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924guy · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: new 914....

check it out....

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/coupes/report-vw-porsche-teaming-up-for-914-revival/

http://www.motortrend.com/future/future_vehicles/112_0809_future_vw_porsche_914/index.html

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Paul · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

Neat, they will sell well if they keep them under $25,000.
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Ozzie · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject:

Didnt like the 914. I think its ugly by comparison to the 924.

The new car looks good though, vast improvement.
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fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

I just wish they wouldn't neuter it like they do with everything else that isn't a 911.
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flosho · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:11 pm Post subject:

Looks mr2/boxster-ish.
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Sold.
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Patrick · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject:

WOW! Having been a former 914-4 owner, i have mixed reactions! Looks wise( this is another instance that i believe "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"...i guess...) it looks more porsche than vw. The original 914 was sometimes mistakenly thought to be a modern replacement for the kharmann ghia, so it looked more vw than porsche. Back then(middle 80`s) i thought the 924 looked conventional(hatchback conventional, like a jensen healey or something) as compared to the 914 which looked unlike any other car i`d ever seen, maybe in the same breath as the citroens. Initially i didnt like the front of the 914`s too much since from a distance with the headlights down and the parking lights on it looked like the rear of some mgb or something(btw i do like the mgb`s rear but not at the front). The artist`s rendition of the new 914 has removed this look and looks very porsche. The slabsidedness of the old 914 is still there. I guess the biggest change i see looks wise is incorporating the parking/signal light with the headlight. The new 914 now looks more conventional. The old 914 of course eventually grew on me. Not as practical or as fast as a 924, but after you watch steve mcqueen`s movie Le Mans and see the 914-6GT it can grow on you really fast! But then like most retro cars, i suppose its hard to beat the nostalgia of the original 914. But in fairness to the possibilities of a new 914, technology will of course make it a better performer. I personally prefer the UNIQUE look of the old 914-4 or 914-6 as compared to the artists rendition of the new one.Must be coz i`m 45 yrs old. I would love to have a new one though.
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Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

ah well..it has the same effect on me as the old 914.

i see it...

i go

then i go: WTF ?! then i scratch my head....then i think...what a weird thing to make....then i dream of the ethernal weekend when i can drive my 924 on superb windy roads that flow trough incredibly beautifull nature sceenaries.

nah really...i respect the 914 for its performance and strangeness...but its weird and if i ever owned one i'd just keep it...i feel i could not make friends with it as i did with the 924.
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Looks like an S2000

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cgalyon · Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 249 Location: Knoxville, TN

I think it looks an awful lot like the Toyota MR2:

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Patrick · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject:

Thats what i mean about the old 914`s unique(yes sometimes weird) look. All the cars mentioned(MR2, boxster, S2000 and dont forget the Honda Delsol) all took visual elements from the old 914, and not the other way around. Interestingly, George Hussey from Automobile Atlanta use to sell a body kit for the 914 back in the 80`s that pretty much gave it a much more updated and "acceptable" look. Of course i still like all the other cars mentioned as well.
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Karmann Ghia? Ridiculous.
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tuurbo · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject:

I like the look and all - mid engine is cool.

I think I read that they'd use the same 6 that's in the other cars - Boxster and the like. So I don't get where this would really be something 'new' in the lineup...

I'd like to see them use a powerful, efficient turbo 4 cylinder - if Subaru can do it, so can Porsche - it might bring the price down (?).
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Agreed, looks like an MR2.

I'd consider buying it if they call it a 914.

Not so much if they call it a Gecko, Paprika, or some other lame name.
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