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Porsche 911
Porsche 911 No 1000000, 70 Years Porsche Sports Car, Berlin (1X7A3888)
The 1 millionth 911 produced on display at Volkswagen Group Forum, Berlin
Overview
Manufacturer Porsche AG
Production 1963–present
Assembly Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
Designer Ferdinand Butzi Porsche (original design)
Body and chassis
Body style
Layout Rear-engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
Related
  • Porsche 911 GT1
  • Porsche 911 GT2
  • Porsche 911 GT3
  • Porsche 912
  • Porsche 934
  • Porsche 935
  • Porsche 959
  • Porsche Boxster
  • Ruf RGT
  • Ruf CTR
  • Ruf CTR2
Chronology
Predecessor Porsche 356

The Porsche 911 (pronounced Nine Eleven or in German: Neunelfer) is a two-door, 2+2 high performance rear-engined sports car made since 1963 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a rear-mounted flat-six engine and all round independent suspension. It has undergone continuous development, though the basic concept has remained unchanged. The engines were air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998, with the 993, produced from 1994–1998 model years, being the last of the air-cooled Porsche sports cars.

The 911 has been modified by private teams and by the factory itself for racing, rallying, and other forms of automotive competition. It is among the most successful competition cars. In the mid-1970s, the naturally aspirated 911 Carrera RSR won major world championship sports car races, such as Targa Florio and 24 Hours of Daytona, even against prototypes. The 911-derived 935 turbo also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979 and Porsche won World Championship for Makes titles in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 with 911-derived models.

In the 1999 international poll to determine the Car of the Century, the 911 came fifth. It is one of two in the top five that had remained continuously in production (the original Beetle remained in production until 2003), and was until 1998 a successful surviving application of the air- (now water-) cooled opposed rear-engine layout pioneered by its ancestor, the Porsche 356. It is one of the oldest sports coupé nameplates still in production with one million manufactured as of May 2017.

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