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The Porsche Museum Stuttgart has added , a beautiful restored 901. The company has released a video explaining why only a few cars sport this three-digit moniker instead of the more well-known 911 model number.
Peugeot vehicles were named with three-digit models in the 1960s just like today. The French automaker thought it owned a trademark that allowed automotive names to have three numbers and one zero in the middle. Porsche had Time to build 82 examples
The 901 Before the Peugeot convinced Germans to change their moniker, The video shows that Peugeot sent a “friendly, but distinct” letter to Porsche asking them to choose a different brand for the new sports coupe
Porsche found a simple solution. The company was already producing distinct 9, 0, and 1, numerals to attach to its vehicles. Instead of coming up with something completely new, the company just replaced the 0 by an additional 1, creating the iconic 911 moniker.
The Porsche Museum displayed the newly restored 901 as the 57th factory-owned example. In 2014, a TV crew found the car in an abandoned German barn. Porsche purchased the car and began to restore it. It will be included in the exhibit “911 (901 No. 57) – A Legend takes Off” from April 8th 2018.
Porsche ordered Karmann to construct a single convertible prototype. This unique car was put up for auction by RM Sotheby’s in Paris in February 2017. It was sold for 649 600 euros. This was considerably less than the estimate of EUR850,000 to EUR1,000,000 by Sotheby’s (equivalent of $900,000 to 1,060,000).