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Cars and Transportation

Vintage: Porsche 911 Turbo

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VideoassistentenMarch 21, 2012

Our test driver Christoph Bauer regularly borrows classic cars from the Zeithaus museum in Wolfsburg and takes them out for a spin. All of the vehicles in the museum's collection represent milestones of automotive history. This time around Christoph wants a lean, mean driving machine -- and the Porsche 911 Turbo fits the bill perfectly.

The car made its debut at the Paris Motor Show in 1974. Initially fitted with a 260 horsepower engine, the 911 Turbo got a power boost in 1977. Thanks to its new intercooling system, the 3.3-liter motor could generate 300 horsepower. As the world's first turbocharged, series production supercar, the Porsche 911 Turbo combined power with luxury. And it still impresses over 3 decades later -- rocketing from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour in 5.5 seconds flat.
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