Average auction values are sourced from Classic.com. The Porsche 959 Dakar, a symbol of power and design, is ready to hit the rough terrains again after a mysterious restoration. The Porsche 959 ...

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But perhaps one of the brightest stars of the era was the glorious Porsche 959. It did have a brief competition history with a prototype winning the 1984 Paris-Dakar, while it also won the ...

The 959 was the first Porsche to dawn AWD ... our favorite motor sports campaign has to go to the Dakar Rally machine (pictured) that claimed a 1-2 victory in 1986. Beauty and perfection are ...

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In reality, the 959 did not actually fail U.S. safety tests because it never took them. Porsche lost about $500,000 for each 959 sold, due to the complexity of the car, so it only produced 292 of ...