Winter prototype testing with electronic equipment belted to passenger space, note 928 wheels Image Unavailable, Please Login
Executive inspection. The men in dark red overalls still don't look particularly impressed. Note this is an early 959 prototype, note 911 body-shell with roof rain gutters and door mirror Image Unavailable, Please Login
Finally, five pre-production 959s ready for the press to play with, note four have just a single door-mirror Image Unavailable, Please Login
Tennis champion Boris Becker driving his Porsche 959 in Berlin in 1988. Boris purchased this car when he was just 19 years old, by which time he had already won Wimbledon. The car also resulted in quite a few speeding fines for the young sports star, to the delight of the tabloids at the time... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Love that pic, luxury cars in vintage west berlin. Unfortunally the boundaries of the city where quite limited for such a road monster... no authobahn. is it 100% sure the pic was taken in Berlin ?
The photo was posted on the Pelican Parts forum by the gentleman who originally took it, he says Berlin.
959 tested in CAR magazine, November 1989 against a Ferrari F40, Cizeta V16T, & Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Does a $350,000 restoration on a 1987 959 with only 13,500 kilometers make sense? https://copleymotorcars.com/?showroom=1987-porsche-959-komfort-2 (I have no affiliation.)
Yes, $350K into a 959 is not out of the question. I don't follow 959s closely any more, but when I did, listings with $150K-$225K of recent service were not uncommon. The 959 I owned was the proverbial money pit, even though I drove it (some) and didn't let it just sit. Between the owner I bought the car from, me, and the dealer that bought the car from me, my 959 sucked up about $200,000 for 3,000 miles of use. Parts were very expensive, when you could find them. Finding a competent shop was near impossible. Porsche North America was totally unhelpful, even though they asked me to bring my car to a display of special Porsches at the Simeone Museum. I wound up having to ship my 959 from Maryland to Callas Rennsport in California for service. I did find a shop on the east coast that had experience with 959s, but they couldn't take the car for two years! I know a few owners who have had better experiences with their 959s than I did. Maybe the situation has changed now that there are more 959s in the U.S. I don't have a large enough database to know which is the norm, but my gut tells me mine was not the outlier. As a final example, I happened to be at a shop when a 959S was coming off the transporter for delivery to a collector who had purchased it from a dealer/shop in California that is very well known for selling and modifying 959s. When this 959 was started, every warning light and buzzer went on signaling problems with the drive system, variable ride height, etc. This is just what my 959 did the last time I drove it--which was the last straw for my decision to get it fixed and gone.
Thank you for your insight, the car is famously complicated and difficulty/costliness with servicing and parts is sure to be a part of that. I hope more owners will chime in on this thread, real-world experiences will certainly create a resource for future owners to know what to watch for and how to best care for the cars.
@schein609 is currently selling his 959 through RM. https://rmsothebys.com/en/home/private-sales/r0034-1988-porsche-959-komfort/758237
One of seven special 959s reportedly ordered by a sheikh in Qatar, made specially by Porsche Exclusive ("Special Wishes" department renamed in 1986). Anyone know the correct and full story? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Some more cars apparently in the series Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login