Porsche 953
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The Porsche 953 was a heavily modified variant of the 911
, designed and built specifically to compete in the 1984 Paris–Dakar Rally. It was a short lived model, as it was replaced in 1985 by the 959
. It is sometimes referred to as the 911 4x4, as it used the developmental, manually controlled four-wheel drive
system that was intended to be used on the 959. Travelling on an extremely enhanced suspension, powered by a 300 bhp, 6 cylinder engine, and weighing in at 2750 lb (1,247 kg), it was extremely successful. Three of them were entered into the Paris-Dakar Rally, one taking overall first place.
Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 is a luxury 2-door sports coupe made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design, rear-engined and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. The engine was also air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998...
, designed and built specifically to compete in the 1984 Paris–Dakar Rally. It was a short lived model, as it was replaced in 1985 by the 959
Porsche 959
The Porsche 959 is a sports car manufactured by Porsche from 1986 to 1989, first as a Group B rally car and later as a legal production car designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requiring that a minimum number of 200 street legal units be built....
. It is sometimes referred to as the 911 4x4, as it used the developmental, manually controlled four-wheel drive
Four-wheel drive
Four-wheel drive, 4WD, or 4×4 is a four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously...
system that was intended to be used on the 959. Travelling on an extremely enhanced suspension, powered by a 300 bhp, 6 cylinder engine, and weighing in at 2750 lb (1,247 kg), it was extremely successful. Three of them were entered into the Paris-Dakar Rally, one taking overall first place.