Code V1KOM (EX: BB-PW481) testing car.

One of two running prototypes and one of only four survivors.

The Porsche 959 is one of the greatest sports cars ever to be assembled and touch the black asphalt which covers the roads on which the 959 is an undisputed champion.

The 959 is one of if not the greatest Porsche ever assembled and is just as rare as its title as a world class sports car.

In October of 1983, Porsche A.G.

announced they will produce 200 Street Version 959s and will sell them to the lucky 200 new owners who are on the Porsche's VIP list.

For three years Porsche engineers studied and worked on the 959s prototypes and designs.

The street version of the 959 debuted at the 1985 Frankfurt Motor Show as a 1986 model, these were pre-production model carrying the Porsche 930 Turbo chassis numbers.

In 1985, Helmut Bott, head of the 959 development, had taken 29 of 1986 model 930 Turbo chassis from the Porsche factory to turn them into the 959 pre-production prototypes and ...