The Porsche 965 Did Exist... Almost

     Stuttgart - The street  version of the Porsche 959 debuted at the 1985 Frankfurt Motor Show as a 1986 model, but numerous issues delayed production by more than a year.  In 2004 Sports Car International named the 959 number one on its list of Top Sports Cars of the 1980s.  First customers received their Porsche 959s in 1987.  The car debuted at a cost of $225,00 USD per unit (with some models selling for as high as $1,000,000 USD per unit in 1992).
     The Porsche 964 Turbo was not a  model 965.  Porsche model 965 was a project in the 1980s  that was to have been sold as the  Porsche 969.  The Porsche 969 would have been a high-tech successor to the original Porsche 911 Turbo.  The  Porsche 964 Turbo (or 965) was deemed to complicated and expensive to manufacture, distribute, and sell.  The Porsche 964 was rushed out in its place in 1989.  Porsche introduced the Porsche 969 Turbo in March 1990, as the successor to the 930.  In 1992 the 3.3 litre Porsche Turbo S was introduced.  Porsche boasted the Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6 in January 1993.  At the end of 1994 the Porsche factory had some 90 Porsche 969 chassis left, these were all transferred to Porsche Exclusive and built as the very special Porsche 964 Turbo S 3.6 litre.  The Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6 was available with the traditional Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6 body or with the exclusive Slant nose option.  See whole story, www.total911.com.