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The Porsche 906 was officially marketed as Carrera 6 and was a racing model. Like the 904, the Porsche 906 was to receive homologation for the sports car class of the sports car world championship. The 906 was produced for the 1966 World Championship of Makes. It was designed for the FIA’s Group 4 regulations, whilst modified variants of the car, using larger engines and/or cut-down Spyder bodywork, were entered in Group 6, the Sports Prototype category. The 906 became the last street-legal ‘pure’ racer built by Porsche. It replaced the successful ladder frame chassis’ 904 and was the first substantial product of Technical Director Ferdinand Piech’s new team. The new 906 featured a modern multi-tubular spaceframe chassis, with an unstressed fibreglass body. The initial batch of 50 Porsche 906/Carrera 6 Coupes offered light weight, circa 1,300 lb (580 kg) a saving of around 250 lb (113 kg) compared to the similarly-engined 904/6. The Porsche 901/20 6-cylinder lightweight racing engine was standard equipment, offering circa 220bhp on Weber carburetors. A handful of factory-entered works cars were powered either by fuel-injected versions of the 6 cylinder engine, or the flat-8 derived from Porsche’s F1 program, both engines air cooled of course.
Manufacturer: Porsche / Production Years: 1965-1966 / Production: ~ 68 units / Assembly: Germany: Stuttgart, Zuffenhausen / Body style: 2-door coupe, 2-door roadster (Bergspyder) / Layout: Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout / Engines: 6-cylinder boxer (four-stroke), 8-cylinder boxer (four-stroke) / Dimensions: Wheelbase: 90.5 in (2,300 mm) / Predecessor: Porsche 904 / Successor: Porsche 910
The Porsche 906 was produced by Porsche in 1965 and 1966. It was officially called Porsche Carrera 6 due to the same naming rights problem that required renaming the Porsche 901 to Porsche 911. Built for racing, the Porsche 904 spawned several models, largely differentiated by their engine. Normally the car would be fitted with a 901/20 6-cylinder with carburetors. The 906 E updated the 906 to now have fuel injection. There was also an 8-cylinder coupe as well as a long tail version of the 906.
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