914 Nostalgia, When the Boxter was on the drawing board |
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914 Nostalgia, When the Boxter was on the drawing board |
ZachP |
Jan 7 2005, 12:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Mooresville, NC Member No.: 2,746 Region Association: None |
5 minutes ago I was doing a number in the bathroom. I was looking through the August 2004 issue of Excellence and when I was just about through, I took a quick look at the cover. There's a Boxster S on there. Was the idea for this car built from what the 914 may have looked like if it had progressed generation after generation as the 911 did? When designs were being drawn up for this car, did anyone at Porsche say, hey, that looks a little like a 914? I'm interested in your opinions too, you's think the 914 would have looked similar or completely different from the Boxter?
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Air_Cooled_Nut |
Jan 7 2005, 12:34 AM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None |
Nope.
My guess is they needed something 'new', something 'different', but without creating an ENTIRELY new car so they said, "Hey, lets just take the 911 and turn the engine/tranny 180ยบ and to keep the small size we'll just do what other mid-engined cars do, keep it a two seater." Or something like that. 914 heritage? Extremely doubtful. It's too 911 IMO. |
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