Top Speed Testing: Porsche 906 (270 MPH)

About Porsche 906

The Porsche 906, sold as Carrera 6, with a 2-litre flat six-cylinder Type 901 engine compared to the F4 in its predecessor Porsche 904 Carrera GTS, is a Group 4 Sports Car from Porsche announced in January 1966 for the 1966 World Sportscar Championship. The street-legal racing car met homologation requirements of the FIA like space for luggage and carrying a spare wheel (as did the Porsche 917 in 1969). When the required minimum number of at the time 50 cars was produced, of 65 in total, homolog...