Despite the many hardships at that juncture in time, a number of German companies still wanted to produce their very own road-friendly version of the Porsche 962; the singular, most accomplished racing car prototype of the last centaury. This choice was revolutionary at the time and came forward at the end of the car's racetrack life, and many of the exclusive tuners and groups that immediately began adapting the 962s to road use, in
cluded Schuppan 962CR and 962LM, a.k.a. 962R, Dauer 962LM model, DP Motorsports DP962 model, and the Koenig C62 model.
The Schuppan 962LM model however, was possibly the most untainted road reincarnation, with it retaining the classic racing body, and a back exit exhaust, substituting for the initial side exit, and a small backend camera installed for rear visibility. Nearly every other road reincarnation of the model entailed alot higher degree of modification on each of the forms, from simplicites of dropping the hieght of the rear spoiler and raising the positions of the headlights in compliance with German TUV standards, to total modifications to the body.
And of the various firms that have manufactured a 962 road car, none was more successful than the Dauer model. And many sources at the time, also asserted the 1994 Dauer 962 as the fastest road-friendly car in the world and production at 405 km/h or 252 mph, while Dauer's inidividual sales catalogs were declaring 404 km/h and a whooping 0-100 km/h in 2.6 seconds.
And after exhibiting their very first car the 1994 Dauer 962 at the “1993 Frankfurt Show”, Dauer joined with Porsche to produce an able contender for the “1994 24 Hours of LeMans”. And at that time, the prototype regulations specified that a solitary road-friendly version of the 962 had to be constructed for homologation. And as a consequence of these regulations, numerous homologation specialists were conceived from many of the world's fastest racecars e.g. the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR, the Porsche GT1, and the Dauer 962 LM.
At the 1994 24 hour race, Dauer did show up with both versions of the Porsches 962, with a traditional design, which had previously succeeded in winning Le Mans six times. And this instant was no different, after winning the 1994 race, the FIA affirmed it would be initiating rules to assure the 962 would not compete the following year. But this never even fazed the Porsche, Dauer team and continued their progress with the 962.
In order for Dauer to create the best unique 962s possible they came up with the novel idea of taking an original Porsche 956/962 and entirely strips the interior and exterior of the car. It is outfitted with a totally redone carbon fiber/Kevlar body, and also a very sleek, compact leather interior. The completed road friendly car was one with a rich racing history and a new appearance.
It was at this juncture of Supercar manufacturing was the first major progress in introducing of numerous electro-hydraulic systems into the 1994 Dauer 962. They were one of the first to be furnished with pneumatic doors, and a special rear engine cover, but the key change was also the most essential one; the introduction of a hydraulic suspension to comfortably lower and raise the car. And this was an obligatory act, because of the fact that the 962 in its normal height was far too low from the specified height demanded by German law, and measured a 1050 mm / 41.3 in.
The interior of Dauer 962 was drastically change to have a civil, practical feel to it but it was easier said than done, as the entire interior space was limited. The team exhausted out an extensive amount of time into installing two seats into the very confined cockpit. And there were some very interesting additional features including interior-cooling, even a removable steering wheel, and also appropriately detailed luggage for storage.
And the power under the hood of the 962 was the same 2994cc water-cooled Porsche Falt-6 engine found in the race car model. And to assist the performance of the engine was a pair of intercooled KKK Turbochargers to give it more tractable driving. Also connected to the Porsche engine was an exclusive transmission that utilized a normal 962 manual clutch and box system. Except instead of utilizing a gear lever, the transmission was governed by the Tiptronic system.
The 962 weighed 1080kg, with a Mid Longitudinal position and a valve train equipped Quad Cam, with 4 valves a cylinder. A TAG Moto-tronic Fuel Injection comprised of its capabilities, with a compression of 9.0:1, and horse power per litre at 243.82, and a bhp/ weight at 708.74 bhp, and a torque 517.0 ft-lbs at 5000 rpm.
And with all that performance packed into a road version car it must have great braking system with both front and back brakes of Brembro Ventilated Discs with 4-psiton Calipers, and brake pad size of 330mm/13.0 in. The Dauer 962 has wheels of 45.7x 26.7cm/ 18x 10.5 in and the size of 285/30ZR-18, and rear wheels of 45.7x 33.0cm/ 18.0x 13 in with 345/35ZR-18 in size.
The car also possessed a unique suspension at the time of creation with the front suspension comprising of Double Wishbones with Adjustable Anti-Roll Bars and special spring/ Damper Units, and the rear suspension comprising Double Inverted Wishbones with Radius Rods also with Adjustable Anti- Roll Bars and spring/Damper Units.
And the price of this revolutionary car at the time the car would have sold for about US$1,200,000, which was an exuberant sum, but considering the costs that they had to withstand, and rise above, it was a premium price for a premium car, and a now forgotten supercar.