Aren't you forgetting the 914? Even if it was a Porsche, the most sold version had a VW engine (the 411, later the two liter 412 engine), and they were all called VW/Porsche.
Jorgen On 8/8/06 10:35 pm, "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
