Porsche’s famous tuning firm, RUF, has just unveiled its latest and greatest super car: the CTR3. Featuring an all-new mid-engined layout, galvanized steel body and longer wheel base, the new CTR3 is based on the most recent Cayman. Mated to a six-speed sequential manual cog swapper, power comes from a twin-turbocharged 3.8L flat-six that’s good [...]
Porsche isn’t the only one developing an electric-vehicle prototype for the sports car brand. RUF Automobile GmbH announced today that it is developing three electric-powered sports cars based on the Porsche 911. The purpose of the three electric 911 sports car will be for running field tests of EVs in real life situations. “The first ten [...]
In October 2008, the engineers at RUF Automobile GmbH took a 911 and converted it into their first high-performance electric sports car. A final working version of the model, know as the “Greenster,” made its debut at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. RUF is now back and this time it is working on the “first [...]
RUF has upgraded its much-loved Rt 12. Adding an ‘S’ to the end of the badge means a refined biturbo boxer engine producing 685-hp with a maximum torque of 649 lb-ft. Visually the RUF 911 Turbo Rt 12 S gets LED lamps, turn signals, a discreet carbon rear spoiler, air ducts which are integrated in the widened [...]
As we told you last month, Ruf, a German tuner, was working on high-performance electric-powered Cayman, a move that would probably scare the folks at Tesla and Fisker. Well, it seems Ruf isn’t working on an electric-powered Cayman – instead they are working on an all-electric Porsche 911. The concept is powered by three-phase electric [...]
