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The Porsche 959 is one of the brand's most-loved icons. A technological tour de force, it was developed for Group B rallying. This example has the equivalent of 8000 miles and benefits from recent ...

The 959 was the first Porsche to dawn AWD ... our favorite motor sports campaign has to go to the Dakar Rally machine (pictured) that claimed a 1-2 victory in 1986. Beauty and perfection are ...

The Paris-Dakar Rally racer helped redefine supercars. Specifications: Porsche 959 Engine When it was launched back in 1986, the Porsche 959 was the fastest road car on sale. Most V12 supercars of ...

With a sticker price of a quarter-million and just 2,500 copies for the world, you might expect that every copy of the Porsche 911 Dakar was relegated to garage royalty. At least the ones that ...

Most Porsche 911 Dakar owners, sadly, seem liable to park their quarter-million-dollar sports car in a climate-controlled garage and take it out on rare occasions. More miles, after, all ...

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But perhaps one of the brightest stars of the era was the glorious Porsche 959. It did have a brief competition history with a prototype winning the 1984 Paris-Dakar, while it also won the ...

The Porsche 911 has seen plenty of success on both road and track, but now its maker is keen to see how the model performs on less conventional terrain. Said to have been developed purely as ...

Owing to its positioning as a high-end sports car, the safety standards of the Porsche 911 Dakar have not been assessed by the IIHS and NHTSA, and the exclusive 911 Dakar is almost certain to ...

The Porsche 959 is one of the brand's most-loved icons ... and sixth-place finish at the 1986 running of the grueling Paris–Dakar Rally. The road-going version of the 959 is no less impressive.