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>> 17/March/2011 - Walter Röhrl Puts Porsche 904 To The Test

German racing legend Walter Röhrl has just recently borrowed a 1964 Carrera (904) GTS from the Porsche museum for a nice little burn around the track.

For those of you who don't know, Walter Röhrl was a top World Rally Championship driver in the 70s and 80s, having won the Monte Carlo Rally four times driving for four different marques. His Fiat 131 Abarth carried him to the 1980 title, clinched with his victory in that year's San Remo rally, but it was arguably his equivalent success in 1982 that impressed most of all, with Röhrl fending off audacious four-wheel drive opposition, led by Audi's resurgent Michèle Mouton, to take the title, by virtue of consistency, in his increasingly outmoded rear-drive Opel Ascona 400. It was also during this time that he won the African Rally Championship, in 1982.

The 1964 904 GTS, officially called the Porsche Carrera GTS and produced between 1964-1965, featured a mid-engine layout that was inherited from the 718, also known as the RSK (from the German term for racing, Rennsport), the factory's leading race car. It was powered by a flat-four cylinder engine that was mated to a five-speed transmission, producing 148kW of power.

Take a look at this video of Walter Röhrl putting the old sports car through its paces.

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