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German Sports Cars Porsche 959 is a sports car from Porsche from 1986 to 1989 prepared demand as group B rally car and later as a legal production car to the FIA homologation regulations, a minimum number to be built on 200 Street legal units satisfy.
In 1986, she held the title as the world’s fastest street-legal production car. During the production run, it was built as the most technologically advanced road sports car ever and celebrated the forerunner of all future sports car. It was one of the first high-performance vehicles to an all-wheel drive use, the basis for Porsche’s first four-wheel drive Carrera 4 model. In fact, convinced that Porsche executives of the system of viability so well that they wanted to make all-wheel drive is standard on all versions of the 911 Turbo, starting with the 993 version. In 2004, Sports Car International named the 959 number one on the list of top sports cars of the 1980s.
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November 13th, 2011 admin
The Ferrari F40 is a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-door coupé sports car produced by Ferrari from 1987 to 1992 as the successor to the Ferrari 288 GTO. From 1987 to 1989 it held the title as the world’s fastest street-legal production car, and during its years of production, was Ferrari’s fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car. The car had no traction control, and was one of the few to utilize turbochargers.
The car debuted with a factory suggested retail price of approximately US$400,000, although some buyers were reported as paying as much as US$1.6 million. A total of 1,315 F40s were produced.
Power came from an enlarged, 2.9 L (2936 cc) version of the GTO’s twin IHI turbocharged V8 developing 478 PS (352 kW; 471 hp) under 110 kPa (16 psi) of boost. The F40 did without a catalytic converter until 1990 when US regulations made them a requirement for emissions control reasons. The flanking exhaust pipes guide exhaust gases from each bank of cylinders while the central pipe guides gases released from the wastegate of the turbochargers.
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