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Originally Posted by RWebb View Post
that encapsulates everything I've ever heard about them.

- the design is older than the 911, and less modern, esp. for the suspension

- it has more torque ("drive" as Jenks put it) than a 356 or early 911, but...

I'll see if I can dig up some notes from Jenks et al. later this pm
I guess the argument there is that MacPhearson strut torsion bar suspension is better than the double wish bone with a TB, as well as more modern. Then in '90 the 911 got coil over suspension all around like an E-type had in the rear. Later on, the 911 got multi-link which is like a double wishbone to me.

No, I don't get that. I think the XKE was the head of the class for a long time.
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