Volkswagen Porsche 914
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The Volkswagen Porsche 914 is a mid-engined sports car jointly developed by Volkswagen and Porsche in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its targa-top design and agile handling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Volkswagen Porsche 914 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9987064 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volkswagen Porsche 914 Context triple: [Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, successor, Volkswagen Porsche 914]
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A.
Volkswagen Type 3
The Volkswagen Type 3 was a compact, rear-engined family car produced by Volkswagen in the 1960s and early 1970s, offered in notchback, fastback, and station wagon (Variant) body styles.
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B.
Volkswagen Type 4
The Volkswagen Type 4 was a series of larger, air-cooled rear-engined family cars produced by Volkswagen in the late 1960s and early 1970s, positioned above the Beetle and Type 3 in the company’s lineup.
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C.
Porsche 924
The Porsche 924 is a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports car introduced in the mid-1970s as Porsche’s entry-level model, notable for its transaxle layout and collaboration with Volkswagen-Audi components.
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D.
Volkswagen Scirocco
The Volkswagen Scirocco is a sporty compact coupé produced by Volkswagen, known for its sleek design and performance-oriented character derived from the Golf platform.
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E.
Volkswagen Santana
The Volkswagen Santana is a compact family sedan introduced in the 1980s that became especially popular and long-lived in markets such as China and Latin America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volkswagen Porsche 914 Target entity description: The Volkswagen Porsche 914 is a mid-engined sports car jointly developed by Volkswagen and Porsche in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its targa-top design and agile handling.
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A.
Volkswagen Type 3
The Volkswagen Type 3 was a compact, rear-engined family car produced by Volkswagen in the 1960s and early 1970s, offered in notchback, fastback, and station wagon (Variant) body styles.
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B.
Volkswagen Type 4
The Volkswagen Type 4 was a series of larger, air-cooled rear-engined family cars produced by Volkswagen in the late 1960s and early 1970s, positioned above the Beetle and Type 3 in the company’s lineup.
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C.
Porsche 924
The Porsche 924 is a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports car introduced in the mid-1970s as Porsche’s entry-level model, notable for its transaxle layout and collaboration with Volkswagen-Audi components.
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D.
Volkswagen Scirocco
The Volkswagen Scirocco is a sporty compact coupé produced by Volkswagen, known for its sleek design and performance-oriented character derived from the Golf platform.
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E.
Volkswagen Santana
The Volkswagen Santana is a compact family sedan introduced in the 1980s that became especially popular and long-lived in markets such as China and Latin America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Porsche vehicle
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Volkswagen vehicle ⓘ mid‑engined car ⓘ sports car ⓘ targa‑top car ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Porsche 914
NERFINISHED
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VW‑Porsche 914 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| assembly | Karmann, Osnabrück, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyStyle | 2‑door targa ⓘ |
| brakes | disc brakes on all four wheels ⓘ |
| chassis | steel monocoque ⓘ |
| class | sports car ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| designedFor | entry‑level Porsche market segment ⓘ |
| drivetrain | rear‑wheel drive ⓘ |
| enginePosition | mid‑mounted ⓘ |
| engineType |
flat‑four (914)
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flat‑six (914/6) ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| height | 1230 mm ⓘ |
| introducedAt | 1969 Frankfurt Motor Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| layout | rear mid‑engine, rear‑wheel‑drive layout ⓘ |
| length | 3985 mm ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Porsche
NERFINISHED
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Volkswagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
Porsche in the United States
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Volkswagen‑Porsche in Europe ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
agile handling
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low center of gravity ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
front and rear luggage compartments
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integrated roll bar ⓘ pop‑up headlights ⓘ removable targa roof panel ⓘ |
| platform | Volkswagen‑Porsche 914 platform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
about 110 hp for 914/6 2.0‑litre flat‑six
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around 80 hp for early 1.7‑litre models ⓘ up to about 110 hp for 2.0‑litre four‑cylinder models ⓘ |
| predecessor | Porsche 912 (for entry‑level Porsche position) ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1976 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1969 ⓘ |
| successor | Porsche 924 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suspensionFront | MacPherson struts ⓘ |
| suspensionRear | independent rear suspension with trailing arms ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
approximately 177 km/h for 1.7‑litre versions
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over 200 km/h for 914/6 versions ⓘ |
| transmission | 5‑speed manual ⓘ |
| wheelbase | 2450 mm ⓘ |
| width | 1650 mm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Volkswagen Porsche 914 Description of subject: The Volkswagen Porsche 914 is a mid-engined sports car jointly developed by Volkswagen and Porsche in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its targa-top design and agile handling.
Referenced by (1)
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