{"id":2036473,"date":"2026-07-10T08:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2036473"},"modified":"2026-07-10T08:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:23:32","slug":"ruf-unveils-all-new-flat-eight-for-a-new-car-due-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2036473","title":{"rendered":"Ruf unveils all-new flat-eight for a new car due in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"articleItem\">\n<p>    {&#8220;@context&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/schema.org&#8221;,&#8221;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Article&#8221;,&#8221;image&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-01.jpg&#8221;,&#8221;mainEntityOfPage&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;WebPage&#8221;,&#8221;@id&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/tech\/ruf-eight-cylinder-boxer\/&#8221;},&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/tech\/ruf-eight-cylinder-boxer\/&#8221;,&#8221;author&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Person&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Piers Ward&#8221;,&#8221;description&#8221;:&#8221;Piers Ward is the deputy editor of CAR magazine and orchestrates the magic that happens on its pages each month. From writing features and first drives to instigating daft ideas and organising outlandish photo shoots, Piers is involved in every stage of the magazine cycle.u00A0u00A0nA 25-year veteran of the UK publishing scene and a road tester for a significant chunk of that, Piers has written for most of the outlets that matter u2013 including stints on Autocar, BBC TopGear and Auto Express, as well as jobs working for external agencies.nCareer highlights include importing half a dozen cars into China for an Awards shoot and being the first journalist in the world not to stall Sebastian Loebu2019s C4 WRC car. It must have been all the practice heu2019d had learning to drive in a Lada Riva.nWhen not wielding a keyboard, Piers can often be found scanning the classifieds for his next car purchase or getting behind the wheel of historic racers. 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Well we could be about to be treated to another instalment as the German car manufacturer \u2013 very much \u2018not a tuner\u2019, as Aloisa Ruf told me \u2013 has unveiled a bespoke flat-eight engine at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.<\/p>\n<p>Running in a modified CTR3, the 4.8-litre, twin-turbo boxer eight will produce over 1000bhp and more than 737lb ft of torque when it makes it into an all-new production car due in around 18 months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/480x0\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-07.jpg?scale=down\" alt class=\"wp-image-267931\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/480x0\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-07.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/720x0\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-07.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/1040x0\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-07.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>For now, the flat-eight powers the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox, but it\u2019s not clear what exact configuration the production version will have when it launches. The CTR3 prototype driven up the Goodwood hill has been lengthened by 100mm to take the extra cylinders and offers few clues as to what the actual car will look like.<\/p>\n<p>A flat-eight is unusual. Porsche has obviously used flat sixes for years but has largely resisted the lure of an extra couple of cylinders in road cars and kept it restricted to motorsport \u2013 Stuttgart\u2019s only F1 win came with a flat-eight in 1962.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/480x0\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-03.jpg?scale=down\" alt class=\"wp-image-267927\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/480x0\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-03.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/720x0\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-03.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/267923\/1040x0\/ruf-8cylinder-boxer-03.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The CTR3\u2019s striking livery is a nod to the 1987 Yellowbird and was designed by Aloisa Ruf, daughter of current owner Alois Ruf (pictured above). Everywhere you turn, there are little Easter eggs to the past \u2013 when we spoke to her, Ruf was wearing a pair of moccasins as a reference to the legendary Ruf test driver Stefan Roser, who famously only wore normal clothes when he was pounding round the \u2018Ring.<\/p>\n<p>From here, the engine will continue to be developed in prototypes \u2013 as Ruf told us, in a process of \u2018optimise, optimise, optimise\u2019 \u2013 before a production version of the unnamed road car will be revealed towards the end of 2027, possibly into 2028.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<aside class=\"about-author\">\n<h2 class=\"about-author-heading\">About the author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"about-author-inner\">\n<div class=\"main-author-summary-container\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"main-author-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/piers-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/166305\/120x120\/piers_ward.jpg?quality=90)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-author-name-container\">\n<div class=\"main-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/piers-ward\/\">Piers Ward<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"main-author-job-title\">Deputy editor<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"main-author-byline\">CAR magazine&#8217;s deputy editor has a penchant for automotive adventure and trading in quirky, often-unreliable old cars. 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