Erwin Komenda, the leader of the Porsche car body construction department, was also involved in the design. The styling was largely by Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche, son of Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche. The car had 2+2 seating, though the rear was very small, also like the 356.
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It was mated to a five-speed manual "Type 901" transmission. The earliest editions of the 911 had an air-cooled, rear-mounted, 2.0 L (1,991 cc)ġ30 PS (96 kW 130 hp) flat-6 " boxer" engine, similar to the 356's four-cylinder 1.6 L unit. So, instead of selling the new model with another name in France, Porsche changed the name to 911. However, Peugeot protested on the grounds that in France it had exclusive rights to car names formed by three numbers with a zero in the middle. It was initially designated as the " Porsche 901", after its internal project number. The new car made its public debut at the 1963 Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, better known to English speakers as the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Porsche 911 was developed as a much more powerful, larger, more comfortable replacement for the Porsche 356.
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