# @roadandtrack on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C_lLo8ApZ7h
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27854830-roadandtrack-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-09-06T15:36:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Road & Track Magazine (@roadandtrack) — https://gondola.cc/roadandtrack

## Caption

To say that the 959 was the very best car #Porsche could make in the late 1980s is no exaggeration. In fact, it wouldn’t even be a stretch to call it the most technologically advanced car of its time. True, the 959 was based on the bones of the then-aging 911 and still had an air-cooled flat-six bolted behind the rear axle, but it was also home to a number of technological firsts—a real watershed moment for the company from Stuttgart.

And yet, as we learned years ago, despite the car’s importance, Porsche actively tried to avoid building the 959 when production of the car began its run in 1987. Not only that, but as we also discovered, that isn’t even the most intriguing part of the car’s story, which apparently involves a mysterious collector from Macau and a brief resumption of production in 1992 that led to the existence of six 959s floating anonymously around the car world.

Tap the link in our bio to read all about the secret story of the six 959s Porsche built for one man from spare parts.

#flashback #flashbackfriday #Porsche959 #sportscar #carsofinstagram #cargram #roadandtrack

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