The 'engine' has been essentially the same by 2004 a8

We weren't so accurate roughly speaking this diesel locomotive's qualifications for WEOTD category, not because it doesn't quota up in the awesomeness field but because it's damn near impossible to total out whether those quibbler Porsche engineers drink completely plain-layer-of-paper redesigned the phenomenon recurrently (keeping only the general outline, intensifying hardware, and the chatterbox centers). If we permit that the wrestler six-banger from Stuttgart has been essentially the similar steam engine with a constant string of upgrades, then its heritage stretches all the way hind to the prompt 1960s. We'll let tipster Jason chew over in with his arguments after the jump...Says Jason: First conceived in 1961 for the T7 original, and later installed in a 911 in 1964, the little 2.0L flat six turned out a whooping 130 hp. Fast brazen to 1998, and the last air-cooled 911 (turbo) was cranking out 400 hp. The race flat-6 motors in the 935 were cranking out in excess of 950hp with water-cooled heads. But this gas-powered didn't just power 911s, it covers 914s, 959s, and a slide of race cars... including the 934, 935, 956, 962, and Porsche's first Indy car in the 1970s, along with the 936... Not only was this petrol-powered in a street car for 34 years, it has won races and championships for Porsche for nearly as long... including 24hrs of LeMans, 24hrs of Daytona, 12hrs of Sebring, Targa Florio, MonteCarlo, and Paris-Dakar (Twice). Does it need mentioning that the 956 with a flat-6 "