Porsche 911 2.0 Coupé (1964)

Porsche 911 2.0 Coupé (1964)

Year of production: 1964
Engine: flat-six
Displacement: 1,991 cc
Power output: 130 HP (96 kW)
Top speed: 210 km/h (130 mph)

Porsche unveiled the successor to the 356 – the original 911 – at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show. There were numerous key differences between it and its predecessor, not least the free-revving six-cylinder engine. And Ferry Porsche was pleased to have created a car that was “finally big enough to carry a set of golf clubs”. Because Peugeot was already using three-digit model numbers with a zero in the middle, Porsche had to abandon its original idea to call it the 901. It thus became the now-legendary 911.

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