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The Porsche 911 Was Initially Called The Porsche 901
1964 Porsche 911 2.0 Coupe (901)via Porsche AG
The Porsche 911 is one of the greatest sports cars ever built and Porsche's most successful car. Since 1963, Porsche has produced more than 1 million 911s across seven generations. However, the 911 name almost never came to be.
1964-porsche-911via classiccars
The 911 initially had a different name - the 901. Peugeot objected to the name, claiming they had the exclusive rights to car names formed by three numbers with a zero in the middle. Avoiding unnecessary confrontation, Porsche responded by simply changing the 0 to 1.
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Ferdinand Porsche Designed The World's First Fully Electric Vehicle
lohner-porscheVia Car Type
Most gearheads think that the fantastic Taycan is Porsche's first-ever fully electric car. They don't know that back in 1899, Ferdinand Porsche built what automotive historians consider the first fully electric automobile - the Lohner-Porsche. This was more than a century before Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Model S.
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