Peak Porsche? The Ruf Automobile Story

Well, you’ve seen the thumbnail and you’re either thinking, “oh yes, a history of Ruf Automobile” or you’re thinking “who the heck are Ruf Automobile?”. Well, in the next few minutes, I’ll take you through the whole history of an amazing company that’s been having too much fun with Porsches for over 60 years. I was fortunate to interview the CEO and son of the founder, Alois Ruf, who helped me piece together the whole story. Full Alois Ruf interview: https://youtu.be/UD4kWOZOKLU If you'd like to support what I do please consider supporting me below: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car merch: https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv My second channel - Little Car: https://www.youtube.com/littlecar Sources: Alois Ruf interview https://www.rufautomobile.co.uk https://www.ruf-automobile.de https://rufautomobiles.com/ http://www.911c1.de/ams/1977-22_930turbo_ruf.pdf www.porsche.de https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruf_SCR https://timelessdriving.com/news/2022/09/The-forgotten-history-of-the-Ruf-BTR-the-first-production-car-to-reach-300-kmh-before-any-Porsche-or-Ferrari/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a60701982/ruf-yellow-bird-story/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruf_BTR2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruf_CTR2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XJ220 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruf_Rt_12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruf_Dakara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERuf_Model_A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UQM_Technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruf_CTR_Anniversary #bigcar

Added 28 Aug 2026