Porsche 9146 - 1969-1972

About vehicle
Transmission by porsche both models had the five-speed porsche gearbox, or, as an option, the semiautomatic sportsmatic transmission. The 9146 used the 2-litre engine from the porsche 91 it; Suspension and steering also came from the 911, though coil springs replaced the torsion bars. The fuchs alloy wheels came from the 91 ie. cursed twice from the beginning, the career of the 9146 suffered from a double handicap. The first was the replacement of heinz nordhoff by kurt loos as chief executive of volkswagen. Loos concept of cost price was remarkably different from that of his predecessor. Loos sold the 914 bodyshells to porsche at a high price, and as a consequence, the price of the 9146 was close to the cost of the 911. The second handicap was that the 9146s coachwork had- neither elegance nor personality. excellent handling was not enough to keep the car out of a shadow) existence in the small print of the porsche catalogue, although the 9146 is highly collectable today.
Hie 9146 was one of porsches rare errors in judgment. The main external difference from the version that carried a vw engine rather than the porsche power plant was the use of alloy wheels.