Porsche’s Rarest, Mega-Money Race Cars

Porsche’s Rarest, Mega-Money Race Cars | Secret Stash

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Porsche has a stellar reputation when it comes to racing cars around a track. But you can’t fully comprehend Porsche’s prominence in the world of motorsport until you’ve seen its great big warehouse of famous race cars.
So that’s where we sent Top Gear Magazine’s Tom Ford, for the third and final episode of our series.
It’s in this special space that Porsche stores the winners of everything from the 24 Hours of Le Mans to the Dakar rally. There’s even one type of Porsche that won both…
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Porsche 550 Spyder
02:04 Porsche 959 Dakar
04:36 Porsche 961
05:19 Porsche 356 Carrera Abarth GTL
06:24 Porsche RS Spyder
07:42 Porsche 804
08:48 Porsche 917/10K ‘RC Cola’
09:21 Porsche 917 16-cylinder prototype
11:27 Porsche 935
13:22 Porsche 919 Hybrid
14:57 Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo
15:59 Conclusion
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@TopGear Місяць тому

Which of these motorsport legends is your favourite?

@ipadair5977 Місяць тому

956

@fuzzynutter8344 Місяць тому

956/962

@theomichael6665 Місяць тому

935 🤤🤤

@Kimofil Місяць тому

962 😋

@streamcnoremorse3323 Місяць тому

Yes

@gibbs444 Місяць тому

mans sad. man sees Porsche's. mans happy.😌

@kdpwt Місяць тому

Man can’t afford porsche. Man sad

@oludeleadeleke15 Місяць тому

😂😂😂😂

@WatanabeNoTsuna. Місяць тому

Man's happy. Mann sees low literacy comment with apostrophes where should be none, and no apostrophes where there should be. Man's sad.

@luccadukka Місяць тому

It appears you’re a child. Not a man.

@irmaobarbado Місяць тому

Circle of life

@SmallBlogV8 Місяць тому

Another bit of 959 legacy outside of Porsche is that the 'PSK' was reverse-engineered by Nissan to develop the ATTESA-ETS that made the BNR32 Skyline GT-R the crushingly dominant touring car it was, underpinning every GT-R from 1989 to date.

@gauseb Місяць тому

I love that this is the 3rd video about this place and I could just keep watching forever. Feel free to make 50+ more videos about the cars in this place

@elvis1745 Місяць тому

and make them longer

@ryanmrowka8970 Місяць тому

Me too I wonder if I could rent this place for my birthday party and have pizza and cake while I run around sitting in all the cars like a 40 year old little boy

@gaycha6589 Місяць тому

The Stuttgart racing legacy is second to none. Beyond legendary.

@charliegiammarco5178 Місяць тому

Indeed. I'm a Ferrari fan through and through but I always have to give Porsche the respect it has earned and deserves.

@fuzzynutter8344 Місяць тому

I'm a big Porsche and sportscar racing fan so that place would be like heaven for me. Also interesting to see so many prototype road cars lurking in the background that never saw the light of day. And that is Porsche, they develop so many cars, both race and road, and then for various reasons, they don't take that project any further.

@MusicRCBicyclesCoffee Місяць тому

I love this multi-part series on Porsche! Wow!! Great work as always.

@xMartyyy Місяць тому

the fact that you didn't mention the Gulf 917 is a crime against humanity

@Allpars337 29 днів тому

Totally agree WTF

@Allpars337 29 днів тому

One of the most iconic

@bicyclist2 Місяць тому

I'm the same age as Tom. I'm a huge Porsche fan. And have been since I was a kid. But unlike most Porsche fans, I like the front engined and mid- engined cars best. This is the absolute coolest car collection in the world. Thanks.

@bergfinnstrmmen519 Місяць тому

I also like the front engine cars. Had a 944 turbo a few years, and love driving it...every day, and some track days also

@jolness1 Місяць тому

That 959. 😮

@Alexander_Snowden Місяць тому

The 917 16-cylinder produced about 850hp not 1200hp, although Mark Donohue believed that a turbocharged version could reach around 2000hp.

@RickyJr46 27 днів тому

As I recall the telling of that story in his book, it was the Porsche factory engine guys who told Mark that crazy number.

@steventahuri8013 24 дні тому

Also... Not a V16...

@DannyMostarac-zn6wd 18 днів тому

Indeed😊

@willtalley4753 Місяць тому

As a hardcore vintage sports car racing fan, I nerded out when that 917 spyder came up. Also the 908 LH at of the beginning of the video looks amazing!

@janwergeland5586 Місяць тому

My favorite Porsche race car is the 924 Carrera GTR, which took part in Le Mans 1980/81. Very similar to the "BOSS" car, which is a 924 GTP and also made it big at Le Mans. Like the 959, it was also a group B car 924 GTS Rallye - So not just the 911 cars with race and rallye history.

@laurencemoore2105 Місяць тому

Greetings fellow Porsche nerd!

@johndean2110 Місяць тому

Loved seeing Porsche F1 car. You didn't show the 1970 917 gulf Porsche that raced at Le Mans though.

@Aggy8888 Місяць тому

I was in this hall quite a few times. Unbelievable feeling when you look at all these original unique classics at once...

@mjvdr Місяць тому

The 917's wood gear knob was actually for heat insulation purposes instead of weight saving. There was apparently a lot of heat transferring from the transmission to the gear knob, making it hot to touch

@aliceoflife4010 Місяць тому

aw I was expecting to see a GT1. Super interesting collection though.

@N911GT2 Місяць тому

It was in the other video

@lincolnmitchell471 Місяць тому

Excellent video. My favorite is the 1978 935 twin turbo which I was allowed to drive (testing) on a private track for about 15 min. Belonged to a friend of my brother, and it won LeMans later that year. Beast! Love the 919 Evo as well.

@landiahillfarm6590 24 дні тому

The 917/10 RC Cola car instantly brought me back to my childhood. I had one for my slot car track and I would race it against a Chaparral 2F for HOURS on end. Thank you for that!

@jamaljames2578 Місяць тому

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

@GTACIP Місяць тому

Just a couple of corrections; the 935 uses a 3.0-litre engine, and the 16-cylinder lump in that 917 reportedly produced around 750bhp, not 1200bhp as claimed.

@meirm471 Місяць тому

I heard somewhere in there there is a lada (because they helped develop the Samara)

@alexander1485 Місяць тому

Porsche made an economy sedan for China called the C88...

@MarkLRandall Місяць тому

Beautiful and historic cars, pretty amazing! Not possible to pick out just one.

@grahamsullivan1237 Місяць тому

I could spend days geeking out in there, totally awesome.

@edgaro8905 Місяць тому

935 is my favorite, the 70's 80's IMSA, Daytona, Sebring, Road Atlanta, Watkins Glen, were my favorite tracks.

@Bucketroo Місяць тому

I love that he pretty much went straight for the 959. What a machine! That's my favorite Porsche too! They're all amazing machines.

@frankom1528 Місяць тому

WHERE IS HERE"" Whats the location of the Porsche race car warehouse ?

@cbdcaffie Місяць тому

Maybe my world is small - but that is one of the best videos I have ever watched on UKposts. Bravo!

@Slakass55 27 днів тому

I'd agree had it been a 2 hour video. As is, all we got was a brief glimpse, which does not do that warehouse justice, with so many omissions. Maybe some day Porsche will allow someone to do a proper job. These amazing machines deserves someone to tell their history, followed by many camera angles, inside and out.

@TheCabrooster11 Місяць тому

Thanks for taking us along with you on the trip through what is surely the best secret stash of race cars “In the world “

@TheDjcarlos67 Місяць тому

I watched a 959 race a Toyota Supra at Oulton park in 1986. Both had just come out. The 959 owner also had the road version in the paddock. The registration plate was MOT 959… I think the owner was a Lord from Wales. I couldn’t believe how fast they were compared to the rest of the field

@jsleeio Місяць тому

there's some amazing cars in there but none of them are as cool as the Type 64 that Harris made that amazing video about. Still gives me goosebumps. Also for context should have mentioned what the Nordschleife record was before they took the 919 Evo there. Those kinds of step changes are very rare. The only other comparable example I'm aware of is Loeb smashing the Pikes Peak record (not in a Porsche)

@R19Robbin Місяць тому

What a collection 🔥🔥

@daveblock4061 25 днів тому

I had a 1979 930 so my favorite is the 935. I was fortunate to go to the IMSA races at Watkins Glen and watch the 962s in all their glory. As an owner I got to sit in the Al Holbert/Derek Bell Lowenbrau Special.

@roadmantop3769 Місяць тому

It’s good to see Tom Wooky Ford again ❤

@RickyJr46 27 днів тому

Sunoco Porsche 917-30 is my favorite, because I saw Mark Donohue win the Can-Am title in it, on 10/14/1973 at Laguna Seca.

@thomaswilkes8603 Місяць тому

Tom Ford was the best writer on top gear magazine in the 2000s, 2010s. Good to see him live

@xhafan Місяць тому

I was in love with Porsche before, now I'm even more. Legendary models!

@michaelsummerell8618 Місяць тому

The 550 is such a stunning little car. I've only ever seen one in real life, parked up in Ginza, Tokyo. I nearly melted and had a proper car nerd moment, just taking in what I was seeing.

@tedshaw4160 15 днів тому

The 16 cylinder 917 was actually 2 flat 8's with the fan driven off the center. They never were able to get the Mechanical Fuel injection to work consistently and long enough. then the 917 - 30's came along.

@gixerman09 Місяць тому

Used to do track days 700 mile trips to south of France and all in comfort what a bike it was ✊

@N911GT2 Місяць тому

Love this series. I would trade my left arm to have that acces you had!

@JasonKay11 Місяць тому

I really do need a bit of a lie-down after that - It reminds me of a behind the curtains tour through some special friends in the late 1980s at the factory, but it was NOTHING like that! And that video probably only showed 1/10th or less of what they have!

@ZondaF355 Місяць тому

Such a special brand that create deep feelings for many around the world. Special cars are on another level

@franciscojaviervaldeonpaez9864 Місяць тому

Wow, that's amazing. 0nce in a lifetime experience. Thanks for to show us, petrol heads, all these pieces of design and engineering. Love Porsche's.👌💨🏁

@michaelteh7002 14 днів тому

The 935 is actually insane considering it’s an original manufactured car with almost a 1/1 scale hp weight ratio

@Slakass55 27 днів тому

I didn't know the mighty 917 had 16 cylinders. Didn't even know that anyone made a race car with more than 12. The Can-Am series truly was a thing of beauty and a walk on the edge. Can't begin to imagine what monstrosities we'd see today if the series hadn't ended and it continued with its unrestricted ways. My best guess: something resembling a 919 Evo!

@RickyJr46 27 днів тому

The sixteen shown here was an R&D mule, it was never raced.

@Slakass55 27 днів тому

@@RickyJr46 Oh OK, thanks for clarifying that. But the fact that they even created this thing is a testament to what CanAm was. Don't you just wish the series went on for another couple of years, or at least long enough to see that 16 burner racing.

@haukehaien8548 16 днів тому

Auto Union built 16-cylinder race cars before WW2.

@me_ca136 29 днів тому

The porsche flat 12 are by far the best sounding engines in my eyes! Flat/boxer engines in general are awsome but those.....So good......

@747RacingTeam Місяць тому

They should turn this place into a museum!

@MrWesternDuke Місяць тому

Incredible! It has to be the 956/962 for me.

@vivekaaraga Місяць тому

“Emotionally exhausted” is the right word.

@costasgeorgiou5015 Місяць тому

Us old pcar racers always did that with the tach so we can see the red line! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="822">13:42</a>

@Leefyy08 28 днів тому

The only car that I don't know in that collection is the V16 917 thing. And that's how you can tell that I'm a big Porsche fan

@jspoons6619 Місяць тому

I saw the V16 car back in 2005 in what was then the old Porsche Museum on the old Factory complex. I am guessing by the age of that building were all their Cars are stored that is near were the old Museum collection was. I preferred the old Museum compared to the modern displayed collection but that is just me. as for the 917 V16 Spyder I do not recall Porsche ever running this car at any vintage motorsports event if the car even runs. one of the 959 Dakar cars was fully restored by Porsche last year to celebrate the anniversary of there 1st & 2nd places in that event. I think the Le-Mans winning versions of the 959 only ran 2WD but I could be wrong. The only other mind blowing Collection that can Top Porsche is found across the other side of Stuttgart at Mercedes Benz I have only done their Museum but they also have a heritage collection warehouse that is 2nd to none in the world and you also have the Porsche connection as Porsche worked a few times with Mercedes developing the Iconic SSK sports cars and even a land speed record car that looks like nothing you have ever seen and of course modern day Porsche as worked on Mercedes cars during the late 20th century. Two of the most legendary brands in the world are to be found in the same city.

@markfinburgh1196 9 днів тому

The engine shown was a flat 16 not V16. The flat 12 with some more cylinders. It might have gone racing in 1972 if the rules had not been changed

@MarkEvans22 Місяць тому

Absolutely outstanding place!

@aidenebert Місяць тому

Can we get more videos like this, with this same guy too???

@williamkarngar7507 Місяць тому

🔥🔥🔥🔥. All of them but where's my favorite the 918 ??

@Coleman_H Місяць тому

that's not a retired race car lol

@NISSANSKYLINEGTRBNR 24 дні тому

Oh yess oh yes, top gear keep delivering this quality please ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@zvotaisvfi8678 7 днів тому

I'm glad they're saving them all ! very cool!

@avogoofy5130 Місяць тому

My favorite Porsche is the LeMan 959. 963, 935, 91 hybrid tribute, (the bolts alone :) , 919 EVO, 935, GT3 hybrid, RSR, 911, 911, 911...well just about all of them.

@lilPOPjim Місяць тому

A lot of historical F1 cars with the DFV are only held on with 4, 3/8 bolts lol.

@EJFXxx Місяць тому

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="564">9:24</a> ... a naked Porsche ... OMG thats sooo sexy !

@andyb8122 Місяць тому

This is some of the best TG content, delivered with passion.

@gabrieleb5408 26 днів тому

Best car brand ever and forever. True to its identity for 90years

@yaroslavbozhdynsky 15 днів тому

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="305">5:05</a> Lancia D24

@johnparr5879 Місяць тому

Wonderful array of.... Historic motor cars...... One thing is for sure.......YOU WILL... NEVER.... SEE SUCH A COLLECTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.... STORED IN.... ONE..... BUILDING *

@ritualfunk Місяць тому

Great video! thank you

@talljake Місяць тому

I wonder if they still have the Opel/Vauxhall ZAFIRA (!) that they helped engineer, somewhere in there....

@paulocuento9949 Місяць тому

majestic. naturally, porsches wins at lemans highlight its legacy. but the company's very existence is heavily attributed to its success in learning from the production and racing at the highest stage. with that, theyve delivered whats generally the best to the world

@Panamericana964 Місяць тому

Watching this video I‘m disappointed that special exhibitions are so rare at the porsche museum. Who wants to see stock cars like the macan and taycan, when these racing legends exist. Greetings from germany stuttgart

@dallasangler Місяць тому

Thanks Tom. Quality work on a extraordinary collection. L.S.R = Liked, Subscribed and Recommended!

@wekkimeif7720 26 днів тому

What if you added dual turbo on V16 engine? It would perform better?

@JonBlondell 18 днів тому

What a great gig.

@aircholo1245 Місяць тому

Great vid 🔥

@wren7336 Місяць тому

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="564">9:24</a> Are you sure that 16 cylinder white 917 had a v16 and at a displacement of 6.5 L? ... I always thought it was a 5.4L flat 16.

@davep9528 Місяць тому

A test mule was built with the flat 16 prototype engine but it was decided to turbo the 8 cylinder engine instead

@Tortuex_ 22 дні тому

the 550 spyder is wowowowoowowow

@zvotaisvfi8678 7 днів тому

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="862">14:22</a> I'm not car enthusiast or whatever. I figure 16 bolts isn't the issue using the engine as a chassis, I would be more concerned about precision part deformation

@gabrielbarcellos1036 Місяць тому

UM VERDADEIRO PARAÍSO

@TheSummoner Місяць тому

Arbath?

@chesspiece81 Місяць тому

Brands I lust after. Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Lancia, and any supercars. If you know just how few bolts hold the hubs and brakes on you road car 16 bolts is plenty. Look into what holds the axleshafts in on C clip solid rear ends.

@Livlifetaistdeth Місяць тому

Top Gear: You thought Tesla had a yoke steering wheel before anyone else" K.I.T.T. : And I took that personally!

@krckuo1003 Місяць тому

what's the orange car from <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="24">0:24</a> ?

@henockkahsay7128 Місяць тому

Top Gear ❤❤

@OG_doomguy Місяць тому

Tell James May that he nearly broke the law in Poland

@ThePontiacgto65 Місяць тому

They're all here 😮🤯

@AmericanMuscles Місяць тому

Thank you for the appreciation! Authenticity is our compass in a world of trends. Let's stay true to what drives us. Keep the spirit alive! 🚗💨

@Tom_Hadler Місяць тому

That place is magic

@fredrickmillstead2804 Місяць тому

908/3 and 909 are rocket ships.

@christmaschris487 Місяць тому

Only thing missing is a gt1

@valtrix9 Місяць тому

When they retire...they end up here: in paradise!

@Sputnik_1300 Місяць тому

I really want to see LADA 2108!!!!

@alanmcinnes6440 Місяць тому

I’m with on the 959, best Porsche ever

@UncleManuel Місяць тому

"Turbo. Turbo. Twin turbo." -Tom Ford, 2024 😁😁😜😜😁😁

@TJSaw Місяць тому

Porsche is the coolest, most epic carmaker ever.

@wookieschnitzel7595 Місяць тому

I think I had a transformers toy in the 80's that was a 935

@VictoriaAlfredSmythe Місяць тому

@ridingdriving Місяць тому

that is flat 16, not a v16...its not a boxer 16, thats the difference. even on porsche press material they said it is a 180° V16 which is rubbish

@thebikehanger 22 дні тому

Yep, its flat 16 all day long and so was the 12 cylinder which apparently just had 4 extra cylinders bolted to the end🙄Don't worry about the crank, crankcase, cams, etc. Just bolt em on, job done!