa Designs in Santa Cruz Ca took on the task several years back of homologating these cars to US spec...The motors were actually retuned a bit to produce more HP than they originally been delivered with....
It is possible he saw one of these cars.....
It is possible he saw one of these cars.....
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