Ruf porsche yellow bird. The first of the blazingly fast ruf ctrs quickly became known as the yellow bird a nickname given by road track to reflect the original ctr rocketsleds bright yellow. There a rather ordinary looking 911 except for its yellow paint murdered all comers. Thats all finebut i dont care who you are what your stance is on porsches or yellow birds for that matterwhen you see a ruf yellowbird in the flesh you stop what youre doing and pay attention.
1989 ruf porsche ctr yellowbird this 1989 porsche is claimed by the seller to be one of the original 28 ruf yellowbird ctrs produced and one of only 6 lightweights holding vin 9111111097. That still belongs to another porsche german tuner rufs 1987 promo video of its new ctr yellowbird. Geneva switzerland march 7 2017 revered sports car manufacturer ruf automobile gmbh unveiled the latest generation of its famed ctr halo car today during the 87th geneva motor show.
Alois ruf has made quite the name for himself building fire breathing porsche based tuner machines. The yellow bird was an instant legend and everyone wanted a piece. This is the first ruf sports car to be based on a chassis completely of the firms own design with a body that pays tribute to the 1987 ctr yellow bird.
Many cars were run that day in 1987 including a lamborghini countach ferrari boxer and a couple of porsche 959s. The ruf ctr also known as the ctr yellowbird or simply yellowbird was a limited production high performance sports car manufactured by german automobile manufacturer ruf automobile. It is said to be offered by the original owner and to have been the only one created for importation into the usa.
Rufs own five speed gearbox completed it all bringing the power rating to an eye watering 469 bhp. Introduced for the 1987 model year and based on the porsche 911 the ctr featured an enlarged and highly tuned version of porsches 32 litre flat six cylinder engine lightened body panels an integrated roll cage upgraded suspension and braking systems a custom designed transmission and several unique trim pie. For 1987 these numbers were all but impossible.