Sometimes you just get lucky. I've been exploring Ruf cars on and off for the past 6 months, but only recently got serious. My phone rings and I find out Mr. Ruf is coming to So. Cal for a Concours (sp?) in Orange County... That's how I ended up having dinner with him yesterday at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
First of all, he is incredibly warn and nice and you can tell he loves everything about what he does. Then, you add in everything he knows, and you get a pretty good dinner companion.
We talked about everything from his approach to his cars to the changes at Porsche through the years. And while I don't feel comfortable expressing his views without asking him first of some topics, here were some things we talked about.
His personal Rturbo, with his premium engine package, just set a new speed target: 351kmh. This is a narrow body car I think.
They are working on the next true Ruf car, the first since the CTR's. (I feel okay posting this because it is discussed in the magazine I just read). It promises to be in the Super Car realm.
He talked about his philosophy of trying to broaden the range of peak HP/Torque as the best way to enhance the driving experience, and indeed if you look at the graphs you are often looking at a more than 3000rpm range where you are at or near peak. He mentioned he thought the PSM system Porsche has is excellent, and that of the recent stock Porsche's his favorite is the GT2.
And on and on and on...
It was nice to see someone so excited and enthusiatic about what he did.
As a bonus, a current Ruf owner joined us. He has a very special car which Mr. Ruf built for him. The blue one pictured here before! It has widened track both front and rear, and thus has totally custom body panels...etc. It was great to see how Mr. Ruf had tackled this design challenge -- he managed to make the extra wide car seem totally Porsche. This car has seen 205 mph.
Of course, the valet parked it next to my GT2. Suddenly my car went from looking like a 'his' to a 'hers'.
Adam, Mr. Ruf says hello. He was very excited that you and I "knew" each other. He claims you talked your father into getting the car!
Three hours with Alois Ruf
You ahve to learn me how you pulled that off 
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thats pushing 219.......
Future plans...
