People always say that a Porsche 911 is the easy choice, that there are 911s everywhere, and if you buy one, you’re another 911 guy. But I strongly believe that if you no Porsche 911 people, you haven’t driven one yet.
Extreme version of RUF RT12.
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The RT12 looks like a 911, and in some ways it is. (If you’re new to a Porsche 911 user and need a little guidance on understanding all the numbers and names I’m about to tell you, please check this out The And The.)
RUF first appeared on the RT12 at the start of the 997 generation of the Porsche 911, which came on the market after the 996 and lasted from 2004 to 2011. As new generation sports cars usually start with basic versions and get more extreme over the years, there were no 997 engines with a 500 hp turbo in those early years. The RT12 features a 997-style body with a 650 horsepower version of the 996 turbo engine, a semi-997 turbo for those who don’t want to wait.
But it wasn’t just the 997’s early turbo. RUF customizes and builds the cars, which means that key parts of the RT12 – such as the body panels and gearbox – come from RUF itself. The RT12 six-speed manual transmission is confident and automatic, and its nose sinks deep into the ground. I first saw the RT12 in a showroom full of Porches and its front lip seemed lower than that of the nearby light blue 911 GT2 RS.
The RT12 I drives costs around $300,000 new and features a RUF six-speed manual transmission, all-wheel drive, carbon ceramic brakes, a hydraulic nose lift and more. I’m told it exceeds the claimed 650 horsepower, and I believe it.
The showroom that sold it, HCC Specialty Cars, told me how bad it was before I drove it: the clutch was heavy, the car wanted to drive at high speeds instead of low, and it wanted to use the throttle hard. Drive in first gear.
I found it friendlier than expected. It was easy to drive at low speeds and I had that classic 911 feeling when I was in the car: plenty of headroom, legroom and bodyroom, focusing on the driving experience and me as the driver. The car covered me so well that I actually forgot how low it was to the ground; It felt natural and there were no scratches with sporadic use of the nose lift function.
The shifter is slotted and screwed into each gear like a heavy but passable piece of machinery. The thank you thank you It was satisfying with every shift, and the car could move backwards or forwards at my command.
Turbocharged vehicles often experience a noticeable phenomenon called turbo lag: after pinning to the ground, the car waits for the turbines to turn on before getting extra power. I’ve never understood the complaints about turbo lag, and I especially don’t understand it in this car – when the boost kicks in, the car surges forward. It felt like we were flying into space together.
My only gripe with the RT12: the nose lift automatically drops at 20 mph, which means you often have to use the lift multiple times to overcome elevation changes when driving around. Keep it up. But with time you get used to it. After about 10 minutes I got used to it.
Today RUF is one of the most famous Porsche-related companies like RWB and Singer Vehicle Design. The company offers extreme customization options, and one of its representatives, Mark Pfeiffer, told me that about 60 cars of the RT12 series were built. But RUF wasn’t always in the Porsche business.
The company began in 1939 as a gas station in a rural German town called Pfaffenhausen, and Alois Ruff Sr. It was run by a man named and his family. His granddaughter Aloisa Ruff recently told the story of the organization Motor direction.
Alois Ruf Sr. Built a bus to take Pfaffenhausen residents to the big city and one day drove a Porsche 356, he said. Alois Ruf Jr., Aloisa’s father, was a young child at the time and was obsessed with the speed of cars.
Car 356 lost control and crashed. Aloisa said her father and grandfather took the driver to the hospital. The driver was nice and offered to buy the wrecked car to repair it. He agrees and this sets Rove on his way to Porsche.
The successor to the 356 was definitely the 911.
In 1977, RUF modified a 930-era turbo to deliver more power, and in 1987 the company hit a home run. There was a car called the “Yellowbird” which was actually called the RUF CTR. The click rate was displayed Road and Route MagazineThis year’s high-speed shootout took place at Volkswagen’s 15.5-mile German test track in Ehra-Lessien.
The test images are rainy and gloomy and show famous supercars such as the Ferrari Testarossa and the Lamborghini Countach. These include a Porsche 911 and a small car that looks like a rubber duck. This little duck reached 211 miles per hour, won the magazine’s “World’s Fastest Car” contest and got a cover story about it.
It was the yellow bird RUF symbol and RUF VIN number Because Germany took over the company as a manufacturer, it became the fastest production car in the world for a time. After the car crashed at 211 miles per hour, the group Revolutionary United Front said road way: “We can make it faster, but there’s no point in the car going faster on the road.”
Pfeiffer told me that the RUF’s mission was to be “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” and that it was. To everyone around me, I was driving a normal Porsche 911, not an RT12. But for those in the know, it was special.
The RT12 is a more expensive supercar if you don’t need the attention and fatigue that comes with more expensive supercars – and sometimes it’s the perfect supercar to drive.
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