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Is a Porsche 959 A 911?

Is a Porsche 959 A 911?

The Porsche 959, Zuffenhausen’s mildly bonkers, Eighties Supercar, is a 911. It may not have featured often in the pages of Total 911 (apart from issue 108) but it has as much right to sit in our magazine as a 1964 Porsche 901, and here’s why. Firstly, the 959 is rear-engined, just like a Porsche 911.

Did Porsche make a rally car?

The modern Dakar Rally is made up mostly of custom-built SUVs that no longer trace the original route, but it remains the pinnacle of rally raid competition. Factory entries have waned in recent years, and Porsche itself has not entered a factory-supported car in the rally since 1986.