Tamiya - 24065 - 1/24 Porsche 959

The Porsche 959 was first unveiled at the 1983 Frankfurt auto show as a study for a full-time 4-wheel drive Group B super sports car. Back then, the automobile was still far from being completed and its potential is a mystery. The 959's awesome capabilities matured through thorough research and competition experience with the automobile. It demonstrated its outstanding abilities during the gruelling Paris-Dakar Rally and the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race.

Porsche has taken their race car technology and put it into the 959, to produce a car that provides every comfort, with smooth running and the low interior noise expected of a road car, while offering high safety reserves. Thus the 959, despite its massive 450hp engine power, can be driven easily at its lower RPM ranges. The 2848cc engine is a descendant of the famous 956 and 962 Porsche Group C racer. It is an air/liquid-cooled, flat 6-cylinder, DOHC equipped with two turbochargers, providing a top speed of more than 300km/h. The 959 maintains superb acceleration under all driving conditions, yet it also achieves short braking distances that prove to be a reassuring factor for all classes of drivers. The hollow wheel spokes increase air volume to the brakes and accommodate the fat, low-profile Dunlop Denloc tires, and are equipped with a pressure sensor to detect punctures.

The Porsche 959 is the car that raised the standard of sports car thinking to a new plateau, by exceeding every known yardstick of handling and performance.

Features:

- Dynamic form of the car is captured artfully by the model

- Detailed depictions of the 6-cylinder boxer engine

- Double wishbone suspension

- Engine hood can be opened after completion

- Busy interior includes bucket seats, pedals

-Solid synthetic rubber tires