# Ruf Just Brought Back the Flat-Eight Engine With a Clean Sheet Design Making 1,000+ HP

> Ruf is one of those performance car companies that does very little wrong, if anything. Most folks know the brand for its Yellowbird: a Porsche 911-based, twin-turbo sliding machine that hit 211 miles per hour in 1987.

- **Source:** [Thedrive](https://www.thedrive.com/news/ruf-just-brought-back-the-flat-eight-engine-with-a-clean-sheet-design-making-1000-hp?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4fbf2672fc80d7c7913a7f)
- **Published:** 2026-07-09
- **Category:** Cars
- **Tags:** #hp
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