Widely celebrated as one of the most iconic air-cooled Porsche models ever produced, the 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 remains a benchmark in the evolution of high-performance sports cars. The example currently listed on Bring a Trailer is particularly significant, as it belongs to the highly sought-after Lightweight M471...
The 1972 World Sportscar Championship season marked the end of the Porsche 917’s dominance after FIA regulation changes forced the company to shift its racing program to the production-based 2.4-liter 911S. The result was the Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS, a homologation model whose “RS” badge stood for Rennsport (“racing...