Back in 1986 Porsche driver Jacky Ickx and co-driver Claude Brasseur took this 959 from France to West Africa to finish second overall in the Paris-Dakar rally, completing a Porsche 1-2 victory behind teammates Rene Metge and Dominique Lemoyne. With the re-introduction of a gelande-ready Porsche 911, the new 992-generation Dakar, Porsche is more …
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The wicked Porsche 911 Dakar is real and limited to 2,500 units
The Porsche 911 is arguably the most popular and well-known sports car in the world, and its lineup is packed with track-oriented hardcore variants like the GT3 RS. But at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show, the German automaker rolled out a very special world premiere with the 911 Dakar, a high-riding 911 that's ready to take on off-road trails. …
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It is becoming ever more clear that the Porsche 911 is about to enter a new era of extreme performance. For the last thirty years there has been a stark contrast between the 911 Turbo and the 911 RS/GT3 lines of thinking, where the Turbo models are about as high performance as you can get on the street, while the GT3 and RS lineups have been …
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