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The iconic BB Auto ‘Rainbow Porsche’ is heading to nearby Pebble Beach

The iconic BB Auto ‘Rainbow Porsche’ is heading to nearby Pebble Beach

The Polaroid sponsor of Rainer Buchmann’s “Rainbow Porsche” 911 Targa was a star of the 1970s tuning scene. Now Galpin Motors of Marke BB Auto in North America is an original car with a hybrid Targa at Monterey Car Week.

Wer in the 1970s and 1980s there were young wars and so interesting for cars, that with the new Sicherheit new, gewte and overloaded models of Rainer Buchmanns German tuning company BB Auto were with spannung. The berühmtest of Buchmanns Kreationen war zweifellos of “Rainbow Porsche”, an individual Porsche 911 Turbo Targa, was produced in 1976 with Polaroid for the Fotomesse Photokina. A war has started with a Targa with the powerful Tuningmotor of the 930, but the war is a Rolle in the German Kultfilm “Carnapping”, the BB Auto and the “Rainbow Porsche” in the car world that has power.

BB Auto does not yet exist and during the Monterey Car Week the US restoration specialist Galpin Motors is no longer present in North America on the market, while the “Rainbow Porsche” with a Porsche 911 Targa Hybrid from 1986 Tribut zollen. Under the hood is an Ed Pink Racing engine, which with Vonnen hybrid technology delivers a power of 550 hp. The hybrid system ensures a fast life of the engine and is lighter and more compact than rechargeable EV batteries. An electric motor generator with a power of 110 kilowatts of powerful engine and current is available. The best of the best through a bloated lack, which has a historical past, whereby the fully-fledged individual interior is larger than the Recaro LX -Sitze, an electric air conditioning and a 660-watt sound system from Focal with integrated Porsche Classic Communication radio and 9.2-inch infotainment screen is available.

Galpin Motors won the 1986 Porsche bb-Auto Targa Hybrid in the Porsche Classic Restoration Challenge at the Works Reunion Monterey am Freitag, August 16, presentation. The car is made from the 1984 Porsche bb-Auto 911 Slantnose and the 1981 Porsche bb-Auto 928 Targa. After its debut at the Werks Reunion during the Targa on Sonntag, August 18, it was launched on the Concept Lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.