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"The 1986 Porsche 962 was created as a replacement for the highly successful Porsche 956, a car that dominated everywhere it raced, including major wins at the 24 Hours Le Mans and in the FIA series. The 962 was first released in 1984 with a Porsche 934-derived, air-cooled, Type-935 2.8 liter flat 6 engine. This was fitted with a single K\u00FChnle, Kopp und Kausch AG K36 turbocharger.  By 1985, the engine options had been improved to include the better-performing, Andial-built 3.2-liter fuel-injected flat 6. In 1986, the engine options were further improved with the addition of the 2.8 liter, 3.0 liter, and 3.2 liter variants of the flat 6 with twin turbochargers.  The Porsche 962 is remembered for its surprising longevity; the model was raced for over 10 years in highly competitive events around the world, even spawning a mini-industry around itself later in its life when race engineers began building their own carbon-fiber tubs for the car.  Overall, 91 962s were built between 1984 and 1991. 16 were used by the Porsche factory racing team, while 75 were sold to privateer customers. Interestingly, some 956s were rebuilt as 962s and some 962s that had been crashed were rebuilt. Others were taken and modified into slightly extreme road-legal cars (of which a handful survive today).  This particular Porsche 962 is scheduled to roll across the auction block at Monterey on the 16th of August, 2013. The event is being held by RM Auctions and if you&amp;#039;d like to peruse the official listing for this car, you can do so here. Our friends at Silodrome have so much awesome stuff that we like to share it from time to time. This is reprinted courtesy of Silodrome "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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