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Porsche 906-007: Living On The Edge

With a career spanning almost ten years and appearances from the Australian Outback to the jungles of Southeast Asia, the legendary 906-007 presents one of the most exciting diaries of a racing car of its generation.

With a career built entirely on the Orient, the 906-007 is one of the most unique cars in the Carrera 6 lineage. Photo courtesy of Bohmans

906: Born to Race

Considered one of the most distinctive designs of the 1960s, the Porsche Carrera 6, more popularly known as the 906, was certainly also one of the most remarkable pieces of German engineering. As is already well known, the origins of the model can be traced back to a series of technical and sporting issues, which contributed to the development of the new vehicle.

The main one derived from a change of course in the management of Porsche AG, with the appointment of Ferdinand Piëch as the new leader of the manufacturer’s Racing Vehicle Design department in 1965. Piëch, voiced as one of his first orders the urgent need to develop a successor to the 904, until then the flagship of the manufacturer’s sports division.

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