Ruf celebrates a party: 75 years of thick cars from Pfaffenhausen

Posted on 04-01-2015 at 22:03 by JordyS – 21 Comments”

Porsche builds very decent cars, but Ruf will find they are already thick for 75 years the better.

For whom the past 75 years under a stone has lived and Ruf do not know, we would like to have a times what these Germans now actually do. The bottom line is that they are unmarked Porsche chassis’ to buy them their own car building. They go pretty far, because Ruf’s own components, be they in Germany, seen as a car manufacturer.

Ruf was founded in 1939 and is now so again more than 75 years. It all started with Alois Ruf Sr., at that time a private garage started, but more and more experimented with their own designs. You might not immediately expect, but the first commercial success of the Ruf was a… bus.

It was in 1975 and for the first custom Porsche out of the garage of Ruf rolled. The debuutmodel for the consumer, followed in 1977: an improved (in the eyes of the Ruf, at least) version of the Porsche 930. In 1978, the 911 SCR, a turboloze car with 217 hp.

The next surprise came in 1987, when Ruf CTR presented. This powerhouse took 339 kilometers per hour and was the fastest production car of its generation. The CTR2 did there in 1995 one step further and did 349 km/h, slightly faster than the Jaguar XJ220 (till that time record holder with 343 km/h). Don’t forget the big car with a V8 in the trunk, because a lot of bruter may also Germans are not making.

Ruf continues to renew itself, although it is more difficult to become the land speed record back to Pfaffenhausen. We are in need of the CTR3 and also that is with a top of 380 km/h, an absolute monster. Who knows what 2017 will bring us, as Ruf the 30th anniversary of the CTR celebrates and there are undoubtedly a CTR4 out of the hat produced is…