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Originally Posted by NYNick
Let's all try to remember why the 912 model was actually made, shall we?
There was an outcry about losing the 356 and it's dead reliable 4 cylinder engine. The customers were up in arms about the 'new' design with it's fancy pants 6 cylinder. The factory was already making 911 bodies. They had left over 356 engines. Hmm, what should we do?
The 912 was born, and didn't live that long for that matter. Why?
I rest my case.
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There is a critical component you are leaving out. There was a huge price jump going from the 356 to the 911. While Porsche was targeting doctors, lawyers and other wealthy professionals they soon realized there was a need for an intermediately priced car. It could have very easily been called a 911/4. Far outselling the 911, the 912 provided essential dollars to Porsche that allowed them to more fully develop the 911 and to begin development of the next "entry-level" Porsche, the 914.