how come they call porsches 911?

Answer 1

They do not call all Porsches 911s - and actually, none of the current offerings is a "911," as the current Carrera most likely to be identified as such, is actually a 997.

The three digit number code used by Porsche to identify most of their car offerings through the years originally stemmed from the internal project code (356, 550, 718, 904, etc)... with project 901 being introduced in 1963 at the Frankfurt Motorshow as a replacement for the 356. Before the car was actually placed on sale, Porsche changed the name to 911 due to the threat of legal action by Puegot, who claimed any 3 digit car name with a zero in the middle was a trademark of their company (and the 902 was renamed to the 912 at the same time, though curiously, nothing was ever made of the 904, 906, and 908).

In 1989, much of the 911 was redesigned, and while the new cars were still sold as "911 Carreras," the internal project number for the new car was 964. This was followed by the 993, 996, and now the 997.

Answer 2

911 is just the model designation for the car. Porsche uses a numbering system. it was originally going to be named the 901 (many 911 parts actually had 901 part numbers for a long time, oddly), but pugeout had the name taken, so they changed it to 911.

Porsche has always just numbered their cars, generally in terms of project number. (912 was after 911, 914 was after 912, etc).

Answer 3

It was originally to be called 901 (a start for a new model, I'm thinking) but then Peugeot protested that it had rights to all 4 digit number with 0 in the middle, so it was changed to 911.

Answer 4

just a model number like 928,911,914,944.

because 911 sounds cool

Answer 5

its like all their cars... the 911 was the 911th project porsche developed.

Answer 6

becuz the maker was a friend of BIN LADEN and he named it 911

Answer 7

Paul is all over it!

Answer 8

model #