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One of the reasons the 959 was never imported into the USA was the crash test requirements of the USA. Porsche lost money on every single 959 sold, and to destroy several of them to satisfy US crash standards was too expensive for Porsche at the time.
Helmuth Bott was the director of the engineering department when the 959 was in development. He came to speak at War Bonnet Tech and discussed the 959 project and talked of the crash standards. He also mentioned he had a company car 959 as a daily driver. He said the locals gave it no notice at all. Just another Porsche to the locals. When he drove his Model T all the locals waved and smiled.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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