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Now, sure, calling a 914 engine a "Porsche" engine is a little misleading. Yes, it was used in the Porsche 914 (and the 912e) but it's really a VW Type 4 engine, which was also used in VW Type 4s ...
Ferdinand Porsche and his son Ferry designed the VW 39 as a faster version of the split-window Beetle, giving it a Type 64 engine from the Berlin-Rome race car. The special engine was only a 1 ...
Built by Troutman-Barnes for VW’s West Coast chief, this stretched Beetle limo is headed to auction with luxury and lore ...
Meanwhile, the Beetle is no Porsche, but Volkswagen built several versions that could have been fun at autocross, such as the GSR. In fact, any of the models with a 2.0 TSI would be fine.
The resultant car is almost the inverse of the 1970s Porsche 914. That car employed a Volkswagen engine in a Porsche body and chassis, whereas the Bugster packs modern Porsche components inside an ...
But those seem to pale when compared to his new Volkswagen- Porsche hybrid. Let's face it, when was the last time you saw a Volkswagen Beetle packing a flat-12 engine off of a Porsche race car ...
The Mille Beetle was entered in the race by mechanics from Porsche, which should explain the biggest secret this Beetle holds—a Porsche 356 engine tucked away in that little rear end.
According to the listing on Catawiki, this one is based on a 1962 Porsche-Diesel Standard 218 and it’s fitted with a four-cylinder diesel engine that produces 25 hp (18.4 kW / 25 PS).
Porsche quotes the 911 GT3 RS as being able to sprint to sixty in exactly three seconds, very impressive for a naturally-aspirated engine and only the rear driven axle.
A decade and a half prior, in 1949, Volkswagen had entered the U.S. market with its Type 1, or Beetle, a rear-engine, rear-drive cutie that would pave the way for 65 years of Vee-Dub's Bubblicious ...
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