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Again in 1984, came the big daddy - the Porsche 911 (930) Turbo S. Power from the 3.3-liter turbocharged flat-six was now 330 horsepower at 5,750 RPM and 344 pound-feet (467 Nm) at 4,500 RPM.

Hero or widowmaker? The original Porsche 911 Turbo Autocar


The first Turbo was a gift to Louise Piëch, daughter of Ferdinand Porsche and mother of Ferdinand Piëch, and has a number of unique features. There is a badge delete, a 10k RPM tachometer, and.

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Range-topping 911 S/T model. The 2024 Porsche 911 remains the high-end sports car against which all others are measured. It's an awesome machine. Pricing starts at $114,400. It's hard to.

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The Porsche 993 GT2, a legendary car from the House of Zuffenhausen for several reasons. Presented at the 1994 Essen Motor Show, the majority of cars were racing models, but 57 were road-legal versions, built to meet homologation requirements. It is therefore one of the rarest Porsches ever. Decidedly muscular with large wheel arches, a.

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Because of the numerous tragic crashes that the Luftwaffe's F-104G Starfighter pilots experienced during this time, it became known as the Widowmaker. Before the G-Series 911 production was transferred to the 964 model in 1989, a total of over 21,000 911 Turbos were produced at the Zuffenhausen plant.

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Taming the Widowmaker: Porsche 935 K3. This was no public event or track day for this historic Porsche 935 "K3" race car, as it was a booked testing session for teams at the San Martino del Lago circuit, in the rural outskirts of Cremona. Petrolicious was invited to the testing session, and it was a pure spectacle.

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As we know by now, the 930 went through numerous updates and changes, ranging from upgrading engines and brakes, to completely redesigning the car for various racing purposes, which I'll get to in a bit. But the one specific to this feature is a 1977 US-spec 930, dubbed the original Widowmaker. As obvious as it is, driving a Porsche is unlike.

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The Porsche 930 Turbo, also known as the "Widowmaker" 911, is a legendary car with a reputation for being difficult to handle. It earned its nickname due to its powerful engine, rear-wheel drive, and tendency to oversteer, which could catch inexperienced drivers off guard and result in a dangerous loss of control. Porsche 911 Widowmaker.

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"We've had Porsches in our family for decades…my father's had a billion of them, I think," says the owner. "But my very first memory [of this car], and my fo.

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New Turbo is one of the best resolved, and fastest, open-top supersports cars that (a lot of) money can buy. Porsche 911 Turbo cabriolet first drive. Porsche 911 Turbo first drive. It's £22,000.

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Here is where the 993 GT2 was born, and from it, was the "widowmaker" nickname. Every GT2 after was more diabolical than the last which led to the widowmaker's crowning moment, the 997 GT2.

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The Porsche 911 '930' Turbo will always be known as the original 'Widowmaker', but the name was really just tongue-in-cheek. Thanks to a large turbo, the fir.

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The Porsche 930 Turbo was a sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche between 1975 and 1989. It was popularly known as the 911 Turbo.. Whilst the Porsche 930 Turbo became infamous as "the Widowmaker" due to a slew of mishaps and deaths stemming from its capricious handling, it was equally celebrated for the colossal.

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The Porsche 930 Widowmaker: A Hard Car To Tame . Via: Stuttcars.com. It was 1975, and Porsche had been extremely successful in their motorsport racing ventures. After the end of the Can-am race series, there was a gap left in Porsches' racing heart. And so, they began their journey to enter into group 4 touring car racing.

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Why do they call the Porsche 930 Turbo the Widowmaker? Let's be blunt, the name 'Widowmaker' implies you are going to die driving this car, and leave your wi.

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Widowmaker: a term coined by German pilots terrified of their flawed Luftwaffe F104G Starfighter seemed fitting for the Porsche 930 Turbo. Parallels exists since the F-104G was a high performance fighter with an out-of-the-box design but also fatal design issues and it didn't perform in less-than-ideal conditions.