Introduced for the 1987 model year and based on the porsche 911 the ctr featured an enlarged and highly tuned version of porsche s 3 2 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.
Ruf ctr yellow bird.
There a rather ordinary looking 911 except for its yellow paint murdered all comers.
And during the tests they come to the point that the ruf ctr yellow bird had much more than the claimed power they belived north of 500hp.
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.
A spec and gran turismo sport.
The body is from a normal slim hipped 911 carrera 3 2.
It appears in every main gran turismo game to date since gran turismo 2 with the exception of gran turismo 3.
It is said to be offered by the original owner and to have been the only one created for importation into the usa.
We nicknamed it yellow bird after the color and how it moved.
Ruf tooled up for production the world beat a path to his dyno room and the bird became one of the most beloved european cars in.
The ruf ctr yellow bird certainly presents a compelling case against singer and gunther works creations not necessarily as something better but rather something different with a history all its.
The ruf ctr yellow bird 87 is a road car produced by ruf based on the porsche 911 930.
In the end ruf built 29 yellow birds of which this is one.
Ruf brought its new model the ctr group c turbo ruf to volkswagen s test track at ehra lessien germany.