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    06 PORSCHE 959

    Jul 06, 2022 5 minutes
    BY • MICHAEL COTTON

    Rating 5.0

    ENGINE: 2849cc F6, DOHC, 24v, TT

    POWER: 331kW @ 6600rpm

    TORQUE: 500Nm @ 5500rpm

    0-100KM/H: 4.3sec (claimed)

    WEIGHT: 1450kg • PRICE $480,000

    LIKE: Technological powerhouse; doesn’t want to kill you; accessible power

    DISLIKE: Prolonged development period; only three delivered to Australia

    THE TAIL FEELS LOOSE BUT THE DRIVER IS GIVEN GENEROUS MOMENTS TO GET HIS ACT TOGETHER

    THE MOMENT OF TRUTH comes hurtling towards you when you overcook the entry to the tight right-left chicane at the end of the main straight on the new Nürburgring. The 959 is travelling at an indicated 220km/h and you think you can keep the power on just a moment longer. Chief test driver Gunther Steckkönig showed it can be done, but he’s reckoned to be even quicker than Hans Stuck in this car. A mere journalist though…

    Hard on the brakes, even

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