Mid-Engined RWD Sports Car

V12 Volkswagen bay window bus

Chevrolet Corvette C8

Gold-plated 1983 DeLorean DMC-12 for sale on Hemmings.com.

Porsche 914/4 1.7 Targa and Porsche 914 2.0 Targa It must have been in 1979. 10 minutes in the used open, lemon-yellow 1914er of the uncle from the big city of Hamburg have influenced the author’s automobile preferences decisively. At that time already the 80 hp (59 kW) fuel-injected 1.7 L Volkswagen flat-4 engine was enough for the childlike feeling for imaginary Porsche power. With 1973 came the introduction of the also VW assembled 100 hp (74 kW) 2.0 L four-cylinder 914 model (pic 2), replacing the Porsche assembled 914/6 which was discontinued after the 1972 model year due to poor sales. Here we have both (!) models in one Hamburg street scene, where the editor himself now lives. The uncle unfortunately died a few years ago, but the memory will live on. Early car-education works.

While the monoposto 156, an icon in the world of Formula 1 and with irresistible styling by Fantuzzi, became a legend, the sports prototypes, also drawn by Fantuzzi, with their low weight and aerodynamically optimized shapes, had an enduring effect on the development of two-seater race cars in the years to follow. They celebrated wins in the Targa Florio, on the Nürburgring, and in the European Hill Climb Championship.