this clip gave me goose bumps. ive never been a Porsche fan but ive always liked the 959 for its difrences, its inevative flowing spoiler and all out power, but this just reinstated my love for the roge porsche... do like the CaymanS tho...
porsche did it to prove it could be done. nothing more. it was a thing to prove that you could do it. there were strong enough to face down all you haters. all who said you cant do it, are weak. they are strong enough to show they could do it. \vw-audi-porsche
well it could be possible coz its already an AWD car but you really have to modify the chassis to take the pounding of a bouncing 2 ton supercar on sand dunes.
The rally-raid version seen on this video isn't one of the fastest cars in the world. Its circuit version is. Different kinds of sports require different capabilities. Circuit racing car can't drive on gravel. Rally car wont be fast in Monza. Neither a rally car nor a circuit racing car will be able do drive in Dakar. This Porsche is better than Audi when you go offroad, but Audi (the same about Peugeot 205 t16 and Lancia Delta S4 :D) is much faster on rally stage.
nt one onrecord they made 300 or 310 or less but there is 1 that crashed at the clipsal adelaide 500 in australia but he only dent and rubed a gard but imagine having to repair a car that porsche made like 300 of yeah i need some spare parts
Agreed, it's a gloryfied tourageg with the price sticker that can kill anyone at a glance. I must admit the porsche cars are still a good bang for your money if you look at upscale sports cars..
The cars and bikes prepared for Dakar bear no resemblence to on the road cars of the same make.
Charley boorman took a BMW motorbike to the 2006 Dakar, given to him brand new from BMW. He then had to pay another 25000 pounds to get it Dakar prepared.
Obviously Steve, you don't seem to know that the 959 was a technological testbed of what Porsche was to offer on it's street cars in the future. Other's trickle technology...Porsche POURS it into their street cars. This was NO marketing gimmick.
a normal diesel SUV factory prep. for this race is around hundred K, ticket to get in the show 15 K, support car, electronics, five crew members at least, spare parts, co-pilot, trip out of africa with car and all, you are looking at a cool half mil..I have been researching the last five years, every year goes up about 50 k
The Porsche 959 is a supercar manufactured by Porsche AG from 1986 to 1989, first as a Group B rally car and later as a road going vehicle designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requiring that a minimum number of street legal units be built. It is widely regarded as Porsche's first true supercar
The road version was a beautiful car but this rally version, although desert conquering, does look odd. I think this car holds the record for the shortest amount of time spent as the fastest road car in the world. shortly after its release Ferrari made the F40 which was a bit quicker.
PS - dam straight "ERICELM". Why the hell was he going on about civics????
Ok little smart ass well your 997 Turbo is 4WD aswell why dont you take it in the sand than? Yeah I'm real sure the 959 was made for the sand.. NOOOOOT. The rally version yes but not the road version... is that sinking in halfbrain? Nevertherless I was calling nowone inparticular a bastard it was just to fool around, however your geeky fagget ass can go fuck yourself how about that? Do you think anyone cares about yur stupid ass comment on civics? .... shhhh stfu.
porsche designed that car for rally racing, why do you think they made it AWD. And that thing is probably more competent in the sand than any suburban or explorer or escalade. do some research before calling the designers at porsche bastards. I bet you never even heard of the 959 until you saw this clip.
intelsilver,what world are you living in,sorry?Don`t believe what you see in movies like "Fast and stupid".There is nothing that Japan produces today that can even chase a Cayman for example.And the cayman is among the slowest Porsches.80% of Porsches produced are still running so you cannot say they are unreliable.Japanese cars are either for teenagers on a low budget or for old ladies(i`m mean,i know).Seriously now,Porsche is in a different league.
the skyline GTR and the honda NSX could both give a 911 a run for its money, not to mention the evo and the sti could compete with a boxter any day on tarmac, not to mention off road, where the boxter would be useless. Dont get me wrong, the 997 turbo my favorite car in the world and I love porsche, but dont go around saying unfounded things
Although there is some truth to your statement, the shit you see in Fast and furious is bullshit. Ricing out civics and eclipses is for posers, thats not what the cars are made for. theyre very good cars and reliable, theyre just not race cars.
you obviously know nothing about racing. look at the most recent dakar champions for i forgot how many years, and look at indy car. go to hell douche bag.
Yoh, "Gearhead" did you know "Impretza" & Evolution is more British, than Japanese, I doubt you do. Even more truth is: Subaru went to Germany, to PORSCHE for help, before developing WRX. We don't know everything, so shut up dude. 99% technology comes from Germany, if not them, we could be bach in 18th Century & I'm no German....
the 959 is a demonstration of automotive engineering years ahead of it's time. while other automobile manufacturers are still in the "pursuit of perfection," porsche is defining it.
sportswagon in the deserrt = best idea ever =D
thewholeshit 2 months ago
thats the first Porsche with 4X4 4 wheel drive
Habbosdify 10 months ago
No GPS...No "extra" "funny" technology support....Legendary...
halfmumi 1 year ago 2
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PORSCHE 959: shittest car ever made!!! doesnt move very fast.
reconforsales 1 year ago
Porsche rules.
netzer5 1 year ago
this clip gave me goose bumps. ive never been a Porsche fan but ive always liked the 959 for its difrences, its inevative flowing spoiler and all out power, but this just reinstated my love for the roge porsche... do like the CaymanS tho...
CrazyDave650 2 years ago
Porsche is the greatest!!!
Ferschumi 2 years ago 16
dakar foreve r
12valvepower1 2 years ago 9
citroen 2cv is legende
12valvepower1 2 years ago 4
Heroes. Good on them. "Impossible is nothing, Its but letters and pessimism - nothing is impossible"
joetommany 3 years ago 2
from who is this music??
STRANGEANDWELCOME 3 years ago
from who is this music??
STRANGEANDWELCOME 3 years ago
audi touraeg v10 tdi FTW
12valvepower1 3 years ago
1st. 2nd and 4th or 5th
12valvepower1 3 years ago
not quite;) it was 1st 2nd and 6th in 1986;)
(in 1984 it was 1st but the 911 with the same technology)
bugyg2000 2 years ago
audi power.
porsche did it to prove it could be done. nothing more. it was a thing to prove that you could do it. there were strong enough to face down all you haters. all who said you cant do it, are weak. they are strong enough to show they could do it. \vw-audi-porsche
12valvepower1 3 years ago
The best Porsche. The Carrera GT misses the point! Love the Dakar.
RetroCarsKeighley 3 years ago
when i see this video i always almost cry:) the best car ever
bugyg2000 3 years ago 4
lol iv just got a great idea
some one should make the bugatti veron in to a desert rally car that would truly be awsome!
psycosmeller 3 years ago
well it could be possible coz its already an AWD car but you really have to modify the chassis to take the pounding of a bouncing 2 ton supercar on sand dunes.
Detoyato 3 years ago
and what about the fact that it needs shit loads of fuel?
DanWilsonEngland 3 years ago
Make sense to someone with a 5th grade mentality...
RStarga 3 years ago 4
That is the stupidest idea ever.
speedvaxer 3 years ago
it was an idea to show that porsche is the best car ever made
bugyg2000 3 years ago
nono i was replying to the guy who said the bugatti veyron should become a desert rally car.
its an ambitious idea, but would never work.
and yes, the 959 is a brilliant car.
speedvaxer 3 years ago 2
i'm crazed about japanese rally cars, but i have to admit, the porsche 959 rally is one of the greast rally cars of all time.
jamiekenta 3 years ago 4
no, it really wasnt the greatest of all time, the lancia's were probably the most legendary and greatest rally cars ever
gino800 3 years ago
Whell I agree jamiekenta - ONE OF the gratest :)! All Group B cars were awersome. Lancias sure are the best :)!
RallyLanciaFan 3 years ago
it must be cool drive a porsche in the desert...
uopini90 3 years ago 4
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Hmmm Audi Quattro S1 better.
RedikCZE 3 years ago
ye i i agree the audi is better but it's still cool to drive a prsche in the desert
JrFireweb 3 years ago 2
your on drugs the 959 is still one of the fastest cars in the world it can never be compared to an audi!!!
Daddykol 3 years ago 6
looooooool :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
RedikCZE 3 years ago
Actually very different cars. The Audi S1 excelled in Group B Rally, it was up to 1200BHP.
2007TypeR 3 years ago
The rally-raid version seen on this video isn't one of the fastest cars in the world. Its circuit version is. Different kinds of sports require different capabilities. Circuit racing car can't drive on gravel. Rally car wont be fast in Monza. Neither a rally car nor a circuit racing car will be able do drive in Dakar. This Porsche is better than Audi when you go offroad, but Audi (the same about Peugeot 205 t16 and Lancia Delta S4 :D) is much faster on rally stage.
RallyLanciaFan 3 years ago
Anyone know if any 959's were completely wrecked ( beyond repair )?
050999742 4 years ago
nt one onrecord they made 300 or 310 or less but there is 1 that crashed at the clipsal adelaide 500 in australia but he only dent and rubed a gard but imagine having to repair a car that porsche made like 300 of yeah i need some spare parts
Gummby69 4 years ago
LOL, the car that killed Mitsubishi's winning streak! The 959 is my favorite Porsche, probably one of the best (the best is still the 911).....
AWDfreak 4 years ago
its time for Porsche to race the Cayenne GTS
engineerrb 4 years ago
The Cayenne is a rebadged VW Touareg. The thing is, the Touareg already competes, so, it's kinda pointless.....
AWDfreak 4 years ago 3
not realy theres qutie a big difernece between the porsche and the vw
Gummby69 4 years ago
1:10 LOL
hakuj7 4 years ago
1:11 - 1:12 lol
Micho2004 4 years ago
1:34-1:37 lol, random....???
vw492 4 years ago
ME cave man me hit stuff
S2w0 3 years ago
too bad that porsche just builds an suv for soccer moms today
LolaJudd 4 years ago 5
the SUV was just used to make quick money so they cud fund cars like the cayman and it worked, but i still hate the Cayenne
vlado22 4 years ago
Agreed, it's a gloryfied tourageg with the price sticker that can kill anyone at a glance. I must admit the porsche cars are still a good bang for your money if you look at upscale sports cars..
micojoia 4 years ago
The Cayenne GTS is kinda cool
desidon777 3 years ago
cool cayenne magnum by Techart
Y0Utuberia 3 years ago
just get the vw diesel and tweak...
STORM6490MT 4 years ago
Estas imagenes de los 80 son las del verdadero Dakar, eso sí que era duro.
POLLOIDER 4 years ago
Coincido contigo aca se vivia el verdadero dakar, aquel que habia que no solo ser piloto sino ser valiente para enfrentar el continente africano.
crossrover 4 years ago
No dakar this year 2008!
TreeHugged 4 years ago
Does Porsche still take part in the Dakar rallye these days or did they withdraw from it?
Worzbuquet 4 years ago
They supply some motors for the buggy cars. Schlesser has them on his cars now. He withdrew from Ford.
micojoia 4 years ago
No use of porsche or any other in Dakar this year, due to things that seem to be "in style" in these days. Sad, but true.
Worzbuquet 4 years ago
The cars and bikes prepared for Dakar bear no resemblence to on the road cars of the same make.
Charley boorman took a BMW motorbike to the 2006 Dakar, given to him brand new from BMW. He then had to pay another 25000 pounds to get it Dakar prepared.
It is a massively expensive race to enter.
steveindenmark 4 years ago
Obviously Steve, you don't seem to know that the 959 was a technological testbed of what Porsche was to offer on it's street cars in the future. Other's trickle technology...Porsche POURS it into their street cars. This was NO marketing gimmick.
RStarga 4 years ago
a normal diesel SUV factory prep. for this race is around hundred K, ticket to get in the show 15 K, support car, electronics, five crew members at least, spare parts, co-pilot, trip out of africa with car and all, you are looking at a cool half mil..I have been researching the last five years, every year goes up about 50 k
micojoia 4 years ago
The Porsche 959 is a supercar manufactured by Porsche AG from 1986 to 1989, first as a Group B rally car and later as a road going vehicle designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requiring that a minimum number of street legal units be built. It is widely regarded as Porsche's first true supercar
So basically chickenbutt357 is right
troodon23 4 years ago 4
My Father drove the Paris-Dakar rally 3 times 1986, 1987 and 1988 1986:Daihatsu Rockey 1987:Daiatsu Rockey
1988: Landrover 110
MistaNL 4 years ago 2
cool
SedanChair 4 years ago
Still looks sexy in rally trim I think :)
Antitank1350 4 years ago 3
that 959 dakar version worthed $200,000 in 1985... today?
cwash037 4 years ago
The road version was a beautiful car but this rally version, although desert conquering, does look odd. I think this car holds the record for the shortest amount of time spent as the fastest road car in the world. shortly after its release Ferrari made the F40 which was a bit quicker.
PS - dam straight "ERICELM". Why the hell was he going on about civics????
bigstuff83 4 years ago
i knew porshes were used in rallies, but not the dakar. :P
quickurine 4 years ago
Ok little smart ass well your 997 Turbo is 4WD aswell why dont you take it in the sand than? Yeah I'm real sure the 959 was made for the sand.. NOOOOOT. The rally version yes but not the road version... is that sinking in halfbrain? Nevertherless I was calling nowone inparticular a bastard it was just to fool around, however your geeky fagget ass can go fuck yourself how about that? Do you think anyone cares about yur stupid ass comment on civics? .... shhhh stfu.
ERICELM 4 years ago
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that is so wrong to put a 959 in the sand... fucking bastards.
ERICELM 4 years ago
porsche designed that car for rally racing, why do you think they made it AWD. And that thing is probably more competent in the sand than any suburban or explorer or escalade. do some research before calling the designers at porsche bastards. I bet you never even heard of the 959 until you saw this clip.
chickenbutt357 4 years ago
How wrong is it to do that to 959!
Dubstar24 4 years ago
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED FOR!!
saron1 4 years ago
Great clip - was reading about the 959s on this race the other week, so this is cool to see.
ProfessorBrain 4 years ago 2
the greatest car ever built IMO2
Id love to get my hands on one of those :)
Vore667 4 years ago
Damn, I already have this clip.
Gotta love those 959s...
VideoDotGoogleDotCom 4 years ago
ummm....currently....arent Citroens C4's dominating mitsubishi and subaru in the WRC ???
All cars are great and have there moment, i respect all cars with beautiful and advanced engineering, no matter where they are from.
I still think American cars suck though.
los1950 4 years ago
Damn, I wish I could get my hands on a 959....
mp648 4 years ago
Paris-Dakar was hardest race ever, 3times New-York to LA. & 959 - Masterpiece
azzaQ 5 years ago 2
the greatest car ever built
bugyg2000 5 years ago 2
hi, where did you get that footage? Cheers.
blatitude 5 years ago
Really can't remember... sorry.
poltz 5 years ago
intelsilver,what world are you living in,sorry?Don`t believe what you see in movies like "Fast and stupid".There is nothing that Japan produces today that can even chase a Cayman for example.And the cayman is among the slowest Porsches.80% of Porsches produced are still running so you cannot say they are unreliable.Japanese cars are either for teenagers on a low budget or for old ladies(i`m mean,i know).Seriously now,Porsche is in a different league.
reylandcossie 5 years ago 2
the skyline GTR and the honda NSX could both give a 911 a run for its money, not to mention the evo and the sti could compete with a boxter any day on tarmac, not to mention off road, where the boxter would be useless. Dont get me wrong, the 997 turbo my favorite car in the world and I love porsche, but dont go around saying unfounded things
chickenbutt357 4 years ago
Although there is some truth to your statement, the shit you see in Fast and furious is bullshit. Ricing out civics and eclipses is for posers, thats not what the cars are made for. theyre very good cars and reliable, theyre just not race cars.
chickenbutt357 4 years ago
well tough luck Japanese cars murder anything today, in all terms...don't get me wrong i love European cars...
intelsilver 5 years ago
Murder my cock, in any terms. Jap got NO best big NA, nor best FI, no AWD, nor big brain...
azzaQ 5 years ago 2
nor do you..murder my cock? wtf is that supposed to mean
intelsilver 5 years ago
you obviously know nothing about racing. look at the most recent dakar champions for i forgot how many years, and look at indy car. go to hell douche bag.
biglarfspeed6 4 years ago
Yoh, "Gearhead" did you know "Impretza" & Evolution is more British, than Japanese, I doubt you do. Even more truth is: Subaru went to Germany, to PORSCHE for help, before developing WRX. We don't know everything, so shut up dude. 99% technology comes from Germany, if not them, we could be bach in 18th Century & I'm no German....
azzaQ 4 years ago
the 959 is a demonstration of automotive engineering years ahead of it's time. while other automobile manufacturers are still in the "pursuit of perfection," porsche is defining it.
thermonuclearwarfare 5 years ago
959 it doesn't get much better than that.. closely follow by lancia Deltas Intergerales..
ernstproject 5 years ago
On the eight day...God created the 959, yet to be superceded by ANYTHING, Le Mans, Paris-Dakar, streets of LA...it's covered.
WOW!
1targa 5 years ago 3