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Traffic jams are no fun, unless that traffic jam is completely full of supercars.
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Ruf adopts mid-engine design for updated CTR 3 supercarAbout four years ago German tuner Ruf first revealed its third-generation CTR supercar, the aptly named CTR 3, as well as announcing a new development center in Bahrain. Well, Ruf has now gone and updated its CTR 3, extensively redesigning the chassis so that the original rear-engine design adopted...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Ruf Rt 12 R Based On The Porsche 911: 2011 Geneva Motor Show
Ruf has never considered itself simply as an aftermarket tuner, seeing itself more as a niche automaker capable of building some of the highest-performance cars on the planet. You only have to take a look at the legendary line of CTR models to understand where this view is coming from, and in...
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Ruf Announces Trials Of ‘eRuf’ Electric Porsche 911 Fleet
In the same week that Porsche unveiled its own in-house developed electric Boxster E, one of the automaker’s longtime tuners, Ruf, announced plans for its own trials of a small fleet of electric Porsche 911 prototypes. Ruf is probably most widely recognized for its wild modified Porsches such...
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Ruf Returns With New 911 Roadster, Promises All-Electric Version
Anyone familiar with the Porsche 911 has probably seen a RUF-modified version, even if they didn't know what they were looking at. For those in the know, however, RUF's various takes on the 911 have been impressive works of modification--from the all-electric eRUF Greenster to the 685 horsepower...
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2010 Geneva Motor Show: RUF RGT-8 V-8 Powered Porsche 911
RUF's work on the Porsche 911 is the stuff of legend.
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Exactly 20 years after we saw the original CTR, German tuning house Ruf has announced the introduction of its third-generation CTR. The car's arrival coincides with the launch of Ruf's new plant in Bahrain. The latest version will be built on Ruf's own chassis design and utilizes lightweight panels that resemble Porsche's Cayman. Starting with the Porsche Cayman body, Ruf has utilized racing technologies first seen on its 911-based RT12 offering. Powering the CTR3 is a twin-turbo 3.8L flat six engine pumping out 700hp at 7,000rpm with torque topping out at 890Nm. To save weight its developers...
