PORSCHE 911 CLASSIC

 

THE PORSCHE 911 WAS CREATED TO BE THE SUCCESSOR TO THE PORSCHE 356, IT'S DEBUT WAS AT THE 1963 FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW, INITIALLY IT WAS CALLED PORSCHE 901 BUT PEUGEOT HAD THE RIGHTS TO THREE NUMBERS WITH A 0 IN THE MIDDLE SO THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE PORSCHE AND CALL IT 911.

IT'S DESIGN WAS THE WORK OF FERDINAND BUTZI. BUTZI WAS THE GRADSON OF FERDINAND PORSCHE. IT'S DESIGN WAS CHARACTERIZED BY IT'S TIMELESS AND ELEGANT SILHOUETTE, WITH A SLOPING HOOD, A VERTICAL WINDSHIELD, A ROOFLINE THAT EXTENDS TO THE REAR, AND ROUND HEADLIGHTS. THIS DESIGN HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE ESSENCEOF THE CLASSIC 911 REMAINS INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE. THE CLASSIC 911 HAS A REAR ENGINE, WHICH WAS CRITICIZED BY SOME, BUT CONTRIBUTE TO IT'S CONTRIBUTED TO IT'S DISTINCTIVE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR AND BECAME ONE OF IT'S HALLMARKS.