Ruf CTR first drive review: Stretching the new Yellow Bird’s wings Like many people my age, I first saw the name Ruf in Gran Turismo, plastered across a car that kind of looked like a Porsche ...

The 2017 Ruf CTR is a tribute to the original 1987 CTR, known as the "Yellow Bird." ... but it’s actually based on a carbon fiber monocoque chassis designed from scratch by Ruf.

The RUF CTR exploded onto the Porsche chassis-based scene in 1987, ... the RUF CTR Yellow Bird is the most desirable non-Porsche 911 in existence, and one is headed to auction later this month.

The RUF CTR Yellow Bird tips the scales at just 1200 kg. 6 / 11. Power comes from a twin-turbo flat six in the RUF CTR. ... It's built around a unique carbon fiber monocoque chassis, ...

A 1989 RUF CTR Yellowbird fetches over $6 million, ... this CTR — chassis number W09BT0343KPR06026 — is one of just 29 ... (Blossom Yellow), the shade that earned the CTR its enduring ...

So says Alois Ruf Jr., about the fourth-generation Ruf CTR, a car that his company is building as an homage to the famed Ruf Yellow Bird from 1987. In 1987, the Ruf CTR Yellow Bird was a highly ...

This particular Ruf CTR Yellowbird is chassis number 26 and was one of just nine finished in the distinctive shade of yellow that has since become synonymous with the car.

The rather special Ruf CTR Yellow Bird will be auctioned at RM Sotheby’s Monterey event on August 25, and is expected to fetch between $1 and $1.2 million. Not bad for one of the most legendary ...

The RUF CTR 'Yellow Bird' Is the Greatest 911 Porsche Didn't Build. On the road in an icon—the first production Ruf CTR. By A.J. Baime Published: May 14, 2024. Save Article. Lisa Linke.

RUF Automobile made a name for itself reengineering Porsche 911s in the ’60s and ’70s, but the company really put itself on the map in 1987 with the first-generation RUF CTR “Yellow Bird”. The 469 ...

Today's video is a classic, the famous 1987 Ruf CTR 01 "Yellow Bird" hot-lapping the even more-famous Nurburgring. Were you one of those kids who taught themselves to identify cars at night by ...