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Old 08-26-2020, 09:01 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead
simply lofting the back of the car ... would [have] violated the 'look' of the car; something that would take decades for Porsche to resolve, increment by increment.
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The Volkswagen XL1 would be a recent example of a streamline body.
VW was able to let go of the air-cooled Beetle body, but Porsche can't.
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