The Pink Pig civil: Special model of the Porsche 911 GT3 from Spark (2024)

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Why was the legendary Porsche 917/20 Pink Pig painted full pink for the 1971 Le Mans race? ›

The car's combination of a long body, stubby face and wide hips gave it a pig-like look, which inspired Porsche designer Anatole Lapine to give the car a pink paint with butcher cut lines covering the exterior.

1971 • The Porsche 917/20 'Pink Pig' racecar

As well as its wider track, the 917/20 was designed to combine the strengths of the 917K (short tail) and 917LH (long tail) models in order to reduce drag and improve aerodynamics. The result was a vehicle with an unusually wide and rounded body.

The Porsche 911 GT3 is one of the most amazing cars to ever be built and the best thing of all is that they are rare due to low production build numbers.

Porsche designer Anatole Lapine adopted the pink body colour, sketching butcher-style cuts on a pink base and labelling the body parts 'snout', 'ham', 'pork knuckle' and 'brain'.

By 1973, the 917 was coming to the end of its glittering reign as the king of the racetrack. At the end of the 1972 season, such was the domination that the car had on the World Sportscar Championship that the FIA decided to react, banning its five-litre, 12-cylinder engine.

Porsche Apricot Beige is probably one of the rarest of Porsche beiges. By the late 1980s, beige was as out of vogue as bellbottoms, so there were few takers during the two model years in which the color was offered. Most Porschephiles have never seen a 928, a 964, or a G-body Carrera in this color.

To Porsche fans, the standout star of Cars, Pixar/Disney's hit animated movie series, was the beautiful, blue 911 (type 996), Sally Carrera.

The Porsche 911 GT3 Touring is one of the very best sports cars on the market but it's hardly cheap with a starting price of just over $160,000 in the United States.

Information. Pink Pig Sketchbooks are made and produced with high quality paper. The pad contains 35 pages of cartridge paper that weighs 150gsm. The sheets have a smooth finish to their surface as well as being 100% acid-free.

So, what makes the Porsche 911 GT3 so special? In short, it's a track-ready machine that's also street legal. It comes with a naturally aspirated engine that produces an impressive 500 horsepower. Plus, it has a lightweight design and rear-wheel drive for ultimate control and handling.

Is A Porsche GT3 Street Legal? ›

Its 4.0-litre, high-revving, naturally aspirated 525PS engine can sprint from 0-100km/h in just 3.2 seconds. A sportscar that Porsche test driver Jörg Bergmeister calls “the best-handling 911 road car ever on a racetrack” – although, being street-legal, the 911 GT3 RS is every bit as happy on the road.

Sold by Porsche Sales & Marketplace Canada, Ltd. Strictly limited collector's model of the Porsche 911 GT3 with Touring Package (992) made of resin.

Porsche motor cars, sometimes known as Porkers.

In colonial New England, butchers packed inexpensive cuts of meat into large barrels, called butts, for storage and transportation. The shoulder meat packed into these barrels became known as pork butt, and the name stuck.

The now legendary rear wing was given its memorable ducktail nickname by the Porsche marketing department. The ducktail, so called because of its characteristic shape, was designed to counteract the effects that such a lightweight Porsche sportscar – it tipped the scales at under 1000kg – had on its stability.

Porsche designer Anatole Lapine decided in favour of the pink body colour and labelled each of the body parts according to the butcher-style cuts.

The three Porsche 963s competing in the Hypercar class at Le Mans are distinguished by seven contrasting stripes in the colours of yellow, red, dark blue, light blue, green, pink, and orange.

The Porsche 917 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, once in 1970 and again in 1971. It rose to become a legend among legends and remains a firm favourite among motor racing enthusiasts. The race winner built by the German marque is a genuine icon that continues to shine 50 years on.

The Taycan is Porsche's incredibly powerful and incredibly popular all-electric car. And for some reason, the so-called pink Porsche Taycan seems to be captivating the public and breaking the Internet.