Bilstein

BILSTEIN suspension has been used to great effect by dozens of different car manufacturers over the decades, with the likes of Subaru, Lancia, Mercedes, Audi, BMW and Ford being amongst the best known and most successful. That said, there’s one particular manufacturer that’s achieved more than most using BILSTEIN dampers, and that’s Porsche. The Stuttgart legend has chosen BILSTEIN for some of its most competitive and iconic race cars, including a huge number of Le Mans winners. With this in mind, here’s our rundown of the greatest BILSTEIN-shod Porsche race cars.

BILSTEIN suspension has played a role in helping countless drivers and car manufacturers win all over the world, with rallying being a particularly fruitful hunting ground. One example of a driver who has competed with BILSTEIN hardware is Juha Kankkunen, one of the greatest rally drivers or all time and the focus of this feature. Kankkunen’s career spanned three of the most significant eras in World Rallying, beginning with Group B, progressing to Group A, before retiring on a high (and while still brutally fast) at the start of the World Rally Car era.

Did you know that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the last year that the World Rally Championship was run exclusively under the Group A rules? Group A cars continued to compete and win after 1996 of course (Tommi Makkinen scooped 3 of his 4 titles in the years that followed), but they were increasingly replaced by cars built to the newly introduced WRC regulations.