
Porsche 935 Turbo Group 5 1976 Exoto 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- Exoto
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 18101
- Year
- 1976
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group 5 & Silhouette Racing
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4009803286877
About the Porsche 935 Turbo Group 5 1976 Exoto 1:18
TL;DR: Exoto's 1:18 diecast Porsche 935 Turbo reproduces the 1976 debut of Porsche's Group 5 silhouette racer, built on the 911 platform. Premium diecast construction handles the flared bodywork and turbo intercooler ducting that made the 935 one of endurance racing's most visually dramatic cars.
Group 5's silhouette formula let manufacturers keep only a car's basic roofline while reshaping almost everything else, and Porsche pushed that freedom about as far as it could go with the 935.
Exoto's Premium Diecast Take on the 935's Flared Bodywork
Exoto built its catalog around historically significant racing subjects with a level of finish above typical mass-market diecast, and the 935's dramatically flared fenders, low front splitter, and prominent turbo intercooler bulge give that approach plenty to work with. Panel gaps around the widened arches stay tight, and the livery graphics from the debut 1976 season are applied with the sharp edge definition the subject deserves. The model's proportions correctly emphasize how far Porsche stretched the basic 911 silhouette outward, since the whole point of the 935's design was extracting maximum aerodynamic and mechanical advantage from Group 5's comparatively loose bodywork rules.
The 935 and Group 5's Silhouette Racing Era
Group 5 regulations of the late 1970s allowed manufacturers to radically modify a production car's bodywork while keeping its basic identity, producing some of the most visually extreme racing cars ever built for a class ostensibly based on road cars. Porsche's 935, developed from the 911 platform with a turbocharged flat-six, became the class's dominant force through the late 1970s and into the following decade, its flared silhouette becoming instantly recognizable at circuits worldwide. This piece suits a Group 5 or Porsche motorsport-history shelf, and its 1976 debut-season livery gives it specific historical placement at the start of that dominant run rather than a generic 935 subject.














