The Porsche 959 began life as a purist racing car, an evolution of the evergreen 911 tailored to compete on one of the most vivid, popular and gruelling motorsport series of the age, Group B rallying.

Porsche then entered the 1985 Paris-Dakar with three of its new 959 rally cars, albeit without the twin-turbocharged engine and adjustable four-wheel-drive system that would go on to define the model.

Porsche's 959 was always meant to be a rally car, but its original destination, the absurd Group B racing that made the Audi Quattro and Ford RS200 famous, was swiftly canceled when organizers ...

It's hard to imagine a modern supercar competing in the Paris-Dakar Rally, but that's exactly what the Porsche 959 did back in the 1980s. This video from Porsche's "Top Five" YouTube series ...