The iconic Porsche 959 was so far ahead of its time that it has taken 33 years for the 911 Carrcra 4S to catch up - on paper at least. But on the road? Andrew Frankel compares them. I remember well the reception afforded to the Porsche 959 when it finally went into production in 1986, three years after being shown in concept form. This wasn't just a new level for 911-based machinery nor even for Porsche itself. It was a new level, period. Those who drove it spoke of cruising, yes cruising, at 16Omph, and the strong acceleration still available at that speed. It blew Ferrari's gorgeous and still quite new GTO (only latterly described as a 288 GTO) into instant obsolescence. Those journalists who drove it were thunderstruck, and rightly so.
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