Pink Porsche 911

The Porsche 917/20 takes an unique place on the list of various 917 versions. It continues to be a unique one-off. Porsche designers alongside the French company SERA undertook the make an effort to combine some great benefits of the brief and long tail 917. Its body was exceptionally wide plus it had exceptionally curved wheel cut-outs. Because the track width remained unchanged, the rims had been hidden deeply into the wheel housings. The nose was equally reduced and level like this regarding the new long-tail coupé, but faster.

However the best benefit was the fanciful paintwork which allow 917/20 decrease in Porsche record given that "Pink Pig", "Big Berta" or "Truffle Hunter". Porsche fashion designer Anatole Lapine decided in preference of the green human body color and labelled each one of the body parts in line with the butcher-style cuts. Porsche caused a sensation at Le Mans 1971 utilizing the Pink Pig. It absolutely was the quickest automobile during the pre-race certification session, although it had been totally untested. But through the primary battle, the 917/20 running in 5th position dropped out soon ahead of the end because an accident.

935/78, „Moby Dick“

Pink Pig is not the just pet nickname at Porsche. Due to its special physique, the 935/78 is fondly generally "Moby Dick". It is the most powerful competition car based on the 911 – and a real winner. Read more about any of it – and about various other effective motor rushing 911 models – here.

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