1986 Porsche 959 Prototype at Barrett-Jackson sees gavel fall at $440,000 When the gavel finally fell, bidding had reached $400,000, plus a 10-percent buyer’s fee.
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One of the original factory cars used by engineers to develop the groundbreaking 1980s supercar will be crossing the block in Scottsdale.
Only two examples of Porsche 959 factory prototypes are in running condition. (Photo: Barrett-Jackson)
The 42nd annual Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction takes place Jan 13-20 at WestWorld, with 39 hours of live coverage on SPEED. For more information about the January event, see Barrett-Jackson.com.
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The Porsche 959 is one of the most memorable super sports cars of the 1980s. (Photo: Barrett-Jackson)
One of two running prototypes and one of only four survivors. The Porsche 959 is one of the greatest sports cars ever to be assembled and touch the black asphalt which covers the roads on which the 959 is an undisputed champion.
The 959 is one of if not the greatest Porsche ever assembled and is just as rare as its title as a world class sports car.
In October of 1983, Porsche A.G. announced they will produce 200 Street Version 959s and will sell them to the lucky 200 new owners who are on the Porsche’s VIP list. For three years Porsche engineers studied and worked on the 959s prototypes and designs.
The street version of the 959 debuted at the 1985 Frankfurt Motor Show as a 1986 model, these were pre-production model carrying the Porsche 930 Turbo chassis numbers.
In 1985, Helmut Bott, head of the 959 development, had taken 29 of 1986 model 930 Turbo chassis from the Porsche factory to turn them into the 959 pre-production prototypes and these were called Code F, N and V. These 29 prototypes were the latest prototypes and they were used for various final tests, media coverage, crush tests and road tests.
The Porsche 959 is one of the most memorable super sports cars of the 1980s. (Photo: Barrett-Jackson)
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