By Colin Wood
Oct 12, 2020
To say that the RUF CTR Yellowbird was a handful may be an understatement, as its 911 engine was enlarged to 3.4 liters while receiving a pair of turbochargers. Yellowbird was good for more than 460 horsepower and 400 lb.-ft. of torque—in a car that weighed a little over 2500 pounds. At the time, it was simply nuts.
This is what it’s like to wrangle all that around the Nürburgring.
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10/12/20 1:31 p.m.
When super cars where truly super cars...
...they tried to kill you every time you drive them.
This is the video I watched after trying to drive a Yellowbird in a game and thinking "it can't be that twitchy"... oh no, it's far worse.
I still say: build a bunch of copies of these and start a modern race series with them. It would make the races WAY more interesting to watch.
10/12/20 7:39 p.m.
Greatest.
Video.
EVAR!!!
10/12/20 7:51 p.m.
It was after watching this video I realized I needed flat six noises in my life. I sold my Mazdaspeed3 and bought a Boxster
Best decision ever
10/12/20 8:01 p.m.
I used to have this video (Lap1 and Lap2, from some ancient website in '02ish) on constant loop while I was doing other things.
This video appears to be an upload of that old digitized worn-out VHS copy.
If you look for it, you can find a much cleaner DVD version of Faszination (the video this is from) on YouTube.
(Not complaining, just pointing out that there are better versions out there. And I wonder how Option Auto got the rights to use an illicit copy?)
10/13/20 2:07 a.m.
That is a Great Deal of Steering Correction happening at Very Unreasonable Speed.
10/13/20 10:36 a.m.
Anybody else think it’s insane to have both cars and bikes on the track at the same time???
10/13/20 11:08 a.m.
The art of driving slidways. I saw one over the weekend at the local Dunkin Donuts while I was getting a coffee. An absolutely stunning car. It is also really amazing how small they are compared to modern cars. Compaired to a modern 911 it is tiny.
10/13/20 11:10 a.m.
It's a public road, not a track.
Notice that he always passes on the left, per West German law.
10/13/20 11:17 a.m.
Pretty sure the Nürburgring Nordschleife is considered a track (even during there public access events), not a public road.
They do allow a very wide variety of vehicles on there though. Most seem to be well aware of what to do when faster cars approach.
10/13/20 11:24 a.m.
I always loved those growing up.
But maybe this is turning in my man card, that thing doesn't look fun to drive at all.
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