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REAR-ENGINED SPORTS CARS

PORSCHE 912 (1965–1969, 1976)

n the mid-1960s Porsche introduced a model to bridge the price gap between its 356, which was still being produced at the time, and the 911. To the untrained eye the 912, launched in 1965, looked nigh-on identical to the 911. However, where the 911 had six cylinders, the 912 made do with four. Cheaper but significantly less powerful than the 911, the 912 employed a 90bhp 1.6-litre flat-four pinched from the 356 SC, mounted

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