The following information pertaining to both the Porsche 959 and the Ferrari F40 was taken from historical press materials and eyewitness accounts. Since the dawn of automotive design, Porsche and ...

The three-time Indy 500 winner said his F40 still gives him chills, and shared how his Singer was inspired by his dad's 930 ...

From the Lamborghini Countach to the Ferrari F40, Bugatti EB110, Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR, and McLaren F1, many machines left their mark on the world of elite performance. The Porsche 959 stands out ...

Hamilton entered his tenure at Ferrari with an iconic photo outside ... B racing homologation and compete on even footing with Porsche's 959, but didn't make production by the time Group B was ...

the Ferrari F40-rivalling Porsche 959 in 1986. Before, eventually in 1988, it created a four-wheel drive version of the 964 911. Porsche used a similar drive system to the one found in the 959 ...

But perhaps one of the brightest stars of the era was the glorious Porsche 959. It did have a brief competition history with a prototype winning the 1984 Paris-Dakar, while it also won the ...

and outpacing legends like the Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959. Only 29 examples were ever made, and as evidence of how highly prized it is, one sold for $6.055 million last week at Gooding&Company.

Richard tests 1980s icons the Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40. Show more Jeremy Clarkson races the Jaguar XJ against something even bigger and more powerful: the rotation of the earth itself.