RUF’s 650-HP Ehra Supercar Looks Like an Old 911 With Zero Porsche Parts Inside

In 1987, a small shop from Pfaffenhausen showed up to Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessien test track and ran 211 mph in a car called the CTR Yellowbird, which briefly made it the fastest production car on Earth. This wasn’t Ferrari, Lamborghini or any of the other usual suspects. In fact, it was RUF.

Nearly four decades later, at Monterey Car Week’s The Quail, the company just named an entire car after that day. Meet the RUF Ehra.

The Fastest Trophy Ever Mounted

Let’s get one thing straight, because the internet never will. RUF is not a Porsche tuner. It’s a certified German manufacturer that’s been building its own cars since before most “restomod” shops existed, and the Ehra doesn’t share any parts with anything from Stuttgart.

Underneath sits RUF’s proprietary carbon fiber monocoque, the same tub that’s carried the CTR Anniversary, SCR, and Rodeo. The body is carbon too, now stretched 58mm wider up front and 54mm out back versus the CTR Anniversary.

The Ehra also tops out at 340 km/h. That translates t 211 mph, which is the exact number that put RUF on the map in the first place.

Three Pedals, Seven Gears, One Off Switch

Behind the rear axle lives a 3.6-liter twin-turbocharged flat-six making 650 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque, routed through a 7-speed manual transmission.

Power flows through a variable all-wheel-drive system that can be fully disengaged for getting sideways on the fly. Double wishbones and pushrod-actuated horizontal dampers sit at all four corners, which makes this a true race car hiding behind that beautiful vintage silhouette.

Now, the truly absurd part. The whole thing weighs just 1,325 kg, or roughly 2,921 pounds. That puts this in Honda Civic territory, but with more than triple the horsepower.

Quietly Losing the Whale Tail

Where the SCR wears its big fixed tail proudly, the Ehra decided to go a bit sleeker here. It’s sporting a louvered carbon spoiler that stays hidden until highway speeds, then pops up to provide that extra downforce when needed.

and-stitched brown leather covers carbon bucket seats wearing a Pasha check pattern, the gauges glow green in classic RUF fashion, and the shifter proudly sprouts from that center console like it’s 1993. Unfortunately, there is a screen here, but it does feel small enough to ignore.

Spec Sheet

Pricing & Availability

RUF hasn’t announced pricing, production numbers, or a delivery timeline yet, though if the CTR Anniversary’s seven-figure sticker is any indication, you’ll want to be sitting down.

Recap

2026 RUF Ehra

RUF unveiled a 650-horsepower, 7-speed manual widebody at Monterey Car Week that weighs less than a Civic and shares its 211-mph top speed with the Yellowbird record that inspired its name.