Porsche was a small carmaker in the 1960s, with no easy financial justification for chasing Le Mans. The company’s leaders simply decided that a seeming impossibility didn’t sound so impossible.

Porsche is celebrating the birthday of one of its most iconic racing cars ever made – the 917. The Porsche 917 racing car debuted at the Geneva Motor Show on March 12, 1969.

Porsche's 917 was the first car to give the automaker an overall win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970, a feat it followed up with another victory in 1971. Depending on the variant, power comes ...

Porsche decided to make radical changes to the 908/2. Inspired by the Hillclimb-spec 909, the 908/3 arrived with a new open-cockpit shell, a shorter wheelbase, and a curb weight of only 500 kg ...

This Porsche was an absolute beast when it came to endurance racing, competing in the race after race and winning like a boss, and with a top speed of 200mph and a 0-60 time of 2.7-seconds, it was ...

Consider, if you will, a car from days gone by that stands alone as an icon of the sport. There is no more important car to the history of endurance racing than the Porsche 917. Without this car ...

Salzburg Porsche Porsche’s list concludes with its most important 917, the No. 23 917 K that brought home Porsche’s first overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

And unlike a Porsche 911 GT3 (with base prices starting at $143,000) the 911 Soundbar Special Edition will only set you back around $4,250. It's the most affordable way to enjoy 'sports car sound ...

50 years ago, a well-connected owner converted his 917 for road use. Now, Porsche hints it could bring its modern Le Mans racer to the street in a similar vein. Ronan Glon Apr 25, 2025 8:00 AM EDT 0 ...

The Porsche 917 Chassis 30 was sold to Count Rossi and was driven on public roadways. This could be an elaborate way to tease a road-legal version of Porsche’s current 963 LMDh prototype.

There were only 37 Porsche 917s ever built, with the car reaching new heights for Porsche by winning Le Mans in 1970 and 1971, doing exactly what it was designed to do. Something it wasn’t ...