Ruf CTR Yellowbird [pics]

Probably one of my favourite Porsches.

I'd like to say it IS my fave but this early in the morning, I could be forgetting something else....although I doubt it.

Absolutley bonkers car and anyone who knows about them will know what I say when I use the word 'sleeper' (as in, if it's possible to use that word on a 911, then this is the car!)

An amazing piece of work to produce such a raw, brutish animal yet keep the aesthetics very close to the original style of a stock 911. Sure, the wheels, bumpers and air intake aren't stock, but how understated are they compared to how much more performance this thing gives.

I don't think I could ever own one. Having seen one given the beans, I know just how twitchy they can be even in expert hands. If I owned one I reckon I'd end up driving it like an OAP through fear of killing myself, the car and anyone in a 1 mile vicinity. And that would be no way to drive one of these.

When they say never meet your heroes, this is one I'll happily keep up there as a hero and keep just enjoying the fact that it simply exists. That's enough for me. ;D

^^ and that there ^^ is the best ever video taken on the Nurburgring IMHO.

As you say, it's the way the driver (who is clearly very accomplished) is really having to battle with the car the whole time. You're absolutely right...it really is like it hates him and for that I've got maximum respect for the car as a piece of raw power but also for the driver for being brave enough to do it. I mean, it's not like he is holding back at all is it?

My adrenalin would have maxed out after the first few bends. My balls would probably have expired around the same time. Simply awesome!

I just love how he overtakes everyone on opposite lock; not out of flamboyance, but necessity. Incredible.

My favourite car EVER - One in Viper Green would be the ultimate.

Any magazine I ever see with an article about it I have to buy it immediately.

One of the best articles I ever read was from a journalist that sat in for one of the laps that happened on the same day as that awesome Faszination video above. (cant think of his name now)

Essentially he cant believe the insanity of the car and Roser up to a point when Roser utters a "sheize" as one of the rear wheels lets go at speed and mid drift. They had to stop the demos then as they were out of tyres iirc.

Awesome Car, Awesome Video, Awesome Legend!

I'm also partial to the 993 shaped CTR2. 4WD I believe so maybe I could own one without dying.



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Watching that video makes it look like the steering wheel is just there for show and the car is going wherever the hell it wants to. That has to be the most exciting Nurburgring vid I've seen.

Ha! ;D

Mindblowing cars, always loved them... Not my absolute favourite 911 variant though, I think technically that award goes to the 959 for me, I got to sit in one not that long ago (959) and I couldn't stop grinning ;D

bonkers cars , saw one on the kings road last month..