Despite typically making the list of worst Porsche car models ever built, the 914 started a trend. When Volkswagen and Porsche released the jointly developed mid-engine two-seat sports car in 1969, other automakers took note and began designing their own. Fiat dropped the X1/9 in 1972 and then the Lancia Scorpion a few years later (1976). Pontiac began producing the Fiero in late ’83 as a 1984 model, and Toyota got into the act, showing off its take on the mid-engine sports car
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