from the blog: "Oh but lets not forget Paul Allen, Co-Founder of
Microsoft who's worth $21 billion and drives an old 1988
Porsche.Now an old Porsche like that is too old to be put in the
class of today's luxury cars and too new to be considered a
'classic' or 'antique' car. So... it's just a car... and it doesn't
matter if it's a Porsche."
If paul allen is driving whats in the pic, den the author of the
blog has mistaken the 1988 porsche for any other old sch
porsche....its A 959!
the 959 needs no introduction to those who likes supercars i
guess...its the most technologically advanced supercar of tat
era...
some facts on the 959 (bear in mind the car was built between
1986-1989):
the body of the 959 was build from an alloy of aluminium n kevlar,
achieving a weight of 1447kg, contributing to the astounding
performance of 3.7s (0-100kph)...the magnesium alloy wheels were
hollow, equipped with a built-in tire pressure monitoring
system...Hydraulic suspension system, featuring automatic ride
height adjustment were fitted to the road cars as
well...PSK-Porsche Steuer Kupplung (present day ESP) allows as much
as 80% of available power to the sent to the rear wheels under hard
acceleration. PSK can also vary the power bias according to the
road conditions and grip changes. The car was debuted at a cost of
250,000USD, less than half of what it cost Porsche to built each of
them. 226 nos were built street legal.
