To complicate things further, Ferdinand Porsche developed the Volkswagen when he worked for Daimler-Benz before World War II. Life in the car business can be complicated. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Air cooled engines can not meet the smog laws, of course they had to > redesign it. > > I think you mean the 914. IIRC, the 924, 928 and 958 all came out about > the same time. The 924 was a sporty car (looked like a sports car, but > without the performance), the 928 was the mainstream front engined > sports car, and the 958 was the Ferrari killer. Maybe the 958 never > actually hit the streets (it didn't in the US). > > Mr Porsche was the developer of the Volkswagon. The early Porsches had > souped up VW engines in them. Volkswagon bought out Porsche in the 60's, > maybe it has been spun off again (I have not been keeping up). > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Adam Maas 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
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