Porsche built 292 production units of the Porsche 959.
The 959 was developed in the early 1980s as Porsche’s answer to the FIA’s Group B regulations. Those rules required manufacturers to produce at least 200 road cars for homologation, but Porsche created a far more sophisticated machine than a basic competition special. It used a sequential twin-turbocharged flat-six, four-wheel drive, lightweight composite construction, and an electronically controlled Porsche-Steuer Kupplung torque-distribution system.
Production of the regular road-going 959 ended in 1988, with 292 cars completed. That figure is often confused with the broader total of 337, which includes prototypes and pre-production vehicles. Porsche also assembled eight additional cars from spare parts in 1992 and 1993, but those later cars are generally treated separately from the original production run.
The 959 was offered primarily in Komfort trim, with a smaller number of lighter Sport versions. Its limited production, advanced engineering, and competition pedigree have made it one of the most valuable and influential Porsche models.