Officially they do have separate numbers:JWA said:Great, thanks. I figured it was that. From reading that list I'm surprised that the redesign didn't net a new number.
It was Peugeot and they would have win the case because they had been using the the middle 0 for a much longer time, since 1930 infact and were a bigger company than Porsche.Ridgemanron said:I remember reading that Porsche originally intended on calling the '911' by the sequence '901' but one of the French car makers, either Renault or Peugeot, claimed that they had the rights to all
three digit numbers containing '0' in the middle of the other two. I'm sure the French would have lost in a drawn out legal case, but Porsche didn't think it was that important for them to pursue it.
Some legal eagles I've spoken to said that something as basic as a middle '0', in between two other numbers, would never be awarded in a court action. Also, didn't BMW have a '507' years ago?Toine said:It was Peugeot and they would have win the case because they had been using the the middle 0 for a much longer time, since 1930 infact and were a bigger company than Porsche.