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[Joost van de Griek]

On Mar 4, 2008, at 20:58, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

>> " > Porsche 911: 1964 - present (43 y)
>>
>> aren't the latest '911s' known to the cognoscenti as 998s?  how much
>> besides general layout do they really share with the original 911?
>
> Very little.
>
> The "new" 911 is not a 911 except in name.
>
> It is redesigned, handles differently, and is essentially a totally  
> different car.

It's been heavily redesigned, true, but apart from the switch to water  
cooled engines, it remains true to the original design, more than most  
long-running automobile designs.

> However, the car has *always* been known by two numbers.
>
> One is the car name: 911.
>
> The other is the "type".
>
> For example, a 1989 Porsche 911 was a Type 964, while the 1994  
> Porsche 911 was a Type 993.
>
> This dual-number scheme has been true I believe from the first 911  
> model.

No, not really. The 911 was to be the 901, but Peugeot had dibs on the  
x0x numbering scheme (despite Porsche's 904, 906 and 908), so it was  
changed to 911.

The dual numbering scheme started with the 1975 911 Turbo, which had  
the model number 930.

Ever since, Porsches have had two designations, the "actual" model  
number, and the marketing name. The aforementioned 964, ythe 993, 996  
and 998 are consecutive 911's, the Boxsters are 986 and 987, etc.

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