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16 unusual facts about Porsche 911


1976 German Grand Prix

The Nordschliefe was far too long for regular fire engines and ambulances, even though the "ONS-Staffel" was equipped with a Porsche 911 rescue car.

2013 Porsche Supercup season

A new car was introduced for the season as the Porsche 991 – the internal designation for the seventh-generation Porsche 911 – replaced the Porsche 997.

Ayman Baalbaki

In 2012, Baalbaki participated in Hoods for Heritage, a project consisting of 16 Porsche 911 hoods transformed into art works by artists and designer and auctioned on benefit of the Beirut National Museum.

Ecurie Francorchamps

In 1974 Hughes de Fierlandt and Richard Bond retired from the race driving a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR.

Gérard Larrousse

His biggest successes in international rallies came in a Porsche 911.

Graphics processing unit

In 1991, S3 Graphics introduced the S3 86C911, which its designers named after the Porsche 911 as an implication of the performance increase it promised.

Hoover, Alabama

The police have a few other cars on staff as well, including a requisitioned Porsche 911 .

Joaquim Moutinho

He missed out on fighting for the title in 1980 due to repeated mechanic failures, but won the B2 class in 1981 in a heavily modified Group 5 Porsche 911.

Nelson Ledges Road Course

The 2007 event was won by the #86 Boxing Cat Motorsports Porsche 911.

Norbert Singer

Singer was then given the task of developing the Porsche 911 road car for racing, and in doing so he created eventually what is by far the most successful customer race car that Porsche ever produced: the Porsche 935 won at the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans outright, a remarkable feat for a modified 15 year old road car design.

Opinel knife

In 1985 the Victoria and Albert Museum in London selected the Opinel as part of an exhibit celebrating the “100 most beautiful products in the world”, featuring the Opinel alongside the Porsche 911 sports car and the Rolex watch.

Philip Raby

Raby has been fascinated by Porsches – in particular 911s – since he was a young boy.

Rob Dickinson

Dickinson has continued his creative pursuits in modifying vintage Porsche 911s, a known passion of his prior to his musical career.

Shane Scott

In 1990, Shane started his own company selling and restoring Porsche 911.

Sogna

For instance, the most famous character from the series, Carrera, gets her name from the Porsche 911 Carrera ("carrera" is Spanish for "race").

Tim Paterson

Paterson has also raced rally cars in the SCCA Pro Rally series, and even engineered his own trip computer which he integrated into the axle of a four-wheel drive Porsche 911.


Car crusher

A car crusher also featured in Need for Speed: The Run, Jack is seen tied to the steering wheel of his red Porsche Carrera 911, on a crusher in a junkyard, before Janella Salvador/Habib Diator's death.

Jetronic

K-Jetronic debuted in the 1973.5 Porsche 911T in January 1973, and was later installed into a number of Porsche, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Lotus, Ferrari, Peugeot, Renault, Volvo, Saab, DeLorean and Ford automobiles.

Porsche 356

In 1950 the factory relocated to Zuffenhausen, Germany, and general production of the 356 continued until April 1965, well after the replacement model 911 made its autumn 1963 debut.

Porsche 989

The prototype made from Bez's technical designs was styled by Harm Lagaay, a design which influenced later models and that held many similarities to the 911, despite the difference in engine placement.

Porsche Panamericana

It was designed by Dutchman Harm Lagaay (designer) and Ulrich Bez (technical director) to renew the design of the 911.