RUF Automobile

In Road & Track's 1987 test at Ehra-Lessien, the CTR reached 339.8 km/h.

The modern RUF SCR was shown in 2018 as a new car developing RUF's classic idea of a lightweight naturally aspirated coupé.

RUF unveiled the CTR3 in 2007, exactly 20 years after the original CTR debuted.

Road & Track's editors nicknamed the yellow CTR 'Yellowbird', a name that became the car's best-known moniker.

CTR was expanded as Group C Turbo RUF, highlighting the car's racing-technology inspiration and turbocharging.

The first RUF CTR debuted in 1987 as an extremely fast coupé developed around the narrow body of a 911 Carrera.

The CTR's rear fenders incorporate NACA ducts that feed air to the turbocharging system.

The CTR retained a narrow body while RUF removed drag-producing details and added its own panels to improve aerodynamics at very high speed.

The later CTR3 Evo evolved the concept to 800 hp while retaining the mid-mounted twin-turbo engine and rear-wheel drive.

In 1987 RUF obtained NHTSA and EPA approvals allowing its own cars to be sold and registered in the United States.