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Hispano Alemán Vizcaya 914/6 by Frua
When it was introduced in 1970, the Porsche 914/6 opened Stuttgart sports car ownership to a wider audience – but its styling wasn’t met with appreciation from all. One nonplussed marque enthusiast was Porsche’s importer to Spain, Werner Bernhard Heiderich. A few years prior, he had begun producing buggy-bodied VW Beetles under the name Hispano Alemán, and he soon set to work on the 914/6. Enlisting the styling services of Italian coachbuilder Frua, he produced a showcar in time for the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, complete with a wedge-shaped design akin to concepts of the era, as well as louvred buttresses. Porsche was supposedly interested in producing a limited run, but it was not to be: Heiderich and Frua became embroiled in a legal battle that wasn’t resolved until 1976, by which time the 914/6 had gone out of production.
Porsche Tapiro by Italdesign
Spain’s Porsche importer wasn’t the only notable figure unimpressed with the styling of the 914/6. Giorgetto Giugiaro, who had recently founded Italdesign, was another – and for the 1970 Turin Motor Show, he presented his vision of a modern, mid-engined Porsche. The Tapiro used a 914/6 platform but was otherwise outwardly unrecognisable, and was named as such due to its resemblance to the pig-like tapir mammal; both shared a long, pointy nose and a high tail. Though never destined for production, it would influence countless other designs (particularly Giugiaro’s own): the Maserati Boomerang, Maserati Bora and Delorean DMC-12 all had obvious traces of the wedgy Porsche, while the butterfly engine covers were realised in production form on the De
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