Porsche 914

The Porsche 914  is a mid-engined sports car produced, designed and marketed from 1969 to 1976 jointly by Volkswagen, Germany and Porsche AG Germany. It was only acccessible as a targa-topped two-seat roadster powered by either a flat-4 or flat-6 engine.

Both Volkswagen and Porsche were in need of new models by the late 1960s. Porsche was searching for a replacement for their previous model 912, and Volkswagen wanted a new range-topping sports coupé as a successor of the Volkswagen Type 34 Karmann Ghia coupé. As the part of an agreement that dated back to Porsche's founding, at the time the majority of Volkswagen's development work was handled by Porsche . Volkswagen needed to contract out one last project to Porsche to fulfill the contract, and decided to make the 914 that project. Ferdinand Piëch, who was in charge of research and development at Porsche, was put in charge of the 914 project.

During 1969, 2 models 914s, dubbed 914/8 generally and called 914/S by Porsche were built. At the instigation of Ferdinand Piëch (then head of the racing department), the first orange 914/8 was constructed, to prove the concept. For the North American market, Porsche produced a series of Limited Addition cars in 1974 to commemorate Porsche's victories in the Can Am racing series. They were equipped with individual color schemes and came standard with otherwise optional equipment. The factory have produced about 1000 of these vehicles, about 50% Bumblebee and 50% Creamsicle.