Saturday, January 24, 2009

The First Porsche Sedan

Porsche's first sedan was this one-off, based on a 1967 911. It was created, with Porsche's blessing, by coachbuilder Troutman-Barnes.


The 911 at speed was already squirrelly around the bend. To stretch the rear-engined car probably made it even more difficult to control.

The pseudo-suicide door configuration may have inspired later Saturn and Mazda models.


It did look charming, in a freakish kind of way.


The back seats are identical to the front seats.

CKY

2 comments:

F1Outsider said...

It certainly looks a heck of a lot nicer than the new Panamera.

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