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The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4.5 to 5.0 litres, the 917 was introduced in 1969 and initially proved unwieldy on the race track but continuous development improved the handling and it ...
Overview. The engine was designed by chief engineer Hans Mezger under the leadership of Ferdinand Piëch and Helmuth Bott. [9] Power came from a new 4.5-litre air-cooled engine designed by Mezger, which was a combination of 2 of Porsche's 2.25L flat-6 engines used in previous racing cars. The 'Type 912' engine featured a 180° flat-12 cylinder ...
8. 1930–1931. Chassis with 3.25-liter 8-cylinder engine for a Wanderer coupé. 9. 1930–1931. Prototype for Wanderer, supercharged Type 8 with a Streamline body by Reutter. Used by Ferdinand Porsche as a personal car for 4 or 5 years. 10.
One of the Porsche 917K race cars used in the filming of Steve McQueen's "Le Mans" is headed to auction. It raced in the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans (crashing in the wet after 49 laps) and was then ...
The 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 38th Grand Prix of Endurance and took place on 13 and 14 June 1970. It was the 8th stage of the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season . Once again Porsche had a dominant year in the championship and arrived as strong favourites to get their first outright victory. Their main opposition would come from ...
Porsche 917K: Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 235 2 S 5.0 11 Porsche Salzburg: Vic Elford Denny Hulme: Porsche 917K: Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 230 3 S 5.0 12 Porsche Salzburg: Richard Attwood Hans Herrmann: Porsche 917K: Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 227 4 P 3.0 57 Racing Team AAW Hans Laine Gijs van Lennep: Porsche 908/02: Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 227 5 S 5.0 2 SpA Ferrari ...
The Brumos Collection, now its own experience, is housed in a building modeled after an old Ford plant and features Steve McQueen's Porsche 917K from Le Mans, a 1914 Peugeot L45, and a Porsche 917 ...
Porsche 918 Spyder: 2013 652 kW (874 hp; 886 PS) Plug-in hybrid: 918 units produced. [42] Rivian R1T/Rivian R1S Quad-Motor 2021/2022 623 kW (835 hp; 847 PS) Electric: Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E-Performance: 2021 620 kW (831 hp; 843 PS) Plug-in hybrid: Most powerful AMG GT 4-door model Ferrari Daytona SP3: 2023 618 kW (829 hp; 840 PS) Internal ...