While both of those cars are dramatic departures from the traditional, rear-engine Porsche formula, they owe their very existence to another wild child of the iconic German brand – the 959.

But perhaps one of the brightest stars of the era was the glorious Porsche 959. It did have a brief ... I would fall asleep staring at Athena posters of the cars on my wall, wondering if Jim ...

The 959 is the poster boy of high-end technology filtering down to other models in the range, and we wouldn't have the 911 Turbo as we know it today without it. In 1988, Autocar brought a Porsche ...