Jo Siffert was influential in developing the Porsche 917, and now he's been honored with a one-off 911 GT3 RS built by the Sonderwunsch team.
Siffert was a Swiss racing driver that helped develop the Porsche 917Porsche has rolled out a special one-off version of its latest, a Swiss racing driver whose talents helped lift the performance of the 917 and see it achieve its first win.in-house personalization program and features a livery inspired by the 917 driven to victory by Siffert and Kurt Ahrens at a race in 1969 held at the Österreichring near Zeltweg, Austria.
Siffert, too, would go on to win more races for Porsche. According to the automaker, he contested almost 300 races over the space of 11 years, even competing in multiple races in a single weekend, such was his passion for the sport. Unfortunately he died in a crash during a 1971 Formula 1 race at Brands Hatch in the U.K., behind the wheel of a BRM. He was only 35 years old.
The special 911 GT3 RS will be on display at various Porsche dealerships in Switzerland during the month of August before making an appearance at the Zürich auto show running Nov. 7-10. The car will then be
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