At that time, Porsche introduced lightweight open-top "Bergspyder" variants as their racing models were designed for endurance racing lasting up to 24 hours, with the Porsche 909 Bergspyder being the most extreme, weighing in at only 384kg.

Thus, most German hillclimbs are in the Mittelgebirge regions, but even the rather flat northern part of Germany has hillclimbs, like the one in Hilter near Osnabrück,