It wasn’t until the mid 1980’s when the original owner let it go to Angelo Martinoli, of Milano, who was the president of Porsche Club Italia. And so he authorized production of a “Carrera” model for 1974…and beyond….ĭelivered new to Verona, Italy, this Carrera went into the perfect region for some great driving. But Fuhrmann, who also had created the twin-cam “Carrera” engine for the 356, knew that if Porsche let its customers know about such things, they often began to desire such things. Remember, Porsche’s man-in-charge, engineer and chief executive officer Ernst Fuhrmann, was the man who devised the 2.7 Carrera as Porsche’s racing response to successful BMWs and Fords. The enthusiast world feared it was a one-year-miracle! But Porsche had looked further ahead.
#1974 PORSCHE 911 ENGINE SERIES#
And they established-along with a series of competition 3.0 Carrera RS, RSR, and IROC models-that the Carrera was the best Porsche you could buy. Demoting the 911 S from the senior ranks, they catapulted off the success of the 2.7-liter engine from 1973 and from the RS Carrera. In fact, Porsche really adopted it as its own. Similar to the word “ Targa” and the Targa Florio, Porsche chose to name its most interesting models after racing events where Porsche had achieved a tremendous amount of success. In their tenth year anniversary of the 911, Porsche christened their new top-of-the-line performance model as the Carrera, which they also scripted as a logo on the sides of their most exciting limited-production model.
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Since the Mexican government canceled Carrera Panamericana- possibly the most dangerous race of its era down the Pan-American Highway-in advance of the 1955 running, the Spanish word Carrera (race) has been synonymous with Porsche.