Eh, it's a Lamborghini, they're probably just doing it so they can hold their solid gold Apple watch out the window for everyone to see. Yeah, we see your watch, we also know that technology will be dated in 6 months and almost obsolete in 3 years. How much was it you paid for your $400 worth of technology? Oh, $15 000? That's pretty sweet... Or, you know, they might have just been stoked about seeing a 959. Who are we to judge?
I've experienced this! But it's probably cause I was leaving Caffeine and Octane, so like 500 people there were driving Lamborghinis, and I have a moderately funny license plate on my G37s.
why did anything was invented about car engeniering after the 80´s?all are "children of the revolution"without taking any credit to Mark Bolan from T-rex ,the band not the dyno
@@greybush919 well for sure isn't and not sold in the U.S. it is just a reponse to the at the time built F40 from Ferrari that only had the things absolutelly necessary to be driven , no interiors no window of glass to be opened, one piece of thread to open the door , no interiors at all but soon after porshe released this numbered edition car that had all interiors complete ,even as a joke engeniers talked about the high-end sound system and much faster than the striped F40 , sold instantelly and being numbered , in the U.S. wanted 3 cars to destroy so they can meet U.S. standarts but porshe said NO , they were selling to fast by big money to send 3 cars to be destroyd so no new fastest car in the world for the U.S. , one thing that i never understood is what standarts are those any U.S. car built today except the corvette ,no longer a chevrolet ,only corvette with the two flags crossed that it seems not built in the U.S. this because all other cars are so bad built ,they for sure look good but like the camaro or chalenger looking like old 70's cars cant turn as good as the cheapest toyota even the prius would win in any competition excluding the 400 meters straight race where they are better but not considered an automotive sport ,why don't they aply those standarts in internal production , in my age i would like to buy a camaro but the first time i tried one i even thought that the car had fallen from a truck but no it was just like they were built ,i had my passion for late 60's early 70's U.S. cars and had some ,and win a lot of money buying them to be sold in Europe where no one had heard of a fuel crisis or to young growing up to worry about some teatrical fuel crisis ,no stop by the pump workers asking for better paid work so what crisis in the U.S. still today there are the biggest petrol reserves , at the time i didn't undersyand and today i'm not going to loose my time left in this world to think about it , but this car only several years after was dethroned by the maclaren F1 the car with 3 seats one in the midle and two by each side a bit behind that not even the veiron can beat at least in the first km or miles , in top speed is faster but till then maclaren rules and not only with the mid 90's model , but if a exclusivelly F1 champion brand produces a few cars to be driven on the road for sure will be faster not the most beautifull cars but they do work , to end i want to refer the civic crx the first 90"s model only 1.6L with 16 valves in-line four cylinder if in good condition can leave behind any last ten years remakes of known " muscle cars" in a circuit with turns that needs a good driver to corner them fast would win with a civic crx but the lowest engine in the series ,i know because i tried it , a friend had just restored one honda civic from 1990 with no change in the engine to super turbo charged 7 L V8 engines ,like the english says , " it's a laugh" and when younger i bought a mercury cougar 69 7 L engine V8 all black if memory doesn't fail me it was a RX 7 but i make confusion with the 80's fords xr3 i 1.6 L escort what a car that was or the fiesta RS 1600 ,and on top the Sierra cosworth wich was a 4X4 car ,in-line engine and was the winer of the GT championship a Ford developed in Belgium , thats a great car compared with new others fro. the same brand in th U.S. .Off course the shelby cobra mustang ,recent model when one enters one it feels like those early computer games with litle lights all over but to buy one ,theres maybe a 100 cars first on the list , one doesn't need to know how to drive the car computer makes it for you, nice one christmas tree style , regards and health
@@greybush919 its base its the 911 or 939 but not close to it , its a one of a kind car, as most of the models released today not counting the SUV or the four door family car ,the 714 its an hell of a car ,i think i would prefer it.Regards
And a massive thanks to the owner for letting you (and us) experience this. I was expecting this to be a non-driving video like the Enzo. So awesome to see it in action!
If he did it in USA probably he would drive it. The Enzo was in Australia, I would understand the owner being concerned, LHD and left side traffic does not really raise confidence in driving. Maybe if it was a USA owner then sure the owner would probably let Doug drive it.
@@TimSlee1 i think him judging cars that are 20 to 30 years old by "modern" standards is just plain dumb. I honestly don't take his reviews seriously whatsoever, it's mostly just for entertainment/curiosity.
Huzaifa Khan not a bad business strategy. Not only is your company getting exposure but so is your stock. All for the price of letting some guy drive it around for the day lol
I´ve read an anecdote in a German car magazine, that during the development of the 959 chief R/D engineer Helmut Bott returned from a test drive and said to his staff: "At 125 mph the car feels a bit squirmy..." The engineers were shocked before he added: "...on gravel..."
As I said, doesn´t go beyond anecdotal evidence, but a least the story originated from a respectable car magazine before the internet. Could still be made up, of course.
Yeah. Two totally different worlds separated just by a brick wall. Our sons will never believe us when we'll tell them about the cold war and the iron curtain. And yet a lot of Germans and Russian still have good memories of the DDR and the USSR.
It's a cycle, buddy. Yes, the west was advanced at the time. But look what's happening now: China is pulling ahead with albeit crappy quality, yet massive infrastructure and goods. Russia is resilient to whatever the US and its lapdogs throw at it and is even beating the west at their own neoimperialistic games (Foreign disinformation, proxy wars). So yeah, let's hope there's still progress like that in 50 years time.
You all know that most people that own something like a Lamborghini know what the hell a 959 is, right? It's a super rare supercar that's worth over a million dollars, it's not a secret what it is. They are pulling up going "holy shit that's a freaking 959" and half or more of them are going " I wish I could afford to buy that", because a $250,000 Huracan is a long way off from a million dollars or more. There are few people into cars that don't know about the original gods, the 959, F40 and McLaren F1.
@Doug DeMuro Thanks Doug - excellent video!! A few points here: 1. The "Gelaende"-gear is not for Off-roading, it was done to make it street-legal in Germany back then. The Noise is measured IIRC at third gear, 4000rpm. So, it was tested in fourth gear instead of third and the car passed barely. For the pronounciation of "Gelaende" think of "Gelende" as the "e" in "Porsche" which you spoke spot-on. 2. The anti-theft sticker made sense back then, in the 90ies the crappy stock radio of my neighbor's 1987 VW Polo got stolen which had a value of 10DM at best. Whoever did it was addicted to heroine for sure - today addicts get methadone legally, that's why thefts went down significantly. 3. The first aid-kit and everything in it is required by German law, although the packing has become more compact today. But these things are still available over here. Greetings from Germany!!
@@ostrichcum9369 The Countach was very basic mechanically compared to the 959; maybe in style it was ahead of its' time but nothing actually measurable.
Seriously, nobody talking about that hilarious ending? xD Doug, the type of guy to say the 959 is "just an old Porsche" to a bunch of strangers, and then blow out a camera like it is a candle.
@@LandscapeMaster33 Holy fucking shit, he's 30?? Damn, I'm approaching 36 and I swear I look like a little punk-ass teen compared to him. Thanks for making me feel good, Doug!
IKR... i can not believe car manifacturers r still milking options with TPS and electric seats and shit.. Like wtf... even our 1991 dodge grand caravan had that... we live in 2019 very soon and its still a "premium option" wtf..., its fuckin time to stop acting like moneywhores...
A few years ago, I worked at the Orlando International Airport in FL. I worked on the Emirates airline account as a ramp lead. We routinely had some serious super cars coming in on that flight in the cargo bay that we had to unload like a few Lamborghini's and McClarens. But the car I will never ever forget for as long as I live was the White Porsche 959. And it was one of those rare stripped down versions Doug mentioned in this video. It even had a roll cage inside. As the ramp lead, I was the one who was trusted to go inside and steer the car out. I knew exactly how special the car was soon as I saw it. I knew what a 959 was and I told my agents to be extremely careful not to scratch this car. I still have photos of it on my phone. It was the highlight of my time at that job.
They used this engine in Group C cars like 956 and 962C, but I wouldn't try it with a same boost, Le Mans racing engine might have "a bit more" endurance in it. If I remember right they used it in some version of 935 too. That racing engine was so reliable that they say they could race another 24h race in a row.
That first aid kit is mandatory in Germany. If your car has no first aid kit where all the stuff inside has not passed its date of expiry your car won't get "TÜV", which essentially means that you will not be allowed to drive your car on public streets. Also the police can check your first aid kit in a normal police control if they want.
Still kind of funny to find one of the better reviews of that car on an American channel. Last I remember done in Germany was by Malmedie, but it wasn’t in depth.
I genuinely think this looks better than F40 and most other beautiful 80's cars its so simple and humble looking that people consider it typical but I don't
I'm fine with RUclipsrs doing non-invasive ads like that, especially if they're in the beginning. It's quick, to the point, and the product isn't super annoying.
Most of the ads I can't wait to hit the 'skip' button. However on one of the 3 ads this video had was a story (by Travelers insurance) about a young 20-year old runner who was hit by a car (the driver picked up a ringing cell phone), RIP 1993-2013. 20 yrs old and died from something that was 100% preventable. Sad.
I just gotta say... I love you Doug! You allow me to see the cars I have always wanted to see in a depth tour and checked in the best way possible. As a car fan I appreciate all your hard work
Bmac 814, absolutely. And this one here was just driven by a little old lady at Le Mans on Sundays. Perfect for a beginner. Shall I start the paperwork?
One of the best cars of all time imo! I had never seen the suspension being raised before - so thanks for that. I was actually fortunate enough to see these being built in Zuffenhausen in the spring of 1986, when I was having a special guided tour at their facilities. It was a day to remember!
Honestly, if I ever reach a point in my life when I can afford it, my personal car collection will be complete with two cars: Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40. Two brilliant cars from same era, so close in performance, but so different they have nearly nothing in common.
yes close but having the ferrari behind for a huge diference the porshe was built to be much faster and complete than the F40 ,and so it did .It should be the first thing to say about this car not anything else ,like group B?wtf!, regards
Imagine off roading down some abandoned timber roads in this, as it was partially intended. It's arousing in ways I'm not sure I understand. FunFact: the blaupunkt stereo will cease to function if you don't play a Depeche Mode or David Bowie cassette at least bi-weekly Clutch is heavy like racing clutch is supposed to be. You're supposed to be hammering on it quite frequently and not easing it in and out.
Porsche 959: World’s fastest off-road truck. Porsche 959: A 200 mph hospital on wheels. Porsche 959: The only way to respond in time to a scene where a plane crashes into a school bus and prevent anybody from dying.
Doug: *walks into dealer* Manager: get the bugatti Worker: This guy dresses like he couldn't rent a prius what do you mean "get the bugatti" Manager: I said get the goddamn bugatti
Never assume someone's broke by how they dress. My old boss drove around a Chevy pickup in jeans and a T-shirt and was nearly a billionaire. He spent a easy $300-500k per year just on running his sport fishing boat between our salaries and fuel. Not to mention the $7.8 million for a 87ft Hatteras.
Great observation, ehem!, you honor. I love how you illustrated it. I gotta say, though, it's the everyman appeal is what's best about Doug. It's the contrast between how casual and straight forward he presents himself, and the vehicles he's reviewing.
@@southjerseysound7340 Indeed. I see two 458 Italias on the roads around me all the time. One is always being driven by a smoking hot blonde that looks like a model or actress. The other is always being driven by a dude that looks and dresses a lot like Doug in a dirty old baseball hat.
Quite right. Back in the early noughties, I had a little more money than most my age. Not a great deal, but enough. I was on holiday in Spain, , and walked past a little shop, with quite a few people inside and a slightly upmarket look to it. In the window was a nice looking little chess set that I wanted to buy. I saw the price tag, could afford it. (it was about £70 iirc) and I walked in with my 'tourist' clothes to purchase. Woman at the counter immediately came round and pretty much pushed me out of the shop. Walked way a bit annoyed, because I can guarantee I could afford anything they had in there.
If Doug just sat there staring at it for 15 mins, I'd still upvote. I was a teenager when this car came out. It was simply mind blowing. The tech it had was barely talked about let alone implemented. It's all pretty common now, but in the 80's it was all unheard of. Possibly the most significant single model ever made.
@@@wronggg Maybe from a manufacturing standpoint (The model T)?...But not from a technological one. This car was called that at the time, the same way the 918 has been called that when it came out. And if you wanna go that route (the Model T). Let's mention some of the original Benzes and Daimler's from 1888. SMH
A 200mph car can still feel relatively slow if it doesn't accelerate all that fast, and on paper, the 959 has a slower 0-60 time than some literal soccer mom cars Doug had reviewed at this point. So yes, the fact he was still impressed by its speed is pretty surprising.
@@ZCAB Cool story but none of those are mom cars. Also, "fast" is a measure of speed, not acceleration. A Tesla is not that fast at all by modern standards but it accelerates better than most high performance cars.
@@Oscar-fi1ev Sure, if you ignore all context of what he says and does in that part of the video, and solely focus on the word "fast", you could say he was talking about top speed rather than acceleration. As he was just stepping on the gas, not going even near 200mph on a public highway. Also, while I'll grant you the GTC4Lusso purely for being a Ferrari, you can't tell me that shoving a big engine in a Grand Cherokee or a E-Class wagon suddenly makes them not a mom car.
Doug has officially driven the holy Trinity of modern Porsche supercars... Let him find a Speedster and he'll never need to look at another Porsche again
I owned and drove a 959 Komfort model for many years using it frequently. I was the 2nd owner and I knew the first owner and history. When I bought it the car needed some work which was accomplished with the help of PCNA and a really good old school Porsche Tech. It took some doing but eventually the car was extremely well sorted out. I also lived on a dirt road. My favorite memory is driving down the paved road at speed (100+ mph) and turning onto the dirt road changing the torque split and raising the car in mid turn. Fun. However, the hydraulic suspension was questionable at speed. I was afraid to drive it at speeds over 150 mph and don't even think about the track. G is first gear. I believe the first aid kit may have been a German road registration requirement. There is very little room under the front bonnet. Your test car didn't have the tool kit, tire pump, service manual etc. which lives there. The torque multiplying center lock wrench is really cool. The cab always seemed maybe 10% smaller than a 911 of the same period hence the tightness you experienced. Notice the lack of rain gutter..the cab is not 911. The "S" model is a decontented Komfort model not an "RS" Instead of hydraulic (lift) suspension it uses double coil-overs which made the car a significantly better handling car. And yes, most "S" models eliminated the right side mirror. But I recall the rear view mirrors (both) as the best rear view mirrors, for whatever reason, in any car I had owned previously or since. In driving an "S" I missed it. I loved owning the car. I loved seeing it in the garage. But I don't miss driving it. It was so complicated and parts were unobtainable. I often felt I was in a ticking time bomb. One more piece of trivia. The service manual contained instructions for making the test box which was necessary to reset the suspension and diagnose issues. If the suspension or anything else was out of whack there were all sorts of buzzers and lights to warn you. My test box was made with Radio Shack stuff and was never anywhere near Weissach.. When you plugged it in, depending on the test or problem, the manual instructed you what buttons to push in a complicated sequence with the answers showing up as a series of complicated blinking (warning) dash lights almost like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." It was somewhere between analog and digital but it did work.
When I was a child my mom bought me some good quality toys rc of this model. I fall in love with the iconic shape. Back then toys were better made. Romania after revolution. Thanks for your review
Tiff Needel have testdriven it, but it caught fire if I remember it correctly. Something about the cooling on the car was made for the racetrack, and drive it slow around in town overheated the engine. (I might remember it wrong) but I love that car, and I want one :)
The ignition key needed for wheel removal, the G gear, the multi tone silver leather and being able to lift the suspension ABOVE normal ride height are among the craziest quirks Doug has ever presented
I can vouch for the $ amount. Towed a beautiful silver 959 a few years ago. Customer bought it at an auction for $1.9M and had it towed home. He didn’t tell me the $ value until I loaded it, he didn’t want me to be nervous about it. Car only had 50k on the clock.
Wow, a super rich and considerate Porsche owner. Quite the rarity. :P If I was getting my 1.9M vehicle towed the value would be the first thing I'd tell the tow driver.
It may not be the best but it is the most iconic and interesting Porsche of all time . In my view the 959 and Testerossa were the king and queen of the 80’s.
Sean Byrne I have an affection for 80s cars. The Delorean was awful but very handsome . I also love the Toyota Supra of the 80s . And on a quirky note I love the Saab 900 SPG. I guess it’s natural to love the cars of ones youth.
One of the craziest days of my life was the day I pulled up behind a beautifully kept silver 959 on my way to Mississauga from Toronto on the Lakeshore. The fact that I saw one of 345 worldwide cars in Canada with correctly located plates in the wild only a few months ago is almost unbelievable. To this day one of the coolest car experiences I've had.
I had a very wealthy family friend who used to own one of these spectacular cars... (He had around 10 different Porsches and a few oddballs like a Prowler and a Jag too). The 959 was his baby... He loved that car... Even such, he let me go for a ride in it and I still remember it to this day...
@@coaster9458its not boring but too comfortable and felt too smooth when driven on almost any type of surface as a supercar added technology that is ahead of its time compared to its rival the ferrari f40 which is a raw thrill driving experience
@@jdog7713 If you're a collector you'd do much better with a 959. You could sell the 959 and buy a new Ferrari and a new Lambo, with a ton of pocket change. You'd get much respect in the car world with a 959.
This first aid kit is a very german thing. The reason you can write your name and lincense plate in the booklet is also very german: In case you do help in an accident with your kit and it gets "used", you can get a refund from the insurance of the person you are helping. So you can easily send the booklet there and get your money. Very German, but that's how it is! :-)
Geez, Germans are so cheap they claim a refund on a first aid kit that mostly costs around 10-20 euros? Okay, this one is pricier, but most kits aren't.
@@MetalTrabant I doubt you could get a genuine Porsche 959 First Aid Kit for 10-20 euros! Also I suspect the first aid kit was so elaborate because it's intended as a rally car - you could actually get hurt driving it! Plus you could plow into a crowd mustang style and have to patch up a dozen different spectators.
@@AlvinBrinson That's why I said that the 959 kit is of course pricier... but Karl said it's a usual thing in Germany to get refunds on kits from the insurance companies, when a normal first aid kit is just around 20 euros in a random shop.
Doug - with 7000 comments, probably someone has already addressed this: That First Aid Kit is nothing special. Over here in the land of the Autobahn we have a "Good Samaritan" law that requires witnesses of a traffic accident to stop and assist. That is why all registered vehicles (4 wheels and more) are required to have a First Aid Kit built to spec. They are "DIN" normed as a minimum and they are almost all exactly that size. That is why it fit so perfectly in the slot made for it. If you think about a bad accident (the 70s and 80s were a mess out on the Autobahn before ABS and airbags and crash proofed cars), this kit is not overdone at all. It also makes tons of sense to let people personalize their kit with name and vehicle plate number. You can leave it at the scene and the cops will have a litte more info about who stopped and assisted and possibly witnessed the event. Pretty smart, actually. Not much different today - with the addition of a foil space blanket. The old kits from the 70s even had smelling salts in them, lol. First Aid Kits are recommended for Motorcycles too, but right now there isn't a law requiring them.
Having a first aid kit without proper first aid training is like having a set of the best automotive tools and barley knowing what a screw driver is for, a layman can do more harm than good with either, there have been doctors and nurses who have stopped to help in accidents and wound up with a big lawsuit on their hands instead of thanks for saving a life, you can't be forced to be a good Samaritan most people wouldn't have the nerve or stomach to see the aftermath, better off leaving it to the trained professionals, another thing some people have become victims themselves by stopping especially on busy highways, they have been struck and killed trying to help, even the act of simply helping someone change a tire has led to someone being killed.
@@Peter-pv8xx I agree with you 100%. However, this is Germany and they have their rules for a reason. Every licensed driver has to take and pass a first aid course and they are taught that any help is better than no help. I have also never heard of anyone being sued for assisting - probably because there is a law that states you must. Obviously, if you are puking your guts out because the accident scene is so gruesome - then you can't offer much assistance anyways, right?
Too bad we don't have that first aid course requirement in America, we could keep a lot of idiots and senile people off of the road. Also it should include lectures on how to avoid getting your phone out and taking video of accident victims as they die
Hi Doug, greetz from Germany - the first aid kit is not a special from Porsche, it is regulated by german law. it must contain the things you had shown. on the label, where you can put in your name and the licence plate, there is the information of the norm on the top. btw. love your reviews !
The worse day would be to rear end an old minivan, wrinkling the 959's nose just enough to jam the latch of the front hood, and not being able to get to the bandages in the first aid kit. I better stick with my Matchbox version of 959.
The gear G was actually intended to be used as first gear and had a short ratio for quick launches. But because of regulations, certain emission and noise measuring had to be done in first gear in order to get the car road legal. The 959 would have violated these regulations in gear G so they called the second gear first gear, lowering the revs.
When I was in HS, everyone had the posters of the Corvette, the Countach, the Testarossa, even the occasional Esprit (if the woman standing next to it was hot enough). Me? I had a 959 poster, my favorite car of the bunch. Thanks for this video. It's always been a favorite of mine, but there were precious few pics of stuff like the engine bay and trunk.
I honestly had to retranslate what he was saying from his english translation. @Doug: This website is awesome and you can listen to the German words: www.dict.cc/
You know you're driving something ultra-cool when exotic car drivers pull up and start taking video of your car. Either that or you're driving something so bad that it's also cool.
I read in a book many years ago, so who knows for sure, that "G" gear was originally 1st gear but the 959 violated some laws in European countries as to how loud a car can be taking off from a stop in 1st, so Porsche got creative and simply relabled the gears to make 1st into "G", 2nd into 1st, etc., to pass the test. There was also something about the spokes of the wheels being hollow or something like that which was interesting too.
@@joakimquensel597 I am German, owned a 994 s2 back in late 90ties ,enjoyed so much the Landstrasse und Autobahn. No reviewer in Germany is as funny as Doug .
Yes, that's what all the extra cooling is for at the rear, under the covers Doug pointed out. A bit like the 996 that came later, except the 996 radiators were at the front ? Sorry I am a Porsche nerd
@Pedro DLR never, you should learn a bit of car history mercedes in late 60´s did built a entire hidraulic system for it´s cars having nothing related to the citroën´s,. wich is great and rolls royce did ask permission to use it on the silvershadow or corniche, wich porshe at the time did use the mecedes system,wich is considered perfect but almost no mechanics today studied how it works ,so it´s dificult to repair, regards
This car was the technical marvel of the late 80's alongside the XJ220 and 850CSi. But consider why manufacturers never went back to the same trend - they were a NIGHTMARE to maintain and repair when something broke. Technology in a car can only do so much and when you pack too much of it in there's just an ever easier chance of it failing prematurely. Never mind that 80's electrical systems in cars were notorious on their own. I used to live in Europe in the 90's and remember seeing these on the road a few times. They are definitely a more common sight there than in the US. Cars like these were also more proof-of-concept cars designed to test and refine stuff that would trickle down to mainstream later. The 4WD 4WS tire pressure and active suspension systems etc were all released first on these. The paying customer of a 959 was essentially doing quality control for Porsche.
In the early 2000's, I was a Porsche parts guy and spent my idle time exploring the parts catalog. At times I looked to the most expensive parts I could find and gravitated to the 959 and the brand new Carrera GT that one of which came through our dealer. The Carrera GT stock front PCCB brake rotors were $7500 each, similar to 911s with the PCCB option. The pad set was only around $500 for the PCCB. Then there was the GT bumper covers, $12k for front and $15k for rear. Way more than any 911 bumper cover. The 1988 959 rear bumper cover tipped the scales at SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS and change. This is the list price, to be clear, but holy good god I'm still blown away by it years later. At that time, a 996 bumper cover was about $500.
The G-Gear stand actually for "Geländegang" wich means something like offroadgear, and was implemented because of sound-regulations at that time, so it could claim to have 5 gears instead of 6.
10:40 The reflection on the inlet vent makes me think there was some thought behind the shape and size as it looks like it creates a vortex of airflow. Pretty cool!
Have a good day at school, sweetie! Don't lose your 959 first aid kit!
Doug DeMuro
Doug the type of guy to get injured just so he can use the first-aid kit of the 959
Thanks daddy doug
Doug DeMuro HA.
Un assuming Doug! I like his style & narratives (ongoing) Of Course..👍
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You know you’re driving something special when someone takes pictures of your car out of a Lamborghini
Eh, it's a Lamborghini, they're probably just doing it so they can hold their solid gold Apple watch out the window for everyone to see. Yeah, we see your watch, we also know that technology will be dated in 6 months and almost obsolete in 3 years. How much was it you paid for your $400 worth of technology? Oh, $15 000? That's pretty sweet... Or, you know, they might have just been stoked about seeing a 959. Who are we to judge?
I've experienced this! But it's probably cause I was leaving Caffeine and Octane, so like 500 people there were driving Lamborghinis, and I have a moderately funny license plate on my G37s.
@@KiwiPokerPlayer lol gold apple watches are not 15000 anymore get with the times boi.
@@stoneseabolt Which is...?
KiwiPokerPlayer the butthurt really jumped out of this comment
I love the fact that the lambo driver knew this wasn't just some old Porsche
A true car person. Most rich people or supercar drivers aren't this cult on automotive history.
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@@overlex why didn't he review a singer yet
Lambo driver, "No, No, No, No"! 👍😁
You can predict the dougscore by the pitch of the opening THISSS
AGREE!!! HAHAHAAAAA
Sounds realy gay
High 50s is my guess
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It is incomprehensible to me that this car was built in the 80's. This is an absolute engineering masterpiece.
why did anything was invented about car engeniering after the 80´s?all are "children of the revolution"without taking any credit to Mark Bolan from T-rex ,the band not the dyno
It in bad boys 1995
pretty sure that's a 911 homeboy, although it's been a while since I've seen bad boys
@@greybush919 well for sure isn't and not sold in the U.S. it is just a reponse to the at the time built F40 from Ferrari that only had the things absolutelly necessary to be driven , no interiors no window of glass to be opened, one piece of thread to open the door , no interiors at all but soon after porshe released this numbered edition car that had all interiors complete ,even as a joke engeniers talked about the high-end sound system and much faster than the striped F40 , sold instantelly and being numbered , in the U.S. wanted 3 cars to destroy so they can meet U.S. standarts but porshe said NO , they were selling to fast by big money to send 3 cars to be destroyd so no new fastest car in the world for the U.S. , one thing that i never understood is what standarts are those any U.S. car built today except the corvette ,no longer a chevrolet ,only corvette with the two flags crossed that it seems not built in the U.S. this because all other cars are so bad built ,they for sure look good but like the camaro or chalenger looking like old 70's cars cant turn as good as the cheapest toyota even the prius would win in any competition excluding the 400 meters straight race where they are better but not considered an automotive sport ,why don't they aply those standarts in internal production , in my age i would like to buy a camaro but the first time i tried one i even thought that the car had fallen from a truck but no it was just like they were built ,i had my passion for late 60's early 70's U.S. cars and had some ,and win a lot of money buying them to be sold in Europe where no one had heard of a fuel crisis or to young growing up to worry about some teatrical fuel crisis ,no stop by the pump workers asking for better paid work so what crisis in the U.S. still today there are the biggest petrol reserves , at the time i didn't undersyand and today i'm not going to loose my time left in this world to think about it , but this car only several years after was dethroned by the maclaren F1 the car with 3 seats one in the midle and two by each side a bit behind that not even the veiron can beat at least in the first km or miles , in top speed is faster but till then maclaren rules and not only with the mid 90's model , but if a exclusivelly F1 champion brand produces a few cars to be driven on the road for sure will be faster not the most beautifull cars but they do work , to end i want to refer the civic crx the first 90"s model only 1.6L with 16 valves in-line four cylinder if in good condition can leave behind any last ten years remakes of known " muscle cars" in a circuit with turns that needs a good driver to corner them fast would win with a civic crx but the lowest engine in the series ,i know because i tried it , a friend had just restored one honda civic from 1990 with no change in the engine to super turbo charged 7 L V8 engines ,like the english says , " it's a laugh" and when younger i bought a mercury cougar 69 7 L engine V8 all black if memory doesn't fail me it was a RX 7 but i make confusion with the 80's fords xr3 i 1.6 L escort what a car that was or the fiesta RS 1600 ,and on top the Sierra cosworth wich was a 4X4 car ,in-line engine and was the winer of the GT championship a Ford developed in Belgium , thats a great car compared with new others fro. the same brand in th U.S. .Off course the shelby cobra mustang ,recent model when one enters one it feels like those early computer games with litle lights all over but to buy one ,theres maybe a 100 cars first on the list , one doesn't need to know how to drive the car computer makes it for you, nice one christmas tree style , regards and health
@@greybush919 its base its the 911 or 939 but not close to it , its a one of a kind car, as most of the models released today not counting the SUV or the four door family car ,the 714 its an hell of a car ,i think i would prefer it.Regards
And a massive thanks to the owner for letting you (and us) experience this. I was expecting this to be a non-driving video like the Enzo. So awesome to see it in action!
Still upset about the Enzo aren't you? Yeah me too :/
If he did it in USA probably he would drive it. The Enzo was in Australia, I would understand the owner being concerned, LHD and left side traffic does not really raise confidence in driving. Maybe if it was a USA owner then sure the owner would probably let Doug drive it.
That Enzo video was one of the biggest disappointments. That owner should be ashamed!
@@1swttl iirc it was on sale in a Melbourne showroom.
aeiouxs but all of Doug’s reviews from cars from CNC motors were all for sale too! And he still got to drive all of them!
Doug's Mom looking at his scores: "Doug, you failed at math!!!"
Doug: *"No. I got a respectable 5 out of 10"*
His scoring system is a little harsh imo.
Underrated comment haha
@@TimSlee1 i think him judging cars that are 20 to 30 years old by "modern" standards is just plain dumb. I honestly don't take his reviews seriously whatsoever, it's mostly just for entertainment/curiosity.
@@TimSlee1 I know. 8 out of 10 for 0-60 in 3.8 seconds? Honestly.
@@gmann6269 Well, 3.8 seconds is certainly not the fastest and to get a 9 you must be at least 3.5 seconds fast.
Doug the type of guy who goes out on a date and says “I’m going to start at the back because that’s where all the exciting stuff is”
CNC: “Are you gonna buy anything, man?”
No but i make viewers to buy from you
Wat
Huzaifa Khan not a bad business strategy. Not only is your company getting exposure but so is your stock. All for the price of letting some guy drive it around for the day lol
@@huzaifakhan735 that really witty. 🤣😂
Doug: "Yes I just bought a diet coke from your soda machine"
When guys in a Lambo roadster are taking vids of the car you're driving, you know you're in a special car.
literally what I was thinking
Min?
Does that happen in this video? I didn’t see that haha
@@sandovaljimenezluis5571 34:54
That was priceless, I laughed out loud. But clearly, the lambo guy was an enthusiast who recognized and appreciated a legend.
I'm very surprised that Doug didn't remind us that he's either 6'3 or 6'4 when he got in the backseat.
Mission Accomplished “I’m 6’4 and I can comfortably eat this sandwich”
Mission Accomplished don’t forget the rare occasion he’s 6’5
more surprising is that he didnt explain the cup holder scenario
It depends on what time of the day he filmed the video. If it’s soon after waking up, then he will be taller.
You're not alone...
10:58 spotted Doug owned Ford GT. Arrived in style
Love the Ford gt
lmao, you gotta show up in something nicer than an '05 corolla to review a 959!
I´ve read an anecdote in a German car magazine, that during the development of the 959 chief R/D engineer Helmut Bott returned from a test drive and said to his staff: "At 125 mph the car feels a bit squirmy..." The engineers were shocked before he added: "...on gravel..."
fake story
As I said, doesn´t go beyond anecdotal evidence, but a least the story originated from a respectable car magazine before the internet. Could still be made up, of course.
@@klausm5460 then its not even an anecdote to begin with. Just a made up story
@@Silverwarhawk its not made up, its German engeneering
they use km\h in Germaby ))))
Air pressure gauge, adjustable suspension, 198MPH, vented disk brakes, and on the other side of the wall, they had the Trebant.
Trabant
@@voxer99 Trobant* Idiots...
Yeah. Two totally different worlds separated just by a brick wall. Our sons will never believe us when we'll tell them about the cold war and the iron curtain. And yet a lot of Germans and Russian still have good memories of the DDR and the USSR.
It's a cycle, buddy. Yes, the west was advanced at the time. But look what's happening now: China is pulling ahead with albeit crappy quality, yet massive infrastructure and goods. Russia is resilient to whatever the US and its lapdogs throw at it and is even beating the west at their own neoimperialistic games (Foreign disinformation, proxy wars). So yeah, let's hope there's still progress like that in 50 years time.
@@ChapuleTaylor ''''Trubant'''' ffs
The best part of the whole video is the passenger in the convertible Lambo (I think it's an Aventador) shooting video of the 959 - just perfect! :)
The video was still pretty great but that outtake just made it way better.
It was a huracan
is actually an huracan
That was a true petrolhead, I'm happy he got to ride (or own or drive, who knows) in a Lambo
What's even better is he knew this is a special Porsche, a lot of normies would typically look at it and think: "just another Porsche"
17:43 honestly, it has one of the few old school steering wheels i really like, it looks old shool futuristic
He’s just a little dougie boy
I'm sorry but i think that the steering wheel, the seats and the interior in general look cheap and ridiculous unlike the rest of the car
wouldve been better with the three spoke steering seen on some 911s
*Doug the type of guy to buy water at the store then set it free into the ocean.*
YOU HAVE TO SET IT FREE SO IT CAN BE WITH ITS FRIENDS
@@DougDeMuro *Hey you actually reply sometimes!* 😂😂
@@DonVitoOfficial fock dude I've got rod knock
then*
@@Almighty_cornholio atleast my mum loves me
That ending was amazing. Two guys in a new Lamborghini taking pictures of "just an old Porsche". Says it all
"it's just an old porsche.. lol"
"NO NO NO NO NO"
Nice that they knew how special this Porsche is. I wouldn't have known, to be honest...
That was the best part of the video, and I doubt many Lambo dudes would throw that level of respect towards the 959.
You all know that most people that own something like a Lamborghini know what the hell a 959 is, right? It's a super rare supercar that's worth over a million dollars, it's not a secret what it is. They are pulling up going "holy shit that's a freaking 959" and half or more of them are going " I wish I could afford to buy that", because a $250,000 Huracan is a long way off from a million dollars or more. There are few people into cars that don't know about the original gods, the 959, F40 and McLaren F1.
@@venom5809 I wouldn't say that. There are way too many old porches on the road, which makes 959 far less recognizable.
@Doug DeMuro Thanks Doug - excellent video!! A few points here: 1. The "Gelaende"-gear is not for Off-roading, it was done to make it street-legal in Germany back then. The Noise is measured IIRC at third gear, 4000rpm. So, it was tested in fourth gear instead of third and the car passed barely. For the pronounciation of "Gelaende" think of "Gelende" as the "e" in "Porsche" which you spoke spot-on. 2. The anti-theft sticker made sense back then, in the 90ies the crappy stock radio of my neighbor's 1987 VW Polo got stolen which had a value of 10DM at best. Whoever did it was addicted to heroine for sure - today addicts get methadone legally, that's why thefts went down significantly. 3. The first aid-kit and everything in it is required by German law, although the packing has become more compact today. But these things are still available over here. Greetings from Germany!!
Excellent clarifications and much appreciated 👍.
People don't realize how futuristic and ahead of it's time this car was!
countach....?
Nybotor1 totally agree.. this cars tech paved the way for today’s cars..
@@ostrichcum9369 The Countach was very basic mechanically compared to the 959; maybe in style it was ahead of its' time but nothing actually measurable.
Yes they do, hence the prize
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Seriously, nobody talking about that hilarious ending? xD
Doug, the type of guy to say the 959 is "just an old Porsche" to a bunch of strangers, and then blow out a camera like it is a candle.
The guys on the Lambo were rightfully freaking out, loved that!
I bet it was fucking epic for the dudes in the Lambo!
@@GabrielBonduel ıt also cost at least 5 times of that lambo.
I had to replay that bit like 20 times in a row! It's friggin hilarious, the "no no no!" is stuck in my head, ayy.
@Chris Ayres
Nah. Everybody knows a 959(car guys) even if they don't know why. It was that important, famous in the 80's.
*Doug. The 49 year old 30 year old*
LandMaster the type of anyways.
He's 49?? Wow he actually looks really good for that age.
Mike A that’s the joke. He just turned 30 but looks, dresses and acts far older 😜
@@LandscapeMaster33 Ahh ok I read it wrong lol. I read it as a 49 year old acting 30. I feel better now.
@@LandscapeMaster33 Holy fucking shit, he's 30?? Damn, I'm approaching 36 and I swear I look like a little punk-ass teen compared to him. Thanks for making me feel good, Doug!
Love the exhaust note too, sounds so smooth and not too loud.
Doug the only YT car reviewer that gets excited about a label in the hood of the car!
I'd be excited too
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I an sure he was the nerdiest kid back at school. Still enjoying his videos though.
Come on , it's a 959 , everything in this car is exciting 🤣
This what makes him one of the best reviewers. He shows things that no one thought they could see except in his videos.
Someone should start a gofundme to get Doug some new shorts
That was a bad joke
I'm guessing Nikola has the same shorts...
@@heatedcr hell no
lol my nigga
#GoFundDoug
The car with tire pressure monitors before everyone had them...
My wagons in RDR2 had them waaay before this
Welcome To The Madness and it had electric seats with memory.
IKR... i can not believe car manifacturers r still milking options with TPS and electric seats and shit.. Like wtf... even our 1991 dodge grand caravan had that... we live in 2019 very soon and its still a "premium option" wtf..., its fuckin time to stop acting like moneywhores...
..And the first adding useless tech and therefore gaining weight in a lightweight performance car..
ive seen this car in person. I have a 2019 turbo S and made a review of it on my channel
That softer 90's styling made it look quite futuristic in the 80's
Those are coffee?? I thought they were automotive paint.
Same lol
Don't put it next to lacquer thinner or things might get rowdy 😅
Loooool I thought the same thing
lol me too
They aren’t paints, they just taste that way.
Doug the type of guy who pays $1.5 Million for a Porsche 959 to get an incredibile satisfying clicksound on the door handle
As far as I know, every old Porsche has that sound. Lovely
And it is a trademark sound..."click".... LOVELY is right.
ive seen this car in person. I have a 2019 turbo S and made a review of it on my channel
@@MrReviewer No one cares, stay on your own god damn channel.
Doug is the type of guy to actually get in the back seat of a Porsche 959!!!
Doug the type of guy to hate low tier people like you
And get paid for it :)
with dirty knees
A few years ago, I worked at the Orlando International Airport in FL. I worked on the Emirates airline account as a ramp lead.
We routinely had some serious super cars coming in on that flight in the cargo bay that we had to unload like a few Lamborghini's and McClarens.
But the car I will never ever forget for as long as I live was the White Porsche 959. And it was one of those rare stripped down versions Doug mentioned in this video. It even had a roll cage inside.
As the ramp lead, I was the one who was trusted to go inside and steer the car out. I knew exactly how special the car was soon as I saw it. I knew what a 959 was and I told my agents to be extremely careful not to scratch this car. I still have photos of it on my phone. It was the highlight of my time at that job.
I mean. It is a car built specially for Group B rally. So that many bandages make sense.
They used this engine in Group C cars like 956 and 962C, but I wouldn't try it with a same boost, Le Mans racing engine might have "a bit more" endurance in it. If I remember right they used it in some version of 935 too. That racing engine was so reliable that they say they could race another 24h race in a row.
That first aid kit is mandatory in Germany. If your car has no first aid kit where all the stuff inside has not passed its date of expiry your car won't get "TÜV", which essentially means that you will not be allowed to drive your car on public streets. Also the police can check your first aid kit in a normal police control if they want.
I see what you did there.
If it came with a Porsche branded casket that would also be appropriate.
You can hear his excitement in the very first line
Guilherme Mendes I was just as excited when I saw it. Doug just raised himself in my estimation.
Still kind of funny to find one of the better reviews of that car on an American channel. Last I remember done in Germany was by Malmedie, but it wasn’t in depth.
First thing I noticed. Had to get my tuning fork out like "wait, that's not correct"
Yeah I off-road my million dollar porshe... You don't?
Nah. I do it in my yacht.
@@shayak3236 lol
Its called porsche
@@Mobischer yeah and the shorten named is POR-SH
@@Conservativechristiancombat yeah maybe in English but the real name is Porsche
I genuinely think this looks better than F40 and most other beautiful 80's cars
its so simple and humble looking that people consider it typical but I don't
Doug the type of guy to drive an ultra rare Porsche and not give us a shot of the engine revving outside the car
I like how Doug has only 10 seconds ad. Thank you Doug very cool.
Tasos Lechoudis Yes! Which I skipped with two taps to the right...
I'm fine with RUclipsrs doing non-invasive ads like that, especially if they're in the beginning. It's quick, to the point, and the product isn't super annoying.
Most of the ads I can't wait to hit the 'skip' button. However on one of the 3 ads this video had was a story (by Travelers insurance) about a young 20-year old runner who was hit by a car (the driver picked up a ringing cell phone), RIP 1993-2013. 20 yrs old and died from something that was 100% preventable. Sad.
@@joeylantis22 RUclipsrs can't control how long or what type of ads are on their videos
A big thank you to whoever let Doug use this car for the review and allowed us to enjoy and learn about the Porsche 959
I just gotta say... I love you Doug! You allow me to see the cars I have always wanted to see in a depth tour and checked in the best way possible. As a car fan I appreciate all your hard work
Would this be a good first car?
If this were your first car, it would probably also be your last car.
Bmac 814, absolutely. And this one here was just driven by a little old lady at Le Mans on Sundays. Perfect for a beginner. Shall I start the paperwork?
Out of Blue Pills Will you take an Xbox360 and 7 games and a snowboard for the downpayment?
@@mcearl8073 What brand is the snowboard?
Salty Admiral it’s a top of the line one, the best money can buy from Target.
One of the best cars of all time imo! I had never seen the suspension being raised before - so thanks for that. I was actually fortunate enough to see these being built in Zuffenhausen in the spring of 1986, when I was having a special guided tour at their facilities. It was a day to remember!
Terry Forth it’s a shame you got Alzheimers though
MinoritiesRlazy What?
@@MinoritiesRlazy ?
Honestly, if I ever reach a point in my life when I can afford it, my personal car collection will be complete with two cars: Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40. Two brilliant cars from same era, so close in performance, but so different they have nearly nothing in common.
Agreed
The twin turbos are about the only commonality that springs to mind, the are VERY different.
Test Drive 2: The Duel
yes close but having the ferrari behind for a huge diference the porshe was built to be much faster and complete than the F40 ,and so it did .It should be the first thing to say about this car not anything else ,like group B?wtf!, regards
I'd have to go F50 over F40.
Imagine off roading down some abandoned timber roads in this, as it was partially intended. It's arousing in ways I'm not sure I understand.
FunFact: the blaupunkt stereo will cease to function if you don't play a Depeche Mode or David Bowie cassette at least bi-weekly
Clutch is heavy like racing clutch is supposed to be. You're supposed to be hammering on it quite frequently and not easing it in and out.
I hope Doug finds a Sport Quattro and reviews it one day.
Also Delta S4 and RS200 Cosworth..
Both you guys get it
Yeah, it would be amazing to see doug get to check out b-class rally cars!
ruclips.net/video/yPN6_e2xVBI/видео.html
do you boys know why Group B finished?
Porsche 959: World’s fastest off-road truck.
Porsche 959: A 200 mph hospital on wheels.
Porsche 959: The only way to respond in time to a scene where a plane crashes into a school bus and prevent anybody from dying.
Doug the type of guy who buys an exotic car just for the owners manual
I mean thats probably the only way to get one ...
@@Marco-wz3ff Actually
"The Hole" is what I will call all intakes for the rest of time.
I can't bear it. I'm at the point of unsubscribing!
Doug: *walks into dealer*
Manager: get the bugatti
Worker: This guy dresses like he couldn't rent a prius what do you mean "get the bugatti"
Manager: I said get the goddamn bugatti
Never assume someone's broke by how they dress. My old boss drove around a Chevy pickup in jeans and a T-shirt and was nearly a billionaire.
He spent a easy $300-500k per year just on running his sport fishing boat between our salaries and fuel. Not to mention the $7.8 million for a 87ft Hatteras.
@@southjerseysound7340 exactly
Great observation, ehem!, you honor. I love how you illustrated it. I gotta say, though, it's the everyman appeal is what's best about Doug. It's the contrast between how casual and straight forward he presents himself, and the vehicles he's reviewing.
@@southjerseysound7340 Indeed. I see two 458 Italias on the roads around me all the time. One is always being driven by a smoking hot blonde that looks like a model or actress. The other is always being driven by a dude that looks and dresses a lot like Doug in a dirty old baseball hat.
Quite right. Back in the early noughties, I had a little more money than most my age. Not a great deal, but enough. I was on holiday in Spain, , and walked past a little shop, with quite a few people inside and a slightly upmarket look to it. In the window was a nice looking little chess set that I wanted to buy. I saw the price tag, could afford it. (it was about £70 iirc) and I walked in with my 'tourist' clothes to purchase. Woman at the counter immediately came round and pretty much pushed me out of the shop. Walked way a bit annoyed, because I can guarantee I could afford anything they had in there.
If Doug just sat there staring at it for 15 mins, I'd still upvote. I was a teenager when this car came out. It was simply mind blowing. The tech it had was barely talked about let alone implemented. It's all pretty common now, but in the 80's it was all unheard of. Possibly the most significant single model ever made.
The Model T is 100x as important as this car.
@@@wronggg
Maybe from a manufacturing standpoint (The model T)?...But not from a technological one. This car was called that at the time, the same way the 918 has been called that when it came out.
And if you wanna go that route (the Model T). Let's mention some of the original Benzes and Daimler's from 1888. SMH
I remember 3D modeling this car in highschool in the computer program 3DSMax ..... I won a school competition for the model
@@Soljarag5 I feel sorry for you. 3DS Max is a terrible app.
Copenharvest, ha, I have since moved onto Solidworks and CATIA
Love it When you show older cars
And all the stuff that any other person would show in those cars
*car capable of 200+ mph*
Doug: "I'm surprised it's this fast"
A 200mph car can still feel relatively slow if it doesn't accelerate all that fast, and on paper, the 959 has a slower 0-60 time than some literal soccer mom cars Doug had reviewed at this point. So yes, the fact he was still impressed by its speed is pretty surprising.
@@ZCAB It does 0 to 60 in 3.6 seconds. What soccer mom cars has Doug reviewed that are equally fast or faster?
@@Oscar-fi1ev The Jeep Trackhawk, Ferrari GTC4Lusso and Mercedes E63S Wagon are just three examples I can think of off the top of my head.
@@ZCAB Cool story but none of those are mom cars.
Also, "fast" is a measure of speed, not acceleration. A Tesla is not that fast at all by modern standards but it accelerates better than most high performance cars.
@@Oscar-fi1ev Sure, if you ignore all context of what he says and does in that part of the video, and solely focus on the word "fast", you could say he was talking about top speed rather than acceleration. As he was just stepping on the gas, not going even near 200mph on a public highway.
Also, while I'll grant you the GTC4Lusso purely for being a Ferrari, you can't tell me that shoving a big engine in a Grand Cherokee or a E-Class wagon suddenly makes them not a mom car.
Doug has officially driven the holy Trinity of modern Porsche supercars... Let him find a Speedster and he'll never need to look at another Porsche again
name the fucking trinity. 911T?
Bob O 959, Carrera GT, 918
I feel like the GT2 RS is heading for the status.
Which one?!?
what about the GT1 Road version? I would say this one is after 959 and before Carrera GT.
McLaren F1 is next, Doug.
Nah, Koenigsegg Agera Next
@@jeremyjhonson-0277 the agera will probably be next week or the week after. Next is probably the V10 M5 or the new G wagen.
watch tiff needells mclaren f1 video, car is fucking amazing.
ruclips.net/video/t7Azl-drqMk/видео.html
It's the last of the OG heavyweights that he hasn't done. It better happen, and it better be like an hour long.
I owned and drove a 959 Komfort model for many years using it frequently. I was the 2nd owner and I knew the first owner and history. When I bought it the car needed some work which was accomplished with the help of PCNA and a really good old school Porsche Tech. It took some doing but eventually the car was extremely well sorted out. I also lived on a dirt road. My favorite memory is driving down the paved road at speed (100+ mph) and turning onto the dirt road changing the torque split and raising the car in mid turn. Fun. However, the hydraulic suspension was questionable at speed. I was afraid to drive it at speeds over 150 mph and don't even think about the track. G is first gear. I believe the first aid kit may have been a German road registration requirement. There is very little room under the front bonnet. Your test car didn't have the tool kit, tire pump, service manual etc. which lives there. The torque multiplying center lock wrench is really cool. The cab always seemed maybe 10% smaller than a 911 of the same period hence the tightness you experienced. Notice the lack of rain gutter..the cab is not 911. The "S" model is a decontented Komfort model not an "RS" Instead of hydraulic (lift) suspension it uses double coil-overs which made the car a significantly better handling car. And yes, most "S" models eliminated the right side mirror. But I recall the rear view mirrors (both) as the best rear view mirrors, for whatever reason, in any car I had owned previously or since. In driving an "S" I missed it. I loved owning the car. I loved seeing it in the garage. But I don't miss driving it. It was so complicated and parts were unobtainable. I often felt I was in a ticking time bomb. One more piece of trivia. The service manual contained instructions for making the test box which was necessary to reset the suspension and diagnose issues. If the suspension or anything else was out of whack there were all sorts of buzzers and lights to warn you. My test box was made with Radio Shack stuff and was never anywhere near Weissach.. When you plugged it in, depending on the test or problem, the manual instructed you what buttons to push in a complicated sequence with the answers showing up as a series of complicated blinking (warning) dash lights almost like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." It was somewhere between analog and digital but it did work.
That's awesome
This is amazing…thank you
When I was a child my mom bought me some good quality toys rc of this model. I fall in love with the iconic shape. Back then toys were better made.
Romania after revolution. Thanks for your review
The tire is customized, Bridgestone manufactures a set once every a couple of years, and it's $6.000 a piece.
That is one hell of a deal I hope I'll be able to get tires at that price very soon.
Hi clint bet u womt reply
@@kwakufrempong9185 I do reply and thank you friend.
@Wall Cutter Yes sir, there's only the specific spec of tires for the original wheel base.
6k a piece, holy crap 💩
Do the Mercedes CLK-GTR. I‘m waiting for somone to review it since the late 90s.
Jeremy Clarkson already did the review
Tiff Needel have testdriven it, but it caught fire if I remember it correctly. Something about the cooling on the car was made for the racetrack, and drive it slow around in town overheated the engine. (I might remember it wrong) but I love that car, and I want one :)
I'm pretty sure none of those are road-worthy
@@ryans5615for GT1 cars, they had to make road going versions of the race cars. So Mercedes CLK-GTR and Porsche GT1 for example.
Ryan S There are about 25 road-worthy versions produced of the CLK GTR. Each worth around $2.5 Million.
You know damn well Doug measured the distance between those coffee cans with probably a micrometer.
34:54
"It's just old porshe, nothing special"
xD
The ignition key needed for wheel removal, the G gear, the multi tone silver leather and being able to lift the suspension ABOVE normal ride height are among the craziest quirks Doug has ever presented
Hey
The 959 is a veritable quirk fest
Doug is the type of guy to straight pipe a Tesla
Lolz
Ib7 h YO THIS ISN’T PORKER’S CHANNEL!!!!
Not only a Tesla, but also the Jaguar i-pace which must be his next project!!
I the type of guy to supercharge a tesla
Quirks and Features makes the electric motor sounds louder
200MPH with less than 500 horsepower is incredibly impressive
This thing lacks all the aerodynamic designs which is what's making supercar slow in the first place.
198 mph, I'm sure they pushed everything to the limit to hit 200 mph but couldn't make it.
200 isn’t that hard, once you go beyond it gets exponentially harder to accelerate
Look up group b rally!!!!
The F-40 could do 198 mph back in the day with 478hp and it had a turbo v-8 with more torque than the 959.
Doug,
Your videos are great. You pack about as much useful info into 15-20minutes as anyone could, and with nice style.
I can vouch for the $ amount. Towed a beautiful silver 959 a few years ago. Customer bought it at an auction for $1.9M and had it towed home. He didn’t tell me the $ value until I loaded it, he didn’t want me to be nervous about it. Car only had 50k on the clock.
Wow, a super rich and considerate Porsche owner. Quite the rarity. :P If I was getting my 1.9M vehicle towed the value would be the first thing I'd tell the tow driver.
Now imagine it being a 959S. Things are going north the 5 million mark.
Sorry but odometer isn't a clock
Vladimir Konashkov it’s a saying, don’t nitpick.
@@lincolncwynar1547 It's not a saying and he's not nitpicking imbécile
It may not be the best but it is the most iconic and interesting Porsche of all time . In my view the 959 and Testerossa were the king and queen of the 80’s.
959 the king, Testarossa the queen, and Countache the court jester. But the 288gto is my favorite, the princess of the castle.
u guys forgot the F40 with those 😉👌
Nah fam u forgot some big cars
If the Testerosa was queen then the F40 was Henry the VIII, the 959 was a trend setter, the F40 a trend better lol
Sean Byrne
I have an affection for 80s cars. The Delorean was awful but very handsome . I also love the Toyota Supra of the 80s . And on a quirky note I love the Saab 900 SPG. I guess it’s natural to love the cars of ones youth.
One of the craziest days of my life was the day I pulled up behind a beautifully kept silver 959 on my way to Mississauga from Toronto on the Lakeshore. The fact that I saw one of 345 worldwide cars in Canada with correctly located plates in the wild only a few months ago is almost unbelievable. To this day one of the coolest car experiences I've had.
MTK It could have been a kit car lol
I saw a silver one in Minot, ND with Alberta plates summer of 88. It had center lockers no Way it was a kit car...
10:25 "The Hole". Really going all in on the technical terms now.
I was waiting for him to put his hand inside the hole.
I had a very wealthy family friend who used to own one of these spectacular cars... (He had around 10 different Porsches and a few oddballs like a Prowler and a Jag too). The 959 was his baby... He loved that car... Even such, he let me go for a ride in it and I still remember it to this day...
what did he do
@@Daniel-pc2ov he built a tower crane business from the ground up it became very successful, then he sold it making him a multi millionaire
@@frazzledwizard3595 was it a boring car it is my dream car but some people say it is boring to drive🥲
@@coaster9458its not boring but too comfortable and felt too smooth when driven on almost any type of surface as a supercar added technology that is ahead of its time compared to its rival the ferrari f40 which is a raw thrill driving experience
That feels when your "old Porsche" is worth 5 times more than the new Lambo pulling up next to you.
BROJAK HORSEPERSON I would rather have a new Lamborghini
exactly this, New Lambos are so Douchy, pretty much built for Flexing in Miami
@@jdog7713 you wouldn't rather have a 959, sell it and buy whatever car you could dream of, plus be able to buy a house? Wise up.
@@jdog7713 If you're a collector you'd do much better with a 959. You could sell the 959 and buy a new Ferrari and a new Lambo, with a ton of pocket change. You'd get much respect in the car world with a 959.
Although that Lambo isn't that new lol. Nevertheless, the value of that Lambo will never reach the 959.
2 videos in 2 days? I must be dreaming
Too much coffee.
December specials :D
It will be more, many more according to his twitter)
More advertising money before Xmas
He will upload alot of his goodies now he said on twitter, so we should expect alot of videos with rare cars.
Like every week?
I own a Gallardo and I saw a 959, I took pics and people thought I was crazy
You are not that guy right?
Right?
@@Panzer_Runner obviously, cuz that lambo was huracan
The 959 is timeless. The Lambo is not.
A Gallardo is just a baby murcielago lol
@@oa8945 so what you're saying is a Huracán is a baby Aventador?
This first aid kit is a very german thing. The reason you can write your name and lincense plate in the booklet is also very german: In case you do help in an accident with your kit and it gets "used", you can get a refund from the insurance of the person you are helping. So you can easily send the booklet there and get your money. Very German, but that's how it is! :-)
Geez, Germans are so cheap they claim a refund on a first aid kit that mostly costs around 10-20 euros? Okay, this one is pricier, but most kits aren't.
MetalTrabant Oh yes, they are!
@@MetalTrabant I doubt you could get a genuine Porsche 959 First Aid Kit for 10-20 euros!
Also I suspect the first aid kit was so elaborate because it's intended as a rally car - you could actually get hurt driving it! Plus you could plow into a crowd mustang style and have to patch up a dozen different spectators.
@@AlvinBrinson That's why I said that the 959 kit is of course pricier... but Karl said it's a usual thing in Germany to get refunds on kits from the insurance companies, when a normal first aid kit is just around 20 euros in a random shop.
Thank you sir. The more you know.
Doug - with 7000 comments, probably someone has already addressed this: That First Aid Kit is nothing special. Over here in the land of the Autobahn we have a "Good Samaritan" law that requires witnesses of a traffic accident to stop and assist. That is why all registered vehicles (4 wheels and more) are required to have a First Aid Kit built to spec. They are "DIN" normed as a minimum and they are almost all exactly that size. That is why it fit so perfectly in the slot made for it. If you think about a bad accident (the 70s and 80s were a mess out on the Autobahn before ABS and airbags and crash proofed cars), this kit is not overdone at all. It also makes tons of sense to let people personalize their kit with name and vehicle plate number. You can leave it at the scene and the cops will have a litte more info about who stopped and assisted and possibly witnessed the event. Pretty smart, actually. Not much different today - with the addition of a foil space blanket. The old kits from the 70s even had smelling salts in them, lol. First Aid Kits are recommended for Motorcycles too, but right now there isn't a law requiring them.
Having a first aid kit without proper first aid training is like having a set of the best automotive tools and barley knowing what a screw driver is for, a layman can do more harm than good with either, there have been doctors and nurses who have stopped to help in accidents and wound up with a big lawsuit on their hands instead of thanks for saving a life, you can't be forced to be a good Samaritan most people wouldn't have the nerve or stomach to see the aftermath, better off leaving it to the trained professionals, another thing some people have become victims themselves by stopping especially on busy highways, they have been struck and killed trying to help, even the act of simply helping someone change a tire has led to someone being killed.
@@Peter-pv8xx I agree with you 100%. However, this is Germany and they have their rules for a reason. Every licensed driver has to take and pass a first aid course and they are taught that any help is better than no help. I have also never heard of anyone being sued for assisting - probably because there is a law that states you must. Obviously, if you are puking your guts out because the accident scene is so gruesome - then you can't offer much assistance anyways, right?
Too bad we don't have that first aid course requirement in America, we could keep a lot of idiots and senile people off of the road. Also it should include lectures on how to avoid getting your phone out and taking video of accident victims as they die
@Sean Jones damn dude, people want to know what has genuinely gone wrong with the world today and you couldn't have spelled it more clearly.
USA should do that here. It's smart
Hi Doug, greetz from Germany - the first aid kit is not a special from Porsche, it is regulated by german law. it must contain the things you had shown. on the label, where you can put in your name and the licence plate, there is the information of the norm on the top. btw. love your reviews !
Everything is regulated by german law :-P.
@@rsr789to be honest, i am not sure if it is german law or european law. you can buy the first aid kit ready or a refill set.
Ja, I can confirm it's a standard German first aid kit from the 80s. Doug on the other hand is the kind of guy who didn't know.
@@jaikee9477 "Doug on the other hand is the kind of guy who didn't know."
That's one of his quirks and features.
@@rsr789 To be honest I'm quite baffled by all the U.S. laws Dough always cites.
The worse day would be to rear end an old minivan, wrinkling the 959's nose just enough to jam the latch of the front hood, and not being able to get to the bandages in the first aid kit. I better stick with my Matchbox version of 959.
Holy shit a 959! My favourite car! Thanks Doug!
Retro game room Reviews That’s you. This is the greatest pure sports car ever made.
The gear G was actually intended to be used as first gear and had a short ratio for quick launches. But because of regulations, certain emission and noise measuring had to be done in first gear in order to get the car road legal. The 959 would have violated these regulations in gear G so they called the second gear first gear, lowering the revs.
When I was in HS, everyone had the posters of the Corvette, the Countach, the Testarossa, even the occasional Esprit (if the woman standing next to it was hot enough). Me? I had a 959 poster, my favorite car of the bunch. Thanks for this video. It's always been a favorite of mine, but there were precious few pics of stuff like the engine bay and trunk.
I went to a private school for 9th grade and had a silver 959 on my dorm room wall. I wish I still had that poster.
4:44 There are two Dougs in the reflection
superb observation!
I read this exactly when he said the car has 444 hp
Doug reads owners manuals when he poops
Jeff Boski It’s a good idea though 😂
We all know doug doesn't poop fuck off
You have to start your sentence with a “Doug the type of guy” to say a Doug joke.
im stealing this for the next video
thats me actually, i have a stash of car tech books next to a toilet paper
11:44 the "G" gear means "Gelände". Your pronunciation was funny Doug - it sounded more french than german though=)))
In English it stands for "granny" gear !!
I honestly had to retranslate what he was saying from his english translation. @Doug: This website is awesome and you can listen to the German words: www.dict.cc/
Ich hab auch galant statt Gelände verstanden...
In French it means dck i
Hallo guter Herr schön einen deutschen hier zu sehen!
You know you're driving something ultra-cool when exotic car drivers pull up and start taking video of your car. Either that or you're driving something so bad that it's also cool.
izzmedic exactly what I was going to say
Dude you can see the moments of genuine joy on his face and that's awesome.
FAR ahead of it's time!
Robert Cummings London actually it’s not that far you poop head
It looks like it could come out tomorrow...
It's sooo futuristic
Well it had dual turbos it started off on the small one then switched to the large one at higher RPM.
I read in a book many years ago, so who knows for sure, that "G" gear was originally 1st gear but the 959 violated some laws in European countries as to how loud a car can be taking off from a stop in 1st, so Porsche got creative and simply relabled the gears to make 1st into "G", 2nd into 1st, etc., to pass the test. There was also something about the spokes of the wheels being hollow or something like that which was interesting too.
Correct
I have been watching dozens of 959 reviews in German and English and this is by far the one I liked most, main reason, Dougs funny touch.
If you dont know German a review in English is definitely better! 😁
@@joakimquensel597 I am German, owned a 994 s2 back in late 90ties ,enjoyed so much the Landstrasse und Autobahn. No reviewer in Germany is as funny as Doug .
I saw someone driving on the highway in a silver one today. Minneapolis suburbs have insane car game if y’all didn’t know
Dougs the type of guy to have dirty knees when climbing into a 1.5 million dollar car
Just grinding the pebbles and dirt into the back of the front seats
Dude has playground knees
And he was close to use the wing for opening the back, but it seems, he noticed it in time too ;)
@tom50740 lol true. But he needs to be more gentle with the cars
Doug, you missed the single most important quirk for Porsche nerds: that car had water-cooled heads on air-cooked cylinders!
Yes, that's what all the extra cooling is for at the rear, under the covers Doug pointed out. A bit like the 996 that came later, except the 996 radiators were at the front ? Sorry I am a Porsche nerd
Dad had a older one with oil cooled. 12 quarts.
Phil Martin this car has MANY quirks, some even unique today.
@Pedro DLR never, you should learn a bit of car history mercedes in late 60´s did built a entire hidraulic system for it´s cars having nothing related to the citroën´s,. wich is great and rolls royce did ask permission to use it on the silvershadow or corniche, wich porshe at the time did use the mecedes system,wich is considered perfect but almost no mechanics today studied how it works ,so it´s dificult to repair, regards
The rear end is just
*_GORGEOUS_*
Are you from car throttle?
OriginalPringle Tingle
PringleTingle!!!
I know you!
Gangrene
@@sword_az_5847 Yeah!!
You spelt "hideous" wrong
That super technical term "The Hole" Doug would have made an interesting Gynecologist.
Gives it a Doug score....
@@roejogan292 but first I want to see all the quirks and features 👍🏻
This is by far my single favorite Doug video ever, hands down.
I still can’t believe you drove this. I haven’t even selected this on a video game
Wake me up when this car is available in any racing videogame.
Berk Karşı pretty sure it’s in Forza Horizon 4
@@berkkarsi it's also in project cars 2
@@berkkarsi And in Need for Speed 5
Berk Karşı and project gotham racing 2
This car was the technical marvel of the late 80's alongside the XJ220 and 850CSi. But consider why manufacturers never went back to the same trend - they were a NIGHTMARE to maintain and repair when something broke. Technology in a car can only do so much and when you pack too much of it in there's just an ever easier chance of it failing prematurely. Never mind that 80's electrical systems in cars were notorious on their own.
I used to live in Europe in the 90's and remember seeing these on the road a few times. They are definitely a more common sight there than in the US.
Cars like these were also more proof-of-concept cars designed to test and refine stuff that would trickle down to mainstream later. The 4WD 4WS tire pressure and active suspension systems etc were all released first on these. The paying customer of a 959 was essentially doing quality control for Porsche.
Like Rolls owners do for BMW
My uncle had a 959 in his shop recently along with a 1 of a king painted carrera gt
In the early 2000's, I was a Porsche parts guy and spent my idle time exploring the parts catalog. At times I looked to the most expensive parts I could find and gravitated to the 959 and the brand new Carrera GT that one of which came through our dealer. The Carrera GT stock front PCCB brake rotors were $7500 each, similar to 911s with the PCCB option. The pad set was only around $500 for the PCCB. Then there was the GT bumper covers, $12k for front and $15k for rear. Way more than any 911 bumper cover.
The 1988 959 rear bumper cover tipped the scales at SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS and change. This is the list price, to be clear, but holy good god I'm still blown away by it years later. At that time, a 996 bumper cover was about $500.
The G-Gear stand actually for "Geländegang" wich means something like offroadgear, and was implemented because of sound-regulations at that time, so it could claim to have 5 gears instead of 6.
Marvin-Shannon I thought it meant granny gear.
It's got the same headliner as my 1970 Beetle. Much respect.
10:40 The reflection on the inlet vent makes me think there was some thought behind the shape and size as it looks like it creates a vortex of airflow. Pretty cool!
"Even the Porsche 959 is subject to the laws of physics"
So when will we get the car that isn't? Aside of the DMC DeLorean, anyway
JC is a Bugatti ?
Is that shiny Shinx?
@@itzzkittens3198 yes