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New Thu 8 Oct 20 17:15 
 Bits of car trivia - No FM2R
>>When much later Porsche were going to call their new car the 901, Peugeot objected and so
>>Porsche renamed it the 911.
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>>I hope these are true

Apparently Porsche originally called their cars 9-- because they were trying to align their project numbers with VW and the 900 series was available.

The 904 (became the Carrera GTS) and 906 ( became the Carrera 6) were also renamed due to the same dispute.
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