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Written by Tom Harrison
It was the photographers on a shoot for America"s Road & Track magazine who gave the CTR its nickname, because of how its bright-yellow paintwork gleamed even on a dull, German day. The shoot, at VW"s Ehra-Lessien, involved nine of the fastest cars in the world at the time. All of which the CTR beat, when it clocked 211mph in R&T"s tests. That earned it some good publicity, but its legendary status wasn"t cemented until 1989 two years later when RUF took it to the N rburgring, bolted in test-driver Stefan Roser and the Eighties equivalent of a GoPro, and set it loose. The result was called Faszination on the N rburgring" an on-board video of such unparalleled excellence, it"s become essential viewing for anyone even remotely interested in driving. In the end RUF built 29 Yellow Birds, of which this is one. The body is from a normal, slim-hipped 911 Carrera 3.2. The engine is, too, but RUF bored it out to 3.4-litres, added twin-turbochargers, twin-intercoolers and a fuel-injection system originally developed for the Porsche 962. It also fitted a five-speed gearbox (911 Turbos of the era only had four forward gears), massive brakes and tyres from the Porsche 959. RUF claimed 469bhp but it"s widely believed this is as epic an understatement as ever there"s been.
Date written: 13 Aug 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12909
It was the photographers on a shoot for America"s Road & Track magazine who gave the CTR its nickname, because of how its bright-yellow paintwork gleamed even on a dull, German day. The shoot, at VW"s Ehra-Lessien, involved nine of the fastest cars in the world at the time. All of which the CTR beat, when it clocked 211mph in R&T"s tests. That earned it some good publicity, but its legendary status wasn"t cemented until 1989 two years later when RUF took it to the N rburgring, bolted in test-driver Stefan Roser and the Eighties equivalent of a GoPro, and set it loose. The result was called Faszination on the N rburgring" an on-board video of such unparalleled excellence, it"s become essential viewing for anyone even remotely interested in driving. In the end RUF built 29 Yellow Birds, of which this is one. The body is from a normal, slim-hipped 911 Carrera 3.2. The engine is, too, but RUF bored it out to 3.4-litres, added twin-turbochargers, twin-intercoolers and a fuel-injection system originally developed for the Porsche 962. It also fitted a five-speed gearbox (911 Turbos of the era only had four forward gears), massive brakes and tyres from the Porsche 959. RUF claimed 469bhp but it"s widely believed this is as epic an understatement as ever there"s been.
Date written: 13 Aug 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12909
