Fritz-Dieter Rencken

Motorsport adviser. Ex-F1 writer. Own views: why express others? RT info only

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@5054magazine Fabulous build quality, believe Porsche engineers said at the time of run-out 968 had the best quality by far of all Porsche’s built to date.

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@5054magazine Style and substance: interior of my 93 968 is still as solid and squeak-free as the second it left Stuttgart.

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@5054magazine perfection 50 years on - not called ‘landshark’ without reason: they say sharks stopped evolving once they hit perfection and so it is with 928.

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@zdravkost Also acquired the ATS wheel company and discovered he’d become the owner of a lot of historic yellow F1 cars…

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@5054magazine Now to paint the fence silver to match rims…

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@H_Kovalainen 🤝

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@5054magazine ❤️

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@5054magazine https://t.co/HBIxjqohDX

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@5054magazine F Pïech fitted a flat eight into a 914, but of course that did not have a the dumbbell effect of a heavy engine hanging out behind the wheels.

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@WRCPAST And 968 front light treatment - also designed by Lagaay.

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@5054magazine Which means it was a Japanese import into 🇿🇦, usually a mix of 🇯🇵 🇦🇺 and 🇬🇧 spec

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@NoContextBrits Grease

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@5054magazine And named after a Mazda model from the 70s

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@sniffpetrol CAR mag ran this as the mid-engined R5 mock-up for 2014 launch

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@sniffpetrol When did you buy the car?

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@5054magazine @PentagramMsport Under Sergio Marchionne, Montezemolo’s ‘scarcity’ strategy of 10k units/annum was waived for ‘emerging’ markets.

SM’s argued that 1k units sold in 🇨🇳 didn’t affect scarcity in 🇺🇸 or 🇩🇪

In 2024 Ferrari sold 13,5k, of which 2,5k in 🇨🇳 plus 1k in wider Asia.

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@5054magazine So roughly where Maserati was and should be?

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@5054magazine The sort of tactility insisted upon by F Pïech in all VW Group products. Remember damped grab handles and glove box lids?

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@quillerrees @abarthuk @Abarthownerclub @AutoItaliaMag So was I @AutoworldBxl :