Inside Line - Generations - Midengine Porsches

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#1 of 4 Inside Line-Generations: Midengine Porsches by KarenS HOST Jul 05, 2006 (1:15 pm)
Inside Line's newest Generations focuses on Porsche. Check out the article and tell us what you think here. Generations: Midengine Porsches Replies to this message: stevekilburn (Jul 12, 2006 9:16 pm) andys120 (May 28, 2007 12:56 pm)
#2 of 4 Re: Inside Line-Generations: Midengine Porsches [KarenS] by stevekilburn Jul 12, 2006 (9:16 pm)
Replying to: KarenS (Jul 05, 2006 1:15 pm) Why did you remove the title "Central Intelligence"? It sounded cool.
#4 of 4 Re: Inside Line-Generations: Midengine Porsches [KarenS] by andys120 May 28, 2007 (12:56 pm)
Replying to: KarenS (Jul 05, 2006 1:15 pm) It took Porsche almost 20 years after the introduction of the 550A to produce their first mid-engined road car, the 914. Even now Porsche is tiptoeing into the mid-engine area, deliberately maintaining the "supremacy" of the rear-engined 911 by limiting the power of production Boxsters and Caymans. This is odd because it seems to me that the 987 represents the future of the Porsche brand. They've crammed all the power and displacement they can possibly get into the tail of the 911. Porsche has more experience with mid-engined sports racing cars than anyone, why can't they see that the ultimate road car needs to have the center of mass in the middle of the car, not hung out in back?