Porsche 936

The Porsche 936 is a Group 6 sports prototype racing car that Porsche introduced in 1975 as a delayed successor to the five-litre 917 and the three-litre 908, both retired by the factory after 1971. It took its name from using a variant of the turbocharged engine of the Porsche 930 together with competing in Group 6. It was built to contest the World Sportscar Championship and the 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans, and it won both. A modified version, the 936/81, was prepared for Le Mans in 1981 after Porsche had first considered entering modified 924s, which had little hope of winning.