{"id":77366,"date":"2021-08-12T11:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=77366"},"modified":"2021-08-24T08:40:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T08:40:25","slug":"rinspeed-porsche-969-turbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/rinspeed-porsche-969-turbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rinspeed Porsche 969 Turbo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From an automotive perspective, the 1980s in Europe were characterized by one trend in particular: tuning. Ever wilder extensions and spoiler add-ons adorned both well-behaved production cars and sports cars from Porsche, Lamborghini or Ferrari. Some tuners outdid themselves from car show to car show with their creations. Among them was Rinspeed, a company founded in Switzerland in 1977. The team around founder Frank M. Rinderknecht began with the import of sunroofs from the USA and the production of vehicles for handicapped people. They quickly made a name for wild conversions as well. Most of these made their annual debut at the Geneva Motor Show starting in 1979. For example, they built a Volkswagen Golf I with gullwing doors, turbo engine and the interior of a Porsche 928, the Aliporta. While tuning vehicles were initially the focus of the company, from the early 1990s it turned to concept cars that packaged new innovations in a sensational way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

969 debuted at the 1985 Geneva Motor Show<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since the mid-2000s, Rinspeed creations have also stood for sustainability, electric drives and autonomous concepts. The tuning division was sold to Mansory in 2008. But back to the 1980s. In 1985, Rinspeed presented the 969 Turbo in Geneva. This was a converted Porsche 911 Turbo whose design was clearly inspired by the Ferrari Testarossa. In addition to Rinspeed, other tuning companies at the time also adopted the unusual design of the side extensions with cooling fins that Ferrari had given to their mid-engined sports car ex works. On the 969, the Swiss tuner combined this styling element with an independent slant nose with the pop-up headlights of the Porsche 944. The entire rear section had been reshaped into a small notchback with integrated air vents and spoiler lip. The taillights of the 944 sat underneath. Above the rear window, Rinspeed also added a roof spoiler. The wheel arches were fitted with 16-inch wheels from Gotti or BBS.<\/p>\n\n\n

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