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Each month, Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world
of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover
it all!
At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like
to
share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't
fit
into the magazine this month.
For Panorama's cover story this month, Bruce Anderson went to
Weissach for an intense technology workshop on the Carrera GT
supercar. That set us to thinking about Porsche's other great
supercar, the 959. Here is a gallery of 959 photos shot over the
years by Leonard Turner.
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Wolfgang Porsche's car and his castle. His 959 is approaching
Schloss Prielau at Zell am See, Austria.
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Shown at the historic race car exhibit at the 2003
Porsche Parade in June, 959s are rare anywhere in
the world but particularly uncommon in the United
States.
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Porsche's first supercar on the turntable just
outside the styling studios at Weissach.
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The Paris-Dakar 959 on the track at
Laguna Seca during the 50th anniversary celebration
at Monterey in 1998.
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Interior of the 959 looks dated now, but reflected
the ultimate in 911 cockpit design in the mid-1980s.
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At the Nürburgring press introduction in 1985,
journalists were given 20 minutes of driving time
each.
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The 959's power came from a 450-hp, 2.85-liter,
six-cylinder engine derived from the racing 956.
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Cutaway of the 959 was displayed at the Nürburgring
during the presentation by Helmuth Bott. Asked if
the car had 200-mph windshield washers to match its
top speed, Bott replied, "We can engineer cars, but
we can't engineer intelligence in drivers --200 mph
is too fast to drive in the rain."
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In Seefeldt, Austria, at the introduction of the
996 Carrera 4S, Porsche displayed its all-wheel-drive
stars, including the 959 and, behind, a Paris-Dakar
rally car.
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Special cars, special drivers. The red 959 belongs
to Peter Porsche, the stone gray example to Helmuth
Bott. They were together at Ludwigsburg Castle for
the 30th anniversary of the 911 in 1993.
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Porsche introduced the 959 to the world press at
the Nürburgring in the spring of 1985.
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Check out the July issue of Panorama for all the technical
details and exclusive photos on the coming Carrera GT; read
Bill Oursler's retrospective on the strange birth of Porsche's
last prototype racer, the 962; the Cayenne Crossing Drive
for Hope, and our Firsthand Followup report on the Boxster
S.
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