Know the brief history of Porsche RUF better than Porsche

RUF is not difficult to understand. It can be a name, an organization, or a super sports car manufacturer. I personally prefer the last statement. RUF is a brand that has the strength to break Porsche, especially the gorgeous side of 911. It makes Porsche inspire a unique wildness and passion. It has every reason to change the name of Porsche through RUF and let BTR and CTR. The beast-like model of RT and RT appeared on the top of sports cars, and it has a domineering name "Ruhu" in China.

Many people would simply think that RUF is nothing more than a manufacturer that modifies Porsche models, specializing in tuning the engine for shock absorbers, and it is not even a royal refit brand. But in fact, RUF influences or is influenced by Porsche more deeply than TechArt, which can be seen from the RUF CTR3, which has undergone half of the frame reconstruction. Of course, RUF's achievement today is inseparable from its development. Today we will introduce the development history of this brand, RUF, which knows more about Porsche than Porsche.

One day in 1939, a company named Alois Ruf Senior founded an auto service shop called Auto RUF in Germany. Later, it gradually transformed and added the car modification and performance upgrade business to it, and this shop is today’s RUF. From the point of time, you can see that the founding time of RUF does not have any advantage. At that time, all German factories were preparing for the war, and Hitler's ambitions radiated the world, so Auto RUF could only barely maintain in such a turbulent era. Livelihoods were completely closed during the war. Ten years later, Germany was defeated and began to restore the economy and rebuild facilities. It was not until the first gas station was operated by the private sector that Auto RUF was able to operate again and began to rebuild. The focus of the market was on the manufacture of buses and cars, although this history and the present The CTR3 racing on the track seems to have nothing to do with it, but during this period RUF has developed tremendously and stabilized the company’s revenue and expenditure. Even bus cars made by RUF became popular in Germany and the RUF bus company was founded. The seemingly irrelevant history will not have today's RUF.

Picture: Alois Ruf took a group photo at the entrance of AUTO RUF repair shop.

and the bus project are also carried out together with the Volkswagen Group cooperation project, RUF at the time called this project "Golden Turtle Modification Business". The so-called beetle was the representative of German cars at the time. In the first global financial crisis after the war in 1950, the government's high taxes prevented many German industrial companies from guaranteeing sufficient profit to operate. The Volkswagen Group found that RUF modified the Beetle car was also aimed at a new energy project. RUF changed the piston stroke for the Beetle to achieve high efficiency. Power purpose, so that its fuel consumption is further reduced. This project was successful and also allowed RUF to obtain huge profits, and the overall operation began to turn around. In addition to the cooperation with the Volkswagen Group, more and more Italian-produced cars began to enter the German market in the late 1950s, especially Fiat cars are everywhere on the street. The quality of these Italian cars is not as good as it is today. Brings a lot of maintenance services to Auto RUF.

At this point in the article, everyone seems to be a little tired, because this is clearly cheating, and there is no news about Porsche. Yes, RUF really became associated with Porsche after the death of Alois Ruf II and his son Alois Ruf, Jr. III took over the company. Compared with his father, Alois Ruf, Jr. III has a special liking for motorsports. And he directly leads the business direction of RUF. At this time RUF has already begun to produce OEM parts for some sports car manufacturers outside of Germany, but Alois Ruf, Jr III is not satisfied with the status quo, and has begun to make a fuss on the local national treasure sports car Porsche 911 platform and is committed to putting aside all restrictions. In order to create a Porsche that can bear the RUF Logo, it has been proved that RUF is successful. More and more people are beginning to recognize this brand in the field of high-performance automobiles, and Alois Ruf, Jr III has also become a foundation for Porsche. Key figures.

picture:Alois Ruf, Jr III and RUF cars.

In the true sense, the first model launched by RUF was a modification of the Porsche 911 in 1977. This 911 uses a turbocharged engine. RUF has expanded the cylinders of this engine to make it more powerful. In the second year, RUF also tried to change the 3.0L horizontal stand-off engine to 3.2 liters displacement by expanding the cylinder, so that the original factory's tending to be restrained power was fully utilized. The addition of RUF also allowed Porsche, which was hand-trained by it, to compete with stronger opponents and received unanimous praise from users. In addition to the enhanced engine upgrades, RUF also caught the general belief that the Porsche 911's 4-speed gearbox was not enough to make the vehicle perform at its best. It also made a 5-speed special for it in the early 1980s. The manual gearbox is matched with the turbo engine to truly show the strength of the 911 in the world. However, the achievement in Porsche in 1981 was not the biggest achievement of Auto RUF. In the same year, it was the major event to obtain the automobile manufacturing certificate issued by the German joint guarantee automobile department. The first model of

to mark RUF on the road is called BTR internally. It originated from the 911 platform and engine technology and was officially launched in 1983. BTR is equipped with a 3.4L horizontal stand-off 6-cylinder air-cooled turbocharged engine and a 5-speed manual transmission. The maximum horsepower can reach an astonishing 374Ps. This was the controversial civilian use of RR (rear-mounted rear drive) control at the time. The horsepower range that Porsche dare not enlighten. In 1987, RUF officially released the new CTR series of cars. The original CTR was nicknamed "Yellowbird". This car uses a twin-turbocharged air-cooled engine that can output 469Ps of horsepower. "Yellow Bird" not only obtained permission to run on the road, but also created a top speed of 342Km/h on the Nardo circuit. The release of this result not only shocked Porsche, but also shocked the world of sports cars. After that incident, RUF officially became RUF GmbH, became an automotive product manufacturing plant and passed the United States Safety Emission Standards (NHTSA and EPA) certification, truly becoming a car brand that continues to shake the world.

Picture: Launched in 1983 based on the Porsche 930 Z1z

Picture: The BTR III sports car launched in 1986.

Picture: RUF 935 RSR in 1984.

Picture: CTR Yellowbird sports car, it can be seen that the RUF logo has begun to appear on the zzz

z78 of this era. : CTR Yellowbird sports car. The subsequent development of

RUF, like Porsche, has undergone changes from air-cooled to water-cooled. The general performance of the car series is also based on CTR and BTR. The gearbox has also become a more compatible 6-speed manual with horsepower. It is also improving day by day. After 1997, RUF is not only for Porsche engine upgrades. Rebuilding the frame and lightweighting have also been put on the agenda. The CTR 2 Sport version is the best proof.

Picture: Deeply modified RUF CTR 2 Sport can be called RUF a key to open future CTR car series.

Today’s RUF car series is more extensive, basically covering all Porsche car series. Including classic advertised performance CTR cars, RT and RGT, Roadster cars The series, as well as the Freiheit and XL cars that flaunt the combination of comfort and sport. The RUF manufacturing plant in Mindelheimer, Pfaffenhausen, Allgau District, Germany has also become its iconic building. It is no exaggeration to say that although RUF is not a high-performance brand, But through the clear management direction and enthusiasm for Porsche, it ignites high-performance passion like the devil in every Porsche heart, and understands Porsche better than Porsche, RUF should be well deserved.