The Ruf Turbo Florio is a two-seater
sports car
A sports car is a car designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving and racing capability. Sports cars originated in Europe in the early 1900s and are currently produced by ...
produced by German car manufacturer
Ruf Automobile
Ruf Automobile GmbH (stylized as RUF) is a German car manufacturer. Formerly using Porsche bodies in white to build cars, today they build vehicles on their own bodies and chassis. They also manufacture performance parts for various Porsche mo ...
. It was unveiled at the
2015 Geneva Motor Show. The name of the car comes from the
Targa Florio
The Targa Florio was a public road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 ...
, a
Sicilian road race after which
Porsche's targa top cars are also named.
The Turbo Florio is based on the
Porsche 991 Targa 4 platform, with significant changes done to the body, engine, and structure of the car.
Specifications
Powertrain
The Turbo Florio is powered by a 3.8 litre twin-turbocharged
flat-six engine
A flat-six engine, also known as a horizontally opposed-six, is a six-cylinder piston engine with three cylinders on each side of a central crankshaft. The most common type of flat-six engine is the boxer-six engine, where each pair of opposed c ...
generating a maximum power output of at 6,500 rpm and of torque at 3,000-3,500 rpm.
The engine is rear mounted and the car can be configured to have an all-wheel drive or a rear-wheel drive layout.
Transmission
The Turbo Florio can be equipped with either
Porsche's 7-speed
PDK transmission or a 6-speed
manual transmission
A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission (mechanics), transmission ...
.
Exterior features
The exterior of the Turbo Florio features many aerodynamic and stylistic changes over the standard Porsche 991 targa. It has an elongated front splitter, air intake ducts on each rear fender, a rear diffuser and a
duck tail spoiler on the rear of the car for optimised downforce. The car comes equipped with special 5-spoke Ruf alloy wheels.
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Performance
Ruf Automobile claims a top speed of for the Turbo Florio.
References
External links
Ruf Turbo Florio official website
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Rear-engined vehicles
Sports cars
Turbo Florio
Cars introduced in 2015
Cars powered by boxer engines