Porsche "Group B" study now in the Automuseum Prototype

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Created on May 10, 2024

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Porsche Group B (1983) - Exhibited for one year at the Prototyp Automuseum in Hamburg

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Porsche Group B (1983) - A one-year loan from the Porsche Museum to the Prototyp Automuseum in Hamburg

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Porsche Group B (1983) - the air intakes are arranged differently than on the later 959

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Porsche Group B (1983) - remarkably close to production cockpit

With this Porsche show car from the 1983 IAA, the Automuseum Prototyp heralds the "50 Years of Porsche Turbo" theme, which is being honored this year.

In 1983, Porsche presented the "Group B" study at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main. The idea was to present a homologation model for the new Group B based on the Porsche 911 and at the same time a study that would show the future of the "911".

Porsche Group B (1983) - remarkably close to production cockpit

With all-wheel drive, a 408 hp 2.8-liter biturbo six-cylinder boxer engine, water-cooled four-valve cylinder heads and two intercoolers, a top speed of 300 km/h and a kerb weight of just 1115 kg, the aerodynamic car (drag coefficient: 0.32) promised to be the fastest production sports car in the world.

The prototype differed from the Porsche 959, which later emerged from the "Group B", only in details. For example, various air inlets and outlets were still missing. Already successfully used in motorsport in 1985, a total of 292 examples of the Porsche 959 were built in 1987/1988.