1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring Pictures & Gallery ... Read More
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight Pictures & Gallery... Read More
The Ultimate 911 In the early 1970s, Porsche found itself in need of a street car that would allow the... Read More
The Story Behind the 2.7 RS The 2.7 RS was the first 911 to carry the Carrera badge, this is... Read More
Revealed at the 1972 Paris Auto Show, the Carrera 2.7 RS was a special model used to homologate the 911 in Group 4 racing. Developed from the 911S, the 2.7 was more potent in almost every area. Compared to the standard Carrera, the 2.7 RS featured a larger engine, wider flares to accommodate the Fuchs alloy wheels, stiffened suspension, larger brakes and a ducktail rear spoiler. The Touring outsold the Lightweight, with a total of 1380 units built (the Lightweight had only 200 units). Read More
Of all the 1580 Carrera RS 2.7s, only 200 were made were ordered with this lightweight ‘Sports’ trim which made the car more responsive and purposeful. In many ways these few cars were the ultimate road-going Porsche of the 1970s. Known as the Sports, Lightweight or even the M471 option code, these cars had improved the power-to-weight ratio. Reports of 75kg were stripped from the standard model by fitting lightweight body panels and lightweight glass. Read More
Perfectly Describing the Magic of the 911 2.7 RS Respected architect Jonathan Segal poetically describes what the 1973 Porsche 911 2.7L... Read More
Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Engine: 2,687 cc, air-cooled horizontally flat six Production dates:... Read More
Driving A Legend Patrick Dempsey and Jay Leno take a joy ride in a 1973 Porsche Carrera RS 2.7. With... Read More
How the RS differs from lesser 911s The 1973 Porsche Carrera RS is instantly recognizable thanks to its distinctive “Carrera”... Read More
On The Road In an automotive world in which long legacies of high-performance are continually trotted out and watered down... Read More
On Board Dickie Meaden takes you behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 2.7 RS Touring in part one of... Read More
The 911 Porsche feared no-one would buy! In this episode we bring you a rather special car, one of the... Read More
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight Technical Specifications Built At Stuttgart, Germany Production 200 Engine Air-Cooled Flat 6 w/Dry... Read More
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring Technical Specifications Built At Stuttgart, Germany Price $ $25,000 Engine 911/83 Flat-6 Position... Read More
Imagine, if you will, that you are in Paris, France, in October 1972. There is an automobile show, a fairly... Read More