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Looks nice in pictures......... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,271 Joined: 5-March 04 From: Colorado Member No.: 1,753 Region Association: None ![]() |
what percentage of a stock 914-4 are volkswagen parts?
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Not another one! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 ![]() ![]() |
The question is ultimately fairly meaningless. What percentage of VW parts are Porsche designed? One could make the argument that the basic Type I is a Porsche design, and since the Type II, III, and IV are all derived from the Type I, one could argue that every air-cooled VW ever made has Porsche fingerprints all over it.
People who get uppity about the whole VW v. Porsche issue need to get a life. Each owes a lot to the other, and each has managed to screw the other in one way or another over the years. Family, in other words...There would have been no VW w/o Porsche (the man, not the company). There would have been no Porsche (the car, not the man) w/o VW. The one part that really makes a 914 a 914 is the chassis, and it was made by Karmann, presumably to a Porsche design. The engine and electrics are all either VW or unique to the car. The front suspension is basically Porsche with some VW elements (the integrated front hubs/rotors look very like Type III parts). The rear suspension is unique to the 914. The gearbox is all Porsche. |
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