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pistonboy
Hello

In Europe, the 914-4 was sold at Volkswagen dealers.

What was the model name for the car? I doubt they called it the Volkswagen 914. Or did they? Was it a word, or number, or what ?

Thanks.
SirAndy
QUOTE(pistonboy @ Aug 15 2023, 09:28 AM) *

Hello
In Europe, the 914-4 was sold at Volkswagen dealers.
What was the model name for the car? I doubt they called it the Volkswagen 914. Or did they? Was it a word, or number, or what ?
Thanks.

It's a bit complicated.

The short version, Porsche and VW actually founded a new company called the "VW-Porsche-Vertriebsgesellschaft" which was supposed to market the 914 separately.

In RoW (Rest of World), the 914 was sold as the "VW-Porsche 914", including the 914-6 which was badged as "914-6-VW-Porsche"

The VW was only dropped for the US market.
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r_towle
And now it’s all VW-Porsche
dax1969
Germans used to call their 914s VOPO's biggrin.gif

krgds
dax
wonkipop
QUOTE(r_towle @ Aug 15 2023, 05:50 PM) *

And now it’s all VW-Porsche


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piech's revenge.
you might even call it a master plan hatched in 1969?

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pistonboy
I have heard the " P O R S C H E " letters on the engine grill only existed in USA, and that everywhere else the engine grill was blank.

Is this true ?
SirAndy
QUOTE(pistonboy @ Aug 16 2023, 02:30 PM) *
I have heard the " P O R S C H E " letters on the engine grill only existed in USA, and that everywhere else the engine grill was blank.

Is this true ?

Yes, that is correct
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