At first some Porsche purists lamented the Porsche 914’s seemingly humble origins. They whispered the V-Word”—Volkswagen. The reality is that the 914 was a blood descendant of the seminal Gmund Porsche, the first car to wear the family name and the crest, a pure sports car designed around a Volkswagen-sourced, air-cooled flat-four and a mid-engine configuration.
The 914 has developed …
