Porsche was fighting for that title in the 1980s with its 959 supercar as well ... When the average economy car was running 12-second 0-60 times in the 1990s it was impressive to have a sports ...

The current Porsche range includes some remarkably quick ... and performance figures are identical, too. The standard 0-60 time is 4.3 seconds, but that drops by two-tenths with the Sport Chrono ...

The fourth iteration of the Red Line Club exclusive Hot Wheels Porsche 959 is just around the corner and precedes something ...

But perhaps one of the brightest stars of the era was the glorious Porsche 959. It did have a brief ... it get off the line pretty sharpish – 0-62mph was a claimed 3.7sec and its top speed ...

The Danish outfit, who’ve previously given us an electric 964-generation Porsche 911 powered by a Tesla ... that’s heavily inspired by the iconic 959, but it’s also been radically overhauled ...