Ruf's Next Performance Car Will Have 1,000 HP. Here's Our First Look

It’s been 50 years since Ruf Automobile launched its first tuned Porsche. Since then, the company has achieved legendary status thanks to the Ruf CTR Yellowbird and countless other bespoke creations. And the company has no plans of slowing down.  

At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Ruf will publicly demonstrate the development prototype for its next generation of performance cars. It’s called the B8 Erprober, a lengthened CTR3 test vehicle designed to validate the new technologies that will power future Ruf models.  

The car features Ruf’s all-new eight-cylinder B8 boxer engine. It's a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter flat-eight engine that will produce over 1,000 horsepower and over 738 pound-feet of torque. It will also pair with a six-speed manual transmission.  

The car will make a total of six runs at the festival, with race car driver Tanner Faust behind the wheel. It’s wearing a special livery, designed by Aloisa Ruf in collaboration with Optima Batteries, that pays tribute to the CRT Yellowbird.  

Ruf built its reputation modifying existing Porsche vehicles, but now the company builds original cars from the ground up. The CTR Anniversary had an all-new chassis with new bones—axles, suspension, subframe, and more.  

Ruf’s future automobiles will continue to be bespoke vehicles that bridge the gap between something old and something modern. Expect future Ruf vehicles to continue to utilize the 911 for design inspiration, which Alois Ruf Jr. told us last year is “good forever.”  

It’s unclear when we will see a production version of Ruf’s next-gen vehicle, but we shouldn’t have to wait long if the company is already developing it.