Ferdinand Piech's 914-8, Video of the car from 10/2025 Options

[Robarabian]

I visited the Porsche Museum in October. Took some video of the 914-8.

It's short but shows some good details.

Robert

https://youtu.be/G5sTmYOuHuA

[wonkipop]

love that bit of roundabout mayhem outside the museum at the start of vid.
good to know germans are as pig headed at roundabouts as aussies when they screw up which lane they are supposed to be in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

and thanks for the vid views of the 8. what a beast, yet so understated.
you got to love the late 60s. no aero devices! imagine the nose lift on that baby wound out on the autobahn at 1 am in the morning - which is apparently when it was allowed out on the public roads for "testing purposes". clenched teeth and balls of steel i reckon to floor that thing.

and yeah @SirAndy . you are so right. 340-350 hp was nothing to sneeze at in 1969/70.
ferrari daytona had approx the same amount and was claimed to be the fastest car of that era and decade and it was a V12. so piech's little experiment was no slouch - but right out there at the edges of the envelope. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
you got to love the germans during that time and in the that place.

even mercedes, just around the corner and down the road a a bit weren't holding back with their C-111. never went into production but boy was that car out there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)