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One of the first 911s from the early 1960s. This model was originally known as the 901.

down upon by so-called true Porschephiles as being little more than glorified Volkswagens. The 914 was replaced by the front-engined 924; it, and its successors, by the 944 and 968. Because of limited capacity at the Stuttgart plant, these four-cylinder models were nearly all built at Audi’s factory in Neckarsulm. Rounding out the company’s million-car tally is the prestigious 928. The only sports car of its time to be awarded the accolade of “Car of the Year,” the Porsche 928 was bought by 61,000 customers during its 1977–95 production run. The company’s achievements over the past seventy-six years are hard to ignore, and a flood of innovations have emerged from the engineering concepts underlying the original 356, many of which

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Porsche: The Ultimate Speed Machine