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All About The Porsche 904

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Porsche has a reputation around the globe for producing a great variety of sporty cars. There really is something for everyone and one of the all time favorites is the 904. Do you think the Porsche 904 might be for you?

The 904 and 904 GTS began back in 1964 and 1965 with the 904 being the street car and the GTS the race car. You might be wondering why add a race car model to the line?

Well the 904 GTS had a purpose from the get go. It was actually designed to compete in the FIA-GT international racing events. Where as the street version came about to meet factory quotas for street models so was more the result of a technicality than a desire for a street market.

In 1964 one hundred 904's went to market all of which were very aggressively tuned to outperform almost anything else on the market. They featured the four cam, flat four cylinder which was commonly used in racing cars like the 356 Carrera or 550 Spyder.

Twenty of the 1965 models had a variation of the flat six cylinder engine found in the 911 car. And a few also had a flat eight.

Surprisingly the race prepped cars weighed in at only 1443 pounds and they could easily go from 0 to 60 mph in six seconds. They had a top speed of 160 mph which is pretty impressive!

In 1964 the 904 GTS easily won the Targa Flori race which is held annually in Italy. ...

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