Elon Musk is a bit of a secret car guy.<\/p>\n
He doesn\u2019t really talk about it that much, probably because he thinks it might be a conflict of interest since he owns a car company, but he\u2019s a huge car fan.<\/p>\n
And the car he drove before starting Tesla proves it.<\/p>\n
READ MORE!\u00a0Elon Musk\u2019s wealth shrank by $16 billion due to one reason<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n When people mention Elon Musk and cars in the same sentence, it\u2019s almost always because of Tesla.<\/p>\n On the odd occasion, some people may mention the \u2018James Bond\u2019 Lotus Esprit<\/a> he secretly bought years ago.<\/p>\n Or perhaps the McLaren F1<\/a> he bought in his 20s.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n However, no one ever talks about his Porsche.<\/p>\n In the mid 2000s, right before starting Tesla, Elon Musk used to use a Porsche 911 997 as a daily driver.<\/p>\n He mentioned that during a podcast<\/a> with Joe Rogan, and it\u2019s clear he was absolutely besotted with it.<\/p>\n He calls it \u2018incredible\u2019.<\/p>\n Musk particularly admired the way Porsche still managed to make it fun to drive and great around the corners, despite the physics of having a rear engine and rear-wheel drive.<\/p>\n <\/a>Alexandre Prevot \/ Wikipedia Commons<\/p>\n The Porsche 911 997 was introduced in 2004, and was available with three different versions of Porsche\u2019s iconic flat-six.<\/p>\n The \u2018base\u2019 models were all powered by a 3.6-liter with 321 horsepower.<\/p>\n Then there was the 3.8-liter with 355 or 376 horsepower.<\/p>\n And then the fastest ones were powered by a different 3.6-liter, with or without turbo, with up to 523 horsepower.<\/p>\n We don\u2019t know what model Musk owned, but it was probably not the base Carrera or the track-focused GT2 or GT3 \u2013 probably something in the middle.<\/p>\n These days, a 997 in good condition sells for about $90,000.<\/p>\n Interestingly, that makes it cheaper than some versions of the Cybertruck<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Elon Musk reveals the \u2018incredible\u2019 car he drove before starting Tesla<\/a> appeared first on Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
![<\/a>Alexandre Prevot \/ Wikipedia Commons<\/p>\nThe Porsche 911 997 was introduced in 2004, and was available with three different versions of Porsche\u2019s iconic flat-six.<\/p>\nThe \u2018base\u2019 models were all powered by a 3.6-liter with 321 horsepower.<\/p>\nThen there was the 3.8-liter with 355 or 376 horsepower.<\/p>\nAnd then the fastest ones were powered by a different 3.6-liter, with or without turbo, with up to 523 horsepower.<\/p>\nWe don\u2019t know what model Musk owned, but it was probably not the base Carrera or the track-focused GT2 or GT3 \u2013 probably something in the middle.<\/p>\nThese days, a 997 in good condition sells for about $90,000.<\/p>\nInterestingly, that makes it cheaper than some versions of the Cybertruck<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe post Elon Musk reveals the \u2018incredible\u2019 car he drove before starting Tesla<\/a> appeared first on Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\nRead More<\/a> @Supercar Blondie<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elon Musk is a bit of a secret car guy. 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