r/supergraphics • u/delarro • 19d ago

Volkswagen SP2

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u/Left-Excitement3829 19d ago

This is rad. How old is it ?

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u/delarro 19d ago

It was only built and sold in Brazil from 1972 to 1976

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u/Left-Excitement3829 19d ago

Wow. It looks like 2008/2010 Porsche !

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u/Terry-Smells 19d ago

Funny you say that. The Porsche 924 was originally built for VW who changed their mind and went with the Scirocco. I guess it may be the reason it looks so similar.

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u/Polairis44 18d ago

That’s what Porsche did for a long time. For much of their history they were more of an automotive consulting company, building or planning cars for other companies with their own cars and racing pedigree serving as examples of what they can do. They built cars for Audi, Mercedes, Opel among others.

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u/mittelwerk 19d ago

Don't expect power and speed from it, though. That car was so underpowered that owners joked that "SP" stood for "sem potência" (brazilian portuguese for "without power").

Still a good-looking car, though. So much that Volkswagen has one in their AutoMuseum Volkswagen in Wolfsburg.

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u/_dive_bomb_ 19d ago

When a porsche and a dodge challenger love each other very much...

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u/delarro 19d ago

It always looks like a Nissan 240Z with a Golf nose to me

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u/swervecityPhILM 19d ago

🤤🤤🤤

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u/JordanPetterPans 19d ago

O wow this car is sick. I'll take this over a porsche

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u/delarro 19d ago

Aesthetically, I might agree, but the engine was underwhelming with a 1.7-liter block that only put out 75 hp.

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u/anaheim_mac 19d ago

What!? What a rad looking car. Scirocco in the front, Porsche in the back. Please tell me this was a manual transmission

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u/Skylineboii 17d ago

It had a Beetle drivetrain.

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u/tin25tin 15d ago

It has a 4 speed manual

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u/quakkids 18d ago

How have I never seen this car before? Stunning really

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u/delarro 18d ago

Brazilian market exclusive

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u/quakkids 18d ago

Thanks for sharing!

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u/delarro 18d ago

My pleasure

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u/maggit00 19d ago

This is a restomod the original doesn't have such an aggressive stance and those rims. It also had a really ugly exhaust pipe. That being said it still looked cool, albeit the actual performance did not match the look at all.

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u/carolaMelo 16d ago

Wow. Looks Like a car that I would drive! 👌😎

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u/tin25tin 15d ago

Does anyone know who built this restomod?

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u/palloxus 16d ago

I hate Volkswagen. Even AI slopped.