{"id":505336,"date":"2023-07-12T22:46:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T05:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=505336"},"modified":"2024-12-09T02:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T02:41:20","slug":"car-of-the-day-1985-porsche-959-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/car-of-the-day-1985-porsche-959-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Of The Day: 1985 Porsche 959 Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

The greatest version of the 959 is, and always will be, the Rothman\u2019s liveried Paris-Dakar racing version<\/a>.\u00a0 Built in 1985 for three-time Dakar winner Ren\u00e9 Metge, this 959<\/a> is just one of three cars produced by Porsche to take on the grueling Paris-Dakar rally that year.<\/p>\n

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1985 Porsche 959 Rally | \u00a9 Favcars.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 1985 rally didn\u2019t go well for Porsche, unfortunately, as this very car retired early with an oil line failure, and the other two cars crashed. Many a lesson was learned, however, as Porsche took first, second, and sixth in the following year.<\/p>\n

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1985 Porsche 959 Rally | \u00a9 Favcars.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Porsche produced only seven examples of this race-prepped rally rocket. Five of those remain and it is believed that two or three reside in private collections. As a 1985 model, this car boasts a naturally aspirated 3.2-liter flat-6 out back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The greatest version of the 959 is, and always will be, the Rothman\u2019s liveried Paris-Dakar racing version.\u00a0 Built in 1985 for three-time Dakar winner Ren\u00e9 Metge, this 959 is just one of three cars produced by Porsche to take on the grueling Paris-Dakar rally that year. The 1985 rally didn\u2019t go well for Porsche, unfortunately, as this very car retired early with an oil line failure, and the other two cars crashed. Many a lesson was learned, however, as Porsche […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":828421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9494,16906],"tags":[9495,89,1305],"class_list":["post-505336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-of-the-day","category-porsche","tag-car-of-the-day","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-959"],"yoast_head":"\nCar Of The Day: 1985 Porsche 959 Rally<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The greatest version of the 959 is, and always will be, the Rothman\u2019s liveried Paris-Dakar racing version.\u00a0 Built in 1985 for three-time Dakar winner Ren\u00e9 Metge, this 959 is just one of three cars produced by Porsche to take on the grueling Paris-Dakar rally that year. 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