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We visit RUF’s legendary headquarters to uncover the inside story of what made RUF a performance icon in the 1980s. From the ...
Alois Ruf has led the eponymous Porsche-adjacent automaker for decades. While his cutting-edge cars hint at the past, Ruf is ...
Porsche 930 Races Acura NSX, Ferrari F40 and Ruf CTR Yellowbird Join In on the Fun Published: 23 Apr 2023, 19:54 UTC • By: Mircea Panait 47 photos ...
One of just 29 cars built worth millions of dollars in today's world, this poor RUF Yellowbird took a dive when the driver ...
Back in 1997, RUF raced a pair CTR2 Sports at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb ...
With its Ruf CTR, an homage to its 1987 CTR Yellowbird, which was based on a Porsche 930 body-in-white chassis, the German builder has for the first time both designed and engineered its own car ...
The 930 Turbo is a pretty sweet ride on its own. It’s powered by a turbocharged 3.3-liter flat-six engine that makes 265 horsepower linked to a four-speed manual transmission and there were only ...
Alois Jr. took over the company in 1974 when his father died, changing its focus to modifying the Porsche 911. RUF's first model, a tuned 911 Turbo, appeared in 1975.
Porsche sales literature claimed the 930 as the “world’s first production turbocharged sports car.” If you don’t count the short-lived 1974-75 BMW 2002 Turbo, it was right.
Whereas the '80s CTR was based on the Porsche 930, the 2017 CTR is based on a platform developed entirely by RUF - a first for the engineering firm.
Somewhere down the line, the horsepower maniacs at RUF decided a crop-top 911 Turbo was an idea worth pursuing. Sure, a 911 Turbo Cab makes perfect sense in today's market, but back during the 930 ...