Some straddle the divide by modifying vehicles so
extensively that they could be considered completely different by the time
they're done. But some tuners have even gone beyond that to create entirely
original vehicles that aren't even nominally based on another manufacturer's
products.
RUF is preparing to join that rarified category. The
legendary tuner has a long and distinguished history of modifying Porsches often quite heavily. But at the Geneva Motor Show this week, it will reveal a
completely new sports car based on its own chassis.
Ruf announced very little in the way of details, except to say that the vehicle has been built
around a carbon-monocoque chassis – similar to the type employed by Formula One
racing teams and the top supercar manufacturers in the business.
We wouldn't be surprised to see it powered by a
Porsche-based flat-six engine. Ruf has proven itself particularly adept at
squeezing extra muscle out of Zuffenhausen's signature engine, supplying units
good for 770 horsepower to W Motors for use in the Lykan HyperSport, for
example, or 900 for the Fenyr SuperSport.
More than that, we don't know at this point, but
we're told the supercar will revive “the spirit of the 1987 Yellow Bird.” That
model, based on the original, first-generation 911, was so heavily modified
that it could reach 213 miles per hour to make it the fastest sports car of its
day.
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