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Autobahnpolizei car (Lower Saxony) Autobahnpolizei in 1959, standing beside their Porsche 356 police cars. Autobahnpolizei is the term in Germany for the highway patrol.Heavy traffic and high-speed accidents resulted in the creation of special police units to patrol the expressways known as Autobahnen.
The Autobahn (IPA: [ˈaʊtoˌbaːn] ⓘ; German pl. Autobahnen, pronounced [ˈaʊtoˌbaːnən] ⓘ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official term is Bundesautobahn (abbreviated BAB), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word Bundesautobahn is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'.
The Mercedes-Benz T80 was a six-wheeled vehicle built by Mercedes-Benz, developed and designed by Ferdinand Porsche in the late 1930s. It was intended to break the world land speed record, but never made the attempt, due to the project having been overtaken by the outbreak of World War II.
The chassis constructed by Porsche was also used to produce the 400 E (W124.034), that was technically identical to its big brother, save its 4.2L V8 also used in the S-Class and some other minor changes. The 400 E (later renamed 'E 420') was produced in Sindelfingen, since it lacked the widened wings and thus was perfectly understated as it ...
Autobahn was the first purpose-built motorsports country club in the United States, and has inspired several others. The club has a sanctioning body called Autobahn Member Racing, which hosts series for Spec Miatas , GT cars , karts , Radical Sportscars , a discipline called Chase Racing similar to bracket racing , open wheel cars , as well as ...
Following Alois Sr's. death in 1974, 24-year-old Alois Jr. took control of the business and focused on his passion: Porsche vehicles, and especially the 911. A year later in 1975, the first Ruf-enhanced Porsche came to life. Ruf debuted their first complete model in 1977, a tuned version of Porsche's 911 Turbo with a stroked, 3.3-litre motor ...
The 1986 Challenge 2+2 was developed from this; it (and the succeeding Challenge III) had a planned production run of ten cars and used Porsche 930 underpinnings. There was also a "Baby Challenge" for children, presented in 1986. It was powered by a 350-cc, single-cylinder Honda engine. [6]
The Ruf BTR (Gruppe B Turbo RUF) is a sports car built by German automobile manufacturer Ruf Automobile.The BTR began production in 1983 and was based on the Porsche 911 (produced from 1978–1989) available in a narrow 911 or optional wide body configuration akin to the 930 Turbo (the drag difference causing more than 12.5 mph (20 km/h) difference in top speed).