Roland Kussmaul is considered the ‘father’ of the 964 RS. He became world-famous as a legendary Porsche racing engineer and worked at Porsche for over 36 years. Kussmaul began his career in 1969 as a design engineer before being transferred to road testing in 1973. At the request of Peter Falk, Roland Kussmaul was transferred to the Porsche racing department in 1977, where he worked as a project manager for racing and rally operations, for example with the 911 SC/RS at the Safari Rally in 1983.

As a race engineer, he helped the Porsche 959 to win the Paris-Dakar and, along the way, finished 6th with the tanker and support vehicle. He was head of development for racing and special vehicles and oversaw the Porsche 956 and 962 entries at Le Mans, among other events.

From 1989, Roland Kussmaul was responsible for the development of the Porsche 964 Cup vehicle. When the 964 Cup got off to a successful start, Kussmaul also developed the fascinating 964 RS in the Porsche racing department in Weissach Flacht.

The trials for the 964 RS took place with the test vehicle “K47”. Roland Kussmaul was able to acquire the “forefather” of all 964 RSs in 1993 and still owns the vehicle today.

Exactly 1916 vehicles of the 964 RS were produced in the 1992 model year. The 911 Carrera RS of the generation 964 weighed 1220 KG and reached with its 260PS a top speed of 260 km/h.

A touring version of the 964 RS was also offered, but only 76 vehicles were built.

In the book “Porsche Carrara RS – 50 Years,” Kussmaul reports in a separate chapter on the development of the first Carrera RS of the modern era.

In a detailed interview, he also explains why there was such a large time gap between the Carrera RS from 1972 and the 964 RS.

The company car.tima Modellautos has prepared a nice campaign with Roland Kussmaul. His 964 RS prototype ‘K47’ is available as a 1:18 scale model and all 50 models have been hand-signed by Roland Kussmaul. Link to the model