The Porsche 953 was a heavily modified variant of the

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, designed and built specifically to compete in the

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. It was a short lived model, as it was replaced in 1985 by the Porsche 959, 959. It is sometimes referred to as the 911 4x4, as it used the developmental, manually controlled

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system that was intended to be used on the 959. Travelling on an extremely enhanced suspension, powered by a , 6-cylinder engine, and weighing in at , it was extremely successful. Three of them were entered into the Paris-Dakar Rally, one taking overall first place.

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Driving the Paris-Dakar Porsche 953 at Goodwood

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