Porsche 911 RSR "Pink Pig" Wall Display (2024)

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What is the story behind the pink pig Porsche? ›

Legend has it that when the car ran its first test lap, one of the team sponsors – Count Rossi of the Martini & Rossi drinks company – was less than enamoured. The wider 917/20 was not what he had imagined and so he refused to let it race in the signature blue, red and white Martini colours.

The name RSR comes from the German 'RennSport Rennwagen' – a literal translation of which is 'racing sport racing car'. It's a nomenclature purely reserved for competition versions of the Porsche 911 that are not street legal.

As part of the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Porsche presented another new development of the Porsche 911 RSR based on the 991.2, although production of the series model was discontinued at the end of 2019 and the first copies of the successor 992 were sold.

The Porsche 911 GT3 Touring is one of the very best sports cars on the market but it's hardly cheap with a starting price of just over $160,000 in the United States.

When one sees a "pink pig," the American Landrace is what they are referring to. These animals are domestic pigs that are medium to large and mature very quickly. This pig breed's physical characteristics are identifiable by their very long bodies and fine white hair.

With this history in mind, Bonhams has estimated the 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR could sell for anywhere between £3.75 million and £5.75 million – equivalent to $7.35 million to $11.28 million in Australian currency.

With 330hp on tap, this lightweight Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 was capable of a top speed of 179 mph and awesome acceleration.

1. In 1986's Top Gun, the 1958 Porsche 356 Speedster driven by Kelly McGillis was a replica, not an original. The production crew turned to Intermeccanica, a shop based in Canada to handle the build.

The successor to the 911 RSR has already completed a successful rollout on the test track in Weissach. Now begins the test phase on selected racetracks around the world. At its first test runs at Weissach, the majority of the Porsche works drivers were able to get a first impression of the new 2017 GTE race car.

What engine does the RSR have? ›

The first mid-engine Porsche 911 is the RSR and it features a 4.0 liter, normally aspirated engine that produces 510 hp. Purpose built for racing, the car is raced worldwide in the LM-GTE category in series including IMSA, WEC and Le Mans.

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For a car that only raced once in its audacious pink livery fifty-one years ago, the 'Pink Pig' occupies a unique niche in the history of porsche. The bold imagery of the butcher's diagram continues to rival the blue and orange of Gulf and the red, white, and blue of Martini.

The animal on the Porsche logo is a horse.

The city thus used horses in its seal, and Porsche, in homage to its hometown, tossed a horse into the center of its own logo. In addition to paying tribute to Stuttgart, the horse was meant to represent power (“horsepower,” anyone?).

And so the porcine nickname was born, but in a brilliant piece of PR, Martini let Porsche designer Anatole Lapine loose with the spray cans and stickers to create the 'Pink Pig' we see here. It may have been a bit of a minger but the aerodynamics worked …

For the design of the Porsche logo, Franz drew inspiration from Stuttgart's city seal, which features a rearing horse, and incorporated this into the centre of the shield shape. Since Stuttgart itself was founded around 950AD as a centre of horse-breeding and stud farms, the animal was a fitting addition to the emblem.