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[thekirbyfake]

I saw a maroon 959 in Burnham this morning.

I'd heard of one in the area (South Bucks/Berks) but hadn't seen it before. Apparently it used to be owned by Rowan Atkinson and now owned by the CEO of a clinical trials firm.

First one I've seen in the flesh and frankly it took my breath away. At first it looked like a 993 just a bit lower. As it approached it seemed a bit wide so I'm thinking "wide body S" but when it got to a few metres away I realised what it was.

Cue dribble on my tie...

[Joe911]

Yes - I followed one in Nurburg a few weeks ago and it frankly looked like a UFO whizzing along at ground level. Funky shape (from the rear).

[Buffalo]

My all time Fave!

Even had the Tamiya 1/12th RC car, and that was a rocket too!

Goona be a few years (decades) before i can afford to own one though...

[POORCARDEALER]

Fab car, I sold a 3500 miler back in 1997, one of only 2 cars i have ever seen the double ton in...........awesome for its time, but bloody expensive to run!!

[nel]

Magnificent car - this technical chef d'oeuvre is what got me interested in porkers in the first place.

I like to think that my 993tt is the spiritual progeny resulting from the work that went into the 959. OK I don't have the water-cooled heads or the complicated sequential turbo system, but I also don't have the crazy spare parts prices!

[mickyveloce]

I remember talking to the owner of Auto Classica who had four of these cars including a maroon factory prototype and a silver car , specially commissioned with scarlet leather and 100bhp over standard . When he used to exercise a 959 , a colleague used to travel behind him to avoid the enourmous bill should anyone have rear -ended the car !
I had a sit in the silver 959 at Harewood in 03 and was amazed by it .

[rubystone]

I had a ride in a (probably that) maroon 959 that an IT company owner in Kent owned and used - properly. I was unimpressed with it at speeds of below 100 mph - we saw 130 on an A road and I could sense the power it had, but my RS was absolutely faster than that car up to the ton mark and miles more exciting.

The shape is still magnificent though - I know of a sweet graphite grey low mileage example that shows the shape off beautifully (the silver ones tend to show up the shutlines too much)

[POORCARDEALER]

Ruby, did your RS have a jet engine up its rear??

959 I drove was ballistic, I had a little "race" (on private land of course) with my pal in his 512 TR and I couldnt beleive how far clear I pulled in the 959........great car, but not one I would wish to own.

[rubystone]

Matt, nope but it did have 285 bhp...perhaps the 959 owner just didn't know how to drive his car, but it certainly wasn't as rapid as I expected

[993_2s]

With 285bhp I'd suggest it was the 959 driver taking it easy....