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Message: [QUOTE="DougRoost, post: 153497, member: 23019"] [b]Re: Porsche 911 air cooled evolving[/b] Through some excellent engineering, Porsche managed to keep the air cooled engines going all through the emissions sensitive '70s, '80s, and well into the '90s. Finally, I believe with the 996 model, they went to liquid cooling. But even then they went to great lengths to keep the design legacy alive, still using a flat 6 boxer layout and even ensuring the exhuaust note was true to the air cooled engine. Despite not having that big fan, the liquid cooled 911 sounds the same as the air cooled and they remained true to the original. Thus, my point was Porsche proved it could be done and stuck to the concept, unlike the New Beetle. And prices stayed pretty much the same throughout it all. VW has no excuse; they simply repackaged a Golf in an inferior manner (heavier, less cargo capacity, less stable at high speeds, etc.) and put together one heck of an ad campaign to sell it. [/QUOTE]