- Ruf Automobile is beginning to develop its next generation of performance cars.
- It is using a development prototype to validate new technologies that will power future roof models.
- The car has a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter flat-eight engine that makes over 1,000 horsepower.
It’s been 50 years since Ruf Automobile launched its first tuned Porsche. Since then, the company has achieved legendary status thanks to the Ruf CTR Yellowbird and countless other exclusive creations. And the company has no plans to slow down.
At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Roof will publicly showcase development prototypes for its next generation of performance cars. It’s called the B8 Erprober, which is a longer CTR3 test vehicle designed to validate new technologies that will power future Ruf models.
Roof B8 ‘Erprober’ prototype
Photo by: Ruf
The car is powered by Ruf’s all-new eight-cylinder B8 boxer engine. It is a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter flat-eight engine that will produce over 1,000 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque. It will also be mated to a six-speed manual transmission.
The car will race a total of six times at the festival, driven by race car driver Tanner Faust. It wears a special livery designed by Eloisa Ruf in collaboration with Optima Batteries, which pays homage to the CRT Yellowbird.
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Ruf B8 ‘Erprober’ prototype engine
Photo by: Ruf
Ruf made his reputation by modifying existing Porsche vehicles, but the company now builds original cars. The CTR Anniversary had an all-new chassis with new bones—axles, suspension, subframe, and more.
Ruf’s future automobiles will continue to be niche vehicles that bridge the gap between old and modern. Hopefully future Ruf vehicles will continue to use the 911 for design inspiration, which Alois Ruf Jr. told us last year was “good forever.”
It’s unclear when we’ll see a production version of Roof’s next-generation vehicle, but if the company is already developing one we shouldn’t have to wait long.
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Source: Roof
Motor1’s Opinion: This is the future of roofs, and if it’s starting with over 1,000 hp, we’re expecting some really cool cars. Ruf’s currently more powerful model is the CTR3 Evo with 800 hp, which is not available with a manual transmission.
What are you cooking, Ruf?
