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Not to mention that 911s look like smooshed Beetles anyway. I kid, I kid...
by Crito 13y ago
Not to mention that 911s look like smooshed Beetles anyway. I kid, I kid...
- Xylakant 13y agoThat's not much of a coincidence: The 911 is actually a fairly old design (early 1960s) and the follow up to the Porsche 356 [1] where the similarity is even more striking. They are also from a technical point of view fairly similar: Both have an air-cooled boxer engine in the back which certainly influences the design. There's also the "Berlin-Rom-Wagen" [2], a sports version of the beetle which was built for a planned long distance race from Berlin to Rome. It already looks very much like the Porsche 356. So the history of the two cars is actually quite mixed up. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_64 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_64
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoIt was no coincidence that I picked those two vehicles. :) Although I was more thinking the new model years since both are currently being produced.