Derived from motorsport, the Porsche slant nose gave the 930 Turbo more than just unique looks and here's how it came to be
The Porsche Slant nose also known as "Flachbau”
first appeared on the 930-based Porsche 935 race car in the late 1970s
The more aerodynamic front end improved downforce while making the car more slippery
The brainchild behind the Slant Nose was engineer, Norbert Singer, to which the famous Restomodder Singer Vehicle Design pays homage
The regular 930 Turbo had terrible aerodynamics - around 0.50 Cd or coefficient of drag
The Slant Nose front-end improved the drag coefficient to 0.39 Cd
The first road-going slant-nose Porsche was the one-off 935 Street
The "Flachbau" first became an option for the Porsche 930, in 1982
The 930 Slantnose is the only Porsche 911 to feature factory pop-up headlights
Slant-nose 930s did not feature engine upgrades and retained the stock 326 horsepower and 318 pound-feet of torque
The Porsche slant nose, was available, not just for the coupe, but also for the cabriolet and Targa body styles
But despite the inherent advantages of the Slant Nose front-end, over 95 percent of all Porsche 930 Turbos built, were ordered with the regular front-end
Additionally, German tuner RUF reportedly carried out some conversions, but they are believed to have been factory slant-nose 930, dubbed the RUF BTR III
This also included the likes of the 1984 RUF 935 RSR
Another super-rare Slant nose model is the 3.6 Turbo S Flachbau, based on the 964 chassis. Only 76 were built, with only 39 imported Stateside
The Gemballa Avalanche Turbo, seen here was an even more extreme expression of the Slantonose 930
In more recent times, 2019 to be more specific, Porsche revived the Slant Nose name once, this time with the 991.2-based Porsche 935
Production was limited to just 77 examples and its not road-legal
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