I'm sorry, but this seems wrong. Porsche has been entirely owned and operated by Volkswagen since at least the time of the 914, which was marketed as a Volkswagen rather than a Porsche in many markets (only the 914-6 model was marketed exclusively as a Porsche). The Porsche 356 model pre-dates that time period and was from a time when the companies were closely interrelated but autonomous economically.
The 356 engine certainly shared many many things with the VW engines of its day. Design, parts, etc all interchange fairly freely, but the 356 motors were always better put together. I believe that VW did the basic manufacturing work and sold the parts to Porsche for finishing, balancing, etc. The 911 model of today has virtually nothing in common with the 911 models of the '70s and '80s other than the name and the basic layout. So perhaps Pentax is doing exactly that ... the K1000 will become a K1000D, and they'll share nothing but basic layout and name. G On Aug 8, 2006, at 10:09 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > Even the 356 used a VW engine, unsurprising given that the VW > engine was > a Porsche design in the first place. But they were Porsche's, not > VW/Porsche's. > > -Adam > > > > Jorgen at epixx wrote: >> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
