Yet to jam a mid-engine Le Mans prototype between the 993’s, and then the 996’s headlights and taillights against the upgraded McLaren F1 GTRs of 1996, Porsche also had to build 25 road-going ...

DK very kindly uploaded a user manual to your 911 GT1, all 20-odd of you. (Porsche claims 21 in this official video, RM Auctions claims 23 in this for sale listing.

These early prototype 911 GT1 Straßenversions were based on the 1996 911 GT1 race car, featuring the same 3.2-liter twin-turbocharged flat-6 mounted in a mid-engine position (as opposed to the ...

Le Mans and TV veteran Tiff Needell recently got to drive one of just 20 1997-spec Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversions on the rural roads of Scotland. These 996-nosed 554-horsepower mid-engine ...

Once everything is opened up, you'll find the GT1's mid-mounted 3.2-liter twin-turbocharged flat-6 engine, which produces 536 hp and takes 5W-40 oil, in case you were wondering.

Porsche fans know that the 911 GT1 isn't really a 911. It's a purpose-built Le Mans race car, with the front end of a 993 mated to the tub and rear end of the all-conquering 962 Group C prototype.

To help you get an idea of how valuable the super rare Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion is, you must know that back in August 2012, a Strassenversion sold for $1.17 million at a Monterey action.

Κnown as the 911 GT1 Strassenversion, it was built in just 20 examples, making it not just extremely rare but it is also eye-wateringly expensive; an example sold at auction in 2017 for $5.6 million.

Porsche people are some of the most devoted car fanatics in the world. Collectors and enthusiasts alike follow these automobiles like hawks, obsessed with their heritage, speed, and high caliber of ...

Even though there is no plan - and pretty much no chance in hell - for Porsche to resurrect the 911 GT1 nameplate, that didn't stop 3D artist Emre Husmen from imagining what it would look like.

This was the question pondered by then-Porsche chairman Wendelin Wiedeking in the immediate aftermath of win No. 16, notched up by the 911 GT1-98 with McNish among its drivers, in June 1998.

Other cars to be on display include a 2011 911 GT3 Cup Car from the Porsche Sport Driving School, the Gunnar Racing 911 GT1 fashioned after the car that won Le Mans overall in 1998 as well as the ...