914 Nostalgia, When the Boxter was on the drawing board Options

[ZachP]

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?

[ZachP]

I'll bet 914 was uttered in the same sentence... but why would Porsche want to recreate a car that is so often referred to as a Volkswagen... the spider, on the other hand, with its huge history, is a Porsche icon. The spider had a two seat, mid engine design... so did the 914. I think Porsche claims the Boxster is styled after the spyder only to save themselves from the critisizm they'd get if they had styled it after a "Volkswagen".