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Originally Posted by Pax
Porsche did make a car with the engine in the front and a bloody good one too.
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Originally Posted by RodH
Actually............in recent times they have produced 3 front engined cars (not saying they were all good mind  )...924, 944 & 928. They have also the mid engined Boxster. Although I take Luca's point, as none of them compare to the perennial 911. |
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Originally Posted by Ghost
It is still a Desmo mechanical opening and closing, how the cams are driven is just a packaging and weight exercise.
I don't know if the Desmosedici's are gear or chain driven.
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As we all know 924,944 & 928 was a mistake not in sale any more. Boxter is a design which Porsche used in 1960 in their race cars so it is part of their history. That car was cold Spyder (I think) which BTW is lovely.
My point is this is how it starts they are giving up on what made Ducati a Ducati (big part of that history) a small piece at a time. Next production Superbike form them will have the same design as DDR16 so part of history will be gone.
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