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The Intercooler

How Porsche created the 911 #154

The Intercooler

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel

Cars, The Intercooler, Car, Motorsport, Supercar, Leisure, Automotive, Intercooler, Driving

4.8868 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel explain how the Porsche 911 came to be. How did such a young sports car manufacturer get from the tiny, underpowered 356 to the 911 – most successful sports car of all time? What were the key decisions that underpinned the car's capability, versatility and global appeal?

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Intercooler Podcast.

0:05.8

Hi everyone. Welcome to episode 154 of the Intercooler Podcast with Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel.

0:15.7

Now this week we're talking about the 9-11 as we are going to be

0:19.3

a handful of times throughout this year because in September,

0:25.6

Portia will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 9-11, So it's a big year for the 9-11 and we're going to be talking about the history of the car as we get closer to that date in

0:31.0

September. This week we're starting with the early tale of the 9-11, how the 9-11

0:37.3

came to be and some of the most special air-cooled variants of the 9-11. There's some really good stuff to get stuck into there.

0:46.1

A little bit later on we're doing what goes up, which is where we have a look at the market, see what's going on in the market,

0:55.7

but before that we're talking all about air-cooled 9-11s. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy the episode. This is the first in, I think,

1:01.0

what's going to be three episodes this year

1:03.2

Andrew between now and September in which we discuss in some detail the

1:09.1

Porsche 911 and hopefully tell I mean you can't tell the full story of that car can you but you know kind of

1:16.0

from start to finish explain how it came to be and discuss its significance and so with this episode

1:22.4

we're talking about the very early days of the 9-11 and indeed

1:26.2

the years preceding the 9-11.

1:28.6

Yeah and the point being is that in September 1963, they all showed a new car called the 901 and it became

1:40.0

the most successful sports car in history easily. I suppose ultimately it's

1:45.1

how did that happen that's the point of these episodes isn't it? It is a

1:48.1

that happen to how did he get from yeah from there to you know 60 years later to where we are where we are today when you know the

1:55.3

9-11 has been such a staple of you know even if you've never been in one you know

2:01.7

let alone driven one let alone owned one everybody knows about the 9-11

2:06.2

don't they it is you know it is it is the one sports car it's possibly the one

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