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About ruf
RUF History
In 1939 Alois Ruf Senior founded his firm, ‘Auto RUF’, a general automotive and mechanical repair shop in Pfaffenhausen’s Mindelheimer Strasse, where it remains to this very day. In January 1950, his son Alois entered the world.
To this day RUF remains a unique manufacturer and continues to source Porsche ‘bodies-in-white’ directly from Porsche to produce bespoke hand-built sports cars with their own special characteristics. Each RUF car is built specifically to the owner’s requirements. This means that each car is very different from another and carries its own RUF chassis number.
RUF also remains one of the world’s distinguished provider of first-class, authentic Porsche restoration services for all types of Porsche vehicles.
OUR TIMELINE
The world-renowned ‘YELLOWBIRD’ RUF CTR is born. The car features a BiTurbo 469 HP engine and smashes the lap record at Nardo.
New developments continued and the CTR and BTR became available with a six speed RUF transmission. The six speed transmission was also offered to retrofit.
Together with Dunlop in 1985, RUF designed 17 inch wheels using the Dunlop RunFlat System.These ingenious technological advancements provided maximum safety during high speed motoring.
The RUF BTR hits over 300 KMH in Road & Track’s ‘World’s fastest cars’ comparison.
First sports car with a RUF VIN is born. The RUF BTR: A 3.4-litre turbo engine with 374 hp.
Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Office recognizes Auto RUF as an official vehicle manufacturer.
The first RUF enhanced Porsche model made its debut in 1975. Two years later, the turbocharged 911 engine, which was enlarged to 3.3 liters by RUF through the use of larger pistons, had a distinct performance increase compared to the standard Porsche Turbo model. The power was transferred through a prototype of the RUF 5-speed-gearbox to the rear wheels.
Upon the death of Alois Ruf, Sr. in 1974, his son, Alois Ruf, Jr., took over directorship of the company and vowed to continue RUF Automobiles development and philosophy of innovation and quality.