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Posted by: Unobtanium-inc Apr 16 2019, 06:46 AM
I think there can be very little doubt now that Porsche has embraced the 914 again. This was at the Techno Classica show. They did the same thing with the 356 for a long time, practically denied they ever built it, didn't support it with parts, etc, and then later re-discovered it when it reached 50 years. Better late than never.
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Posted by: 914Sixer Apr 16 2019, 06:56 AM
It's funny how the little car we know is a perfectly balanced machine. Hard to beat the two seat, middle motor and 4 wheel disc brakes for a starting place. Diidn't they use that one some later models?
Posted by: rhodyguy Apr 16 2019, 07:22 AM
You forgot 4 wheel independent suspention.
Posted by: Amphicar770 Apr 16 2019, 07:26 AM
Yes. Nice to see that afyer 50 years, the new (mid-engine) Corvette is finally coming up to par with the 914.
Posted by: thelogo Apr 16 2019, 07:33 AM
Not bad for a cheap little car that wasn't supposed
To matter Or last
Still celebrated 50 yrs later
Posted by: jagalyn Apr 16 2019, 07:45 AM
Notice they put the 4 cylinder (green) car behind the one 8 cylinder (silver) and two 6 cylinder (orange and yellow) cars...
Posted by: dflesburg Apr 16 2019, 08:03 AM
Its surprising how much my 981 spyder is like the 914
Posted by: jagalyn Apr 16 2019, 08:10 AM
Are they calling it a 914/8 or a 914S ?
Posted by: Spoke Apr 16 2019, 09:01 AM
Nice. The 914 always was a unique car with fantastic handling.
I've often thought the 914 would have a real winner if they would have just offered the 2L/4 and /6 from the start instead of the anemic 1.7L/1.8L.
Posted by: Johny Blackstain Apr 16 2019, 09:49 AM
Are they calling it a 914/8 or a 914S ?
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Posted by: mepstein Apr 16 2019, 10:23 AM
Are they calling it a 914/8 or a 914S ?
I think they can call it whatever they want.
Doesn anyone know what color silver they used.
Posted by: 914forme Apr 16 2019, 07:27 PM
Iridium Silver from the other side of town. 
No real idea, but it is gorgeous in person, by far the best 914 they built. 
Posted by: Bulldozer27 Apr 16 2019, 09:40 PM
They did the same thing with the 356 for a long time, practically denied they ever built it, didn't support it with parts, etc, and then later re-discovered it when it reached 50 years.
Not at all looking to troll, but is this really true? The 356 was the first and only Porsche (aside from tractors) until the 911 went into production. Hard to imagine that they would deny their first ever production car. Yes, it's ass-engined, but Porsche ultimately decided to go this route to have more seats and appeal to a larger percentage of the buying public.
I can understand why Porsche would be into revisionist history with the 914 as it was a joint venture with VW, but the 356 was their bread and butter.
Posted by: Unobtanium-inc Apr 17 2019, 10:54 AM
They did the same thing with the 356 for a long time, practically denied they ever built it, didn't support it with parts, etc, and then later re-discovered it when it reached 50 years.
Not at all looking to troll, but is this really true? The 356 was the first and only Porsche (aside from tractors) until the 911 went into production. Hard to imagine that they would deny their first ever production car. Yes, it's ass-engined, but Porsche ultimately decided to go this route to have more seats and appeal to a larger percentage of the buying public.
I can understand why Porsche would be into revisionist history with the 914 as it was a joint venture with VW, but the 356 was their bread and butter.
As soon as the 911/912's were the only cars in the showroom Porsche did less every year to support the 356. To the point of filling dumpsters with parts. That's how a whole market was created around reproduction parts, people like Stoddard and Tweeks filled the void left by Porsche. Only recently have they remembered what the 356 is.
Posted by: Rob-O Apr 17 2019, 12:32 PM
Nice. The 914 always was a unique car with fantastic handling.
I've often thought the 914 would have a real winner if they would have just offered the 2L/4 and /6 from the start instead of the anemic 1.7L/1.8L.
I think we'd all agree with this, given how much we love this car and what we know they're like with more horsepower, brakes, etc.
Lately I've been giving some thought to the approach on 914's. I think one of the major factors that hurt how it was received was by giving it the 6 cylinder early in it's production run. Usually manufacturers start with a base and then build the car up over the production run. Porsche certainly did that with the 356, 911, 924/944/968 series, Boxster... As time went on they added larger engines, better suspensions, turbos, you name it. But with the 914 they went about this completely opposite.
I think the 914 would've fared better had they started with a 1.7. Then maybe upped the horsepower and/or displacement. Then offered the six cylinder and all of the upgrades associated with that. Just like now, it gives the current owner something to move up to when they're ready for a new car. As it was , if you had a ''71 914 and were ready for a new ride in 1975, I'd argue that you didn't get much more in a '75 914 than the '71. I guess maybe Porsche executives looked at the 914 and just thought if someone was ready for a new Porsche, the assumption was that they'd buy a 911.
In any event, I think Porsche knows better now.
Posted by: Mark Henry Apr 17 2019, 12:52 PM
Porsche dealer parts 2019 calendar, only classic in it is a 914/6.
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