  the porsche 930 was a sports car built by porsche between 1975 and 1989, known to the public as the 911 turbo. it was the maker's top-of-the-range 911 model for its entire production duration and at the time of its introduction the fastest production car available in germany. ==model history== porsche began experimenting with turbocharging technology on their race cars during the late 1960s, and in 1972 began development on a turbocharged version of the 911. porsche originally needed to produce the car in order to comply with homologation regulations and had intended on marketing it as a street legal race vehicle like the 1973 carrera 2.7 rs. the fia's appendix âjâ rules that brought about the 911 turbo carrera rsr 2.1 in 1974 changed in 1975 and 1976. the fia announced that cars for group 4 and group 5 had to look like production cars and would be for "normal sale" with a means the distribution of cars to individual purchasers through normal channels of the manufacture. for the 1976 season, new fia regulations required manufactures to produce 400 cars in twenty-four months to gain approval for group 4. group 5 would require the car to be derived from a homologated model in group 3 or 4. to win the group 5 championship, porsche would first have to have a car that could compete in group 4 which led to the 934. for group 5, porsche would create one of the most successful racing cars of all time, the 935. while the original purpose of the porsche turbo was to gain homologation for the 1976 racing season, the marketing department soon awoke to the potential of this ultra high-performing machine when the original target of 400 cars was passed by the end of 19
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