This is the ugliest Porsche 959 ever

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But he knew in the hands of none other than Jacky Ickx, but twice in the top 10 of the Dakar to finish.

That Porsche has contributed to the development of the Lada Samara, which you knew already, of course. And else you can read there all about. In short: officially remained the interference according to Lada limited to the engine, but presumably it was the role of Porsche during the development of this by me so beloved Russian Golf-competitor is much larger.

Now what makes Zuffenhausense contribution a Lada is still no Porsche, just as the first generation Opel Zafira a Porsche. Let alone a Porsche 959. And yet, that is indeed the case with this Lada Samara T3. The brand from the Soviet Union wanted to show also on the sporty side, counting, and so was the Samara is ready for rallying.

Initially, they developed themselves a world with mid-engine. The turbo opgepepte 1.8 four-cylinder engine from their own stable it was good for 300 hp. The car had to go and participate in the famous Group B, but so far it never came. In 1986, Group B to a dramatic end and so the project was discontinued. Sin, otherwise, the world was 200 mandatory straatlegale homologatiemodellen richer. Now we have to make do with a couple of prototypes.

One of the two built Samara Group B prototypes

Dakar-adventure

With Group B defunct founded AvtoVAZ her arrows on the Dakar. The famous and notorious rally, of course, is the event where you can show how fast and durable your products are. In 1987, wins that Peugeot rally with the 205 T16, a Group B-world. Nevertheless, it can be Lada not voortboorduren on her previously developed prototypes, because the organisation of the rally decision turbocharged engines to eliminate.

Therefore, the friends of the Porsche approached. They won the rally in 1986 with a 959, while in 1984, won with a 911 which has the same specifications as the 959. Of that supercar were at that time not the 200 homologatiemodellen built and that was a verreiste with a Group B car at the start of Dakar to appear. Anyway, Porsche knew how Dakar had to win, and that appealed to the Russians. And the French, because it is the French Lada-Poch, that the development of the Samara T3.

Suspension, steering, brakes and the 4×4 system come directly from the Dakar-spec 959, but the 2.9 turbo can due to the new rules not be used. Instead, it is chosen for an atmospheric 3.6 from the 911, that is after adjustment by an American specialist is good for 300 hp. Such as a Porsche fitting is the block behind the rear axle. In a Dakar car, and not even very wrong, since the car according to Patrick Tambay less had a tendency to with his nose in the sand to diving after a jump over a dune.

Not only the car is good for each other, behind the wheel we get a number of famous names: among others, Jacky Ickx and the previously mentioned Tambay. Of the three built is different to that of Tambay, incidentally, slightly off from the other two; its Samara has a cigarette lighter because his navigator not three weeks without his cigarettes.

At its debut in 1990, the Samara T3 seventh, a year later, even the fifth. A better classification was certainly have been possible as the organisation of Dakar under pressure from Peugeot, the ban on turbo’s were withdrawn. Peugeot won in 1990 with the 205 T16 based, 405 T16, and a year later won the Citroën with the ZX, which, under the surface, nothing krek any was to the Peugeot from a year earlier. Vriendjespoltiek and/or commercial interests do the ‘Lada 959’ eventually, so the das to.

Sporting revenge

Fortunately, Lada recently sporty yet taken revenge on PSA by in the by Citroën dominated WTCC the two races in Moscow to win, in which the during the second race our own Nicky Catsburg was that his Lada Vesta first across the finish line sent. Nastrovja!

Gallery: Lada Samara T3

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