Ruf RT 12R C-Spec (R12C)

RUF Automobile GmbH is synonymous with high performance automobiles. In addition to engine- and chassis-tuning and vintage restoration of some of the fastest cars in the world, RUF is recognized by the German government as an automotive manufacturer in its own right for producing and installing its own Porsche performance enhancements.

The company was founded in 1939 as an automotive service garage by Alois Ruf Sr, who later designed and built vehicles of his own in the '50s. A sports car buff, Alois Ruf Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and began servicing and restoring Porsches in the '60s and produced the first RUF-enhanced Porsche 911 in 1975. RUF debuted their first complete model soon after and in the intervening four decades has carved a legendary niche in the automotive market by producing exceptionally powerful Porsche-based vehicles.

The RUF C-Spec is a full-on race car, but one tailored to the single make, spec-class sports car series which have found increasing favor around the world in recent years. There's plenty of power on tap from the normally-aspirated flat six, while the beefy six speed, sequential gearbox and twin, independent brake systems underline the C-Spec's staying power in the "level playing field" environment of spec series.