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Porsche 912

Porsche 912

1965–1969Coupé · Targa

The 911's cheap little brother: 911 body and chassis with the 356 SC's four-cylinder engine, launched in April 1965 when 356 production ended. It was a deliberate price weapon — Porsche's 100,000th car was a 912 Targa built for a German police force — and for its first couple of years it outsold the six-cylinder 911 roughly two to one before 911 supply caught up. Visual differences were minimal: silver rather than gold script, a three-dial instrument cluster instead of five, and a plastic steering-wheel rim on base cars. A short run of 2,562 Targas is recorded by the 912 Registry. The 912 was replaced by the mid-engined 914; a 912E with the 2.0-litre Volkswagen four returned for the US market only in 1975–76 (2,092 built), which falls in the next generation's era.

SpecificationsSound: Porsche 911 R (1967)Edvvc · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons (opens in a new tab)

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Specification plate

Numbers as published

Every figure below is quoted from the sources listed at the foot of the page. A dash means the number was never published — it is never estimated.

Engine

1,582 cc

1.6 L) air-cooled pushrod flat-four, Typ 616/36, detuned 356 SC unit

Power

90 PS

0–100 km/h

0–100 km/h 13.5 s (porsche.com)

Top speed

183 km/h

114 mph) (porsche.com)

Weight

—

Not published: Weight for the 912 — no verified figure found

Drivetrain

Rear-engine, rear-wheel drive

Transmission

4-speed manual, 5-speed optional

Production

More than 32,000 built April 1965 – July 1969 (Wikipedia); porsche.com states around 30,745

Body styles

Coupé · Targa

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Wheels
StockSportTurbo

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Gallery

7 views of the Porsche 912

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Watch

3 films on the Porsche 912

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  • Generation · The Wheel Network

    Porsche Historic Footage – Porsche 911 Prototype and Premiere at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show

    archival footage of the 901 Frankfurt debut that created the 911

  • Generation · 9WERKS TV

    Porsche 901 prototype: the second-oldest surviving 911 of all time!

    factory-original 901 prototype, the car Peugeot nearly stopped

  • Generation · Petrolicious

    This 1968 Porsche 911L Was Just A Dream

    series-two longhood 911L, the best of the very early 911s

Compare

Set it against its neighbours

911 2.01964–1967Same body, same era911 T 2.01967–1969Same body style911 S 2.01967–1969Same body style
Compact specification comparison between the Porsche 912 and 911 2.0, 911 T 2.0, 911 S 2.0
SpecPorsche 9121965–1969911 2.01964–1967911 T 2.01967–1969911 S 2.01967–1969
Years1965–19691964–19671967–19691967–1969
Engine1,582 cc (1.6 L) air-cooled pushrod flat-four, Typ 616/36, detuned 356 SC unit1,991 cc (2.0 L) air-cooled SOHC flat-six, dry-sump, Typ 901/01 (Solex 40 PI carburettors, Typ 901/05 with Weber 40 IDA3C from mid-1966)1,991 cc air-cooled flat-six, Typ 901/03 (Weber 40 IDA3C), four-speed only1,991 cc air-cooled flat-six, Typ 901/02 (Weber 40 IDA3C); 1969 long-wheelbase car used MFI engine 901/10
Power90 PS130 PS110 PS170 PS
0–100 km/h0–100 km/h 13.5 s (porsche.com)0–97 km/h (0–60 mph) 8.3 s — Porsche factory figure quoted by stuttcars; no official 0–100 km/h figure exists—0–97 km/h (0–60 mph) ≈8.1 s in the 180 PS 1966/67-era S per stuttcars' performance table — no official 0–100 km/h figure for the 2.0 S
Top speed183 km/h210 km/h——
Weight—1,030 kg——
Drivetrain — identical across all carsRear-engine, rear-wheel driveRear-engine, rear-wheel driveRear-engine, rear-wheel driveRear-engine, rear-wheel drive
Transmission4-speed manual, 5-speed optional5-speed manual (Typ 901), optional 4-speed Sportomatic semi-automatic from 1967/684-speed manual (the T and later E kept four gears; the L and S got five)5-speed manual (Typ 901/08 with Sportomatic from 1968)
Body styles — identical across all carsCoupé · TargaCoupé · TargaCoupé · TargaCoupé · Targa
ProductionMore than 32,000 built April 1965 – July 1969 (Wikipedia); porsche.com states around 30,74582 cars built as 901 before the rename; 4,636 coupés and 986 Targas built as short-wheelbase 2.0 (stuttcars)—4,582 coupés and 1,539 Targas across 1967–1969 (stuttcars); stuttcars separately quotes 2,106 cars (1,492 coupés, 614 Targa) for the 1969 long-wheelbase year
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Sources (4)

  1. Porsche 912 — Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)
  2. What is the Porsche 912? — porsche.com (opens in a new tab)
  3. Model 912 — Porsche USA Classic (opens in a new tab)
  4. 1968 Porsche 912 — Hemmings (opens in a new tab)

What the sources do not settle (3)

  • Weight for the 912 — no verified figure found
  • Exact production total — sources differ (Wikipedia "more than 32,000" vs porsche.com "around 30,745")
  • Whether the 912 belongs in a 911 showcase at all — flagged for the lead; it shares the 911 body and chassis

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