In the year in which the German car manufacturer celebrates its 75th birthday, we remind you of the 5,000 racing Porsche 911 Cup whose stories have been going on since 1990. It is a Porsche Cup championship in which all participants have the same car, the Porsche 911 Cup.

Porsche revealed the first 911 Cup in 1990. From then until today, they made seven generations according to the same recipe, and the honor of being the 5,000th produced Cup example went to the Porsche 911 GT3 from the current Series 992. The first 911 Cup was based on the 911 Carrera 2 model from the 964 Series, and Porsche produced only 297 copies. It was powered by a naturally aspirated 3.6-liter 6-cylinder boxer engine with 265 hp. The next model was based on the Carrera 2 from Series 993 and only 186 examples were produced. The basis of the Cup version from Series 996 was the Porsche 911 GT3, which was produced in 873 units with the growing popularity of Porsche’s single-brand championship.

Many consider Porsche’s decades-long story, in which the quality of the driver plays a major role, to be an excellent test for several elite world championships in circuit racing.

Each generation of the Porsche 911 Cup was more and more powerful, and the current 911 GT3 Cup, which this year will compete in 34 championships around the world, is powered by a 4.0-liter water-cooled 6-cylinder boxer engine with 510 hp (375 kW) and 347 lb-ft (470 Nm) of torque. The engine is paired with a six-speed sequential dog-type gearbox that delivers power to the rear wheels.

It rides on 18-inch wheels with Michelin 30 / 65-18 (front) and 31 / 71-18 (back) tires. It rides on 18-inch wheels with Michelin 30 / 65-18 (front) and 31 / 71-18 (back) tires. For safe braking and stopping there are ventilated 380 mm steel brake discs with six-piston aluminum monobloc racing brake calipers. Porsche produced only 782 units.

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Source: Porsche