RUFHOUSING

Almost everyone in the automotive circles from any random corner of the planet has dreams of someday owning a world class tuning company, wrenching on cars for a living and gaining both fame and fortune once they're in the limelight.
With its roots in 1939 in Germany, RUF started out as a small servicing shop. Over the years it expanded its business into auto repairs and a full service and refueling station, and Alois Ruf Sr. did not have to worry about a Ruf over his head (heh), even expanding into independent manufacturing by making buses for public transport.
Growing up surrounded by German machinery, Alois Ruf Jr., the son of the founder, developed a huge fascination for Porsches, the ultimate German sports cars. When his father died in 1974 and it was time for Jr. to fill his father's shoes and take charge of the business, the son decided to take Ruf in a new direction: tuning.
1975 saw the first Ruf fettled Porsche hit the streets: a 930 series 911 with a tuned 3.3 litre engine. With several orders placed, Ruf was on it's way to the big leagues. It would go on to release more tuned and performance enhanced Porsche vehicles, and in the 1980s, Ruf would receive the seal of approval from the German government, which made Ruf an official independent car manufacturer.
This is what sets it apart from the rest of the large tuning houses: Ruf is considered to be an actual car manufacturer. All their cars come with unique Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) which are different from the Porsche VINs, because all the cars Ruf receive into their factory comes without a chassis or engine number.
The illustrious history of Ruf is littered with greats, like the CTR “Yelllowbird”, CTR2, CTR3, R-Turbo, RT12 and the RGT-8. The first CTR Yellowbird set the record for the fastest production car in the world when it came out, topping out at 211 mph, beating out the likes of supercars such as the Ferrari F40 and the Porsche 959. With innovative performance parts development and properly committed design, every aspect of a Ruf car is addressed when in the shop.
Just ignore their versions of the Cayenne.