The Ruf CTR3 is a unique car, boasting extreme performance, power and unfortunately, pricing. But the CTR moniker would be nothing if not for the original, which was nicknamed Yellowbird. The work of tuner of Alois Ruf, this car was often described as the fastest car of the 80s, boasting of a top speed 213 mph.
It was based on the Porsche 964 Turbo, but so many modifications were done by Ruf that the company itself is recognized by the German government as a manufacturer in its own right. The CTR features carbon fiber body panels, which is common nowadays but highly exotic then. This helped keep body weight down to 1100 kg, with an official horsepower rating of 460 horsepower. But horsepower calculators indicate that the actual figure would be above 500 hp. Apart from the 213 mph top speed, 0-60 mph arrived in 3.7 seconds, which even today is supercar territory.
Even then, pricing already was an issue because it cost the equivalent of two Lamborghini Countachs. But only 25 were made, and if you consider that a lot of owners still take their CTRs out to play, then the car is cheap for the performance it continues to give after two decades. And if you like comparing Nurburgring times of today’s current crop of performance cars, it all started with this car, which, without traction control, stability control or all-wheel drive, lapped the Green Hell with a time of 8:05 in 1987.
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