Although Volkswagen and Porsche are closely connected, they are independant companies. Volkswagen's top end model back then was the Volkwagen not the 958 (I think you might be referring to the 928 here? The original front-engine Porsche design, not to be confused with the 924 which was designed later but produced earlier and was riginally intended as a VW design).
You should also note that the current 911 platform dates back to only 1997 and was heavily updated a few years ago. The original 911 platform was built for decades, but ended its run in 1998 after being replaced by a completely different, water-cooled platform (the 996, replaced by the 997 which is merely an evolutionary step from the 996). I'm not sure what VW sedan you're referring to as Porsche doesn't currently make a sedan. They have 2 mid-engine sportscars (the Cayman and Boxster) one rear engine sportscar (the 911), a Supercar (Carrera GT) and the SUV they developed with Audi/VW (the Touareg/Cayenne), which is probably more Porsche than VW. Porsche is currently floating a sedan concept though, as a 928 follow-on. The only Volkswagen Porsche ever made was the 924, which was originally designed for Volkswagen, but ended up being produced as a Porsche after VW decided not to go into production and Porsche bought-back the design. -Adam graywolf wrote: > I believe Volkswagon's top of the line model was the Porsche 958. > However I just checked the website and notice that except for the SUV > and a souped up VW sedan, Porsche no longer makes a front engined car. > However they still make several versions of the 911. If Pentax operated > like that there would be 6 versions of the Spotmatic in the current catalog. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
