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w known as 911 was originally introduced as the 901
its internal ‘Typ 901’ designation) at the 1963 Frankfurt
ow. This larger, more powerful successor to the ageing
owered by a 96kW/174Nm 2.0-litre flat-six evolved from
.6-litre flat-four. A total of 82 pre-production 901s were
at its 1964 Paris motor show appearance Peugeot took
h the middle-zero, three-numeral nomenclature. Porsche
d and changed the name to 911 for full-scale production.
ately 55,000 A to F series 911s were built between- In 1966 the 911S, or ‘Super’, launched with 120kW
the first performance 911. It was also first to wear now
hs alloy wheels. Its engine later peaked at ‘2.4-litres’
nd 142kW/216Nm, and introduced fuel injection to 911.
1999 Porsche 996 911 GT3
“Just listening to the GT3, you could never doubt there is a direct
link between this car and the legendary 1973 Carrera 2.7 RS,
despite the change from air-cooling to liquid-cooling.” That was
what Peter Robinson said in September 1999, having just driven
the first Porsche GT3. The 996 model was the GT division’s first
road car under the leadership of Andreas Preuninger. It followed a
similar line of thinking to earlier RS m
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gear ratios. The front end was mostly 993, but the rest was closer
to 962 than 911. Beneath its carbonfibre body lay a mid-mounted
twin-turbo flat-six producing 405kW and 600Nm in street-legal trim,
with a six-speed manual transmission. Two were built in 1996 with
993-style headlights, and approximately 20 more followed in 1997
and 1998 with 996-style lamps. In March 2017, Gooding & Company
auctioned one off for a staggering A$7.5 million.odels, with an interior almost
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