There seems to be some interest on the board lately about these cars and my hope is that this thread can be the repository for information specific to the USA 1974 Carrera. I'll start it out with a paper I have been working on for quite some time regarding the performance of these cars. I think I've now collected and reviewed every contemporaneous publication that tested these cars. This started as a bunch of handwritten notes for my own education as I tried to reconcile all sorts of conflicting information regarding these cars.

Perhaps more interesting than the performance data itself was what I learned about the large differences in testing methods utilized by Porsche and the various magazines.

This is in PDF format and I don't think it can be posted here directly, so here's the link. It should open right up in Google Docs.

Observations on 1974 Porsche Carrera USA Performance

I think you can download directly here: Download


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