{"id":52041,"date":"2018-09-10T10:06:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T09:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=52041"},"modified":"2023-07-12T11:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T10:50:15","slug":"porsche-911-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/porsche-911-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 911 History: has the sports car hit its peak?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, the Porsche 911 celebrates its 60th birthday. To commemorate this iconic legend, we take a look back at the sports car\u2019s history, tracing its creation and the many iterations that made the 911 so successful.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which year was the Porsche 911 created?<\/h2>\n

The Porsche 911 story began with the 901 back in 1963. It was created by Ferdinand \u2018Butzi\u2019 Porsche, grandson of the legendary Volkswagen Beetle designer, Ferdinand Porsche.<\/p>\n

The replacement for the Porsche 356 was all set to be retailed as the 901, as that\u2019s what its internal design number had been. But Peugeot put a spanner in the works by claiming the rights to three-figure vehicle designations with a zero in the middle. So, Porsche got all imaginative and swapped the zero for a one. Hey presto, the 911 name was established.<\/p>\n

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Ferdinand \u2018Butzi\u2019 Porsche\u2019s 901 design essentially lasted for 30 years, initially with a 2.0-litre air-cooled flat-six powerplant housed, naturally, in the back of the car. In that period, there were countless tweaks to the styling and the capacity was upgraded many times. It eventually increased to 3.2 litres in 1983\u2019s Carrera and to 3.6 litres in the 964 (the internal term for the 911 made between 1989 and 1994).<\/p>\n

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The Porsche 911 went from strength to strength<\/h2>\n

Next came the Targa, which was ushered in in 1967. It was named after Porsche\u2019s many wins at the Targa Florio race. The bona fide convertible was only obtainable from 1983 onwards, after being publicised as a concept car two years earlier.<\/p>\n

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In 1988, the 911 Classic was superseded by the 964, the most revised 911 since its launch. With a more contemporary design, the 964 followed the benchmark 911 formula until the 993 came in to replace it in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\t\t