Book Review: 964 Carrera RS

Launched just before Christmas, the latest Porsche offering from the publishing house, 964 Carrera RS by Mäder Morse Field Recordings GmbH, is now available. Author Christoph Mäder is no stranger to publications covering the Porsche marque and already has a string of highly impressive titles to his name.

964 Carrera RS by Christoph Mäder © Mäder Morse Field Recordings

So, why the 964 Carrera RS? The Type 964 was important in the Porsche story because it was ‘potentially’ the model that could have witnessed the end of the 911 family line. Company sales were dismal, and for a time the model’s future lay in the balance. The transaxle models were seen as the future for the manufacturer, and to promote this, the 924 Challenge Trophy began in Great Britain in 1978. Other transaxle race cars were raced, including at the Le Mans 24 Hours, until in 1986, when the Porsche Turbo Cup (now 944 Turbo) was launched by Helmuth Bott. He maintained that by putting such recognizable sports cars on the track with well-known names behind the wheel, it would attract plenty of attention. He was right.