#TodayILearned that a car company in #Indonesia sold Porsche 911 clones in the 1990s that used Mazda engines located in the FRONT of the car.
Details are hazy, but it seems that an executive of Indomobil spun off a company called Marvia that took Porsche 964 body parts and basically cloned their shape, likely by making fiberglass molds from them. The body panels were then mounted on a Mazda MR90 chassis, retaining its 70 HP engine.
While Marvia was making these clones, Indomobil was working on a deal with #Porsche to sell the 996 in Indonesia. Of course, once Porsche got wind of the clone, the deal was called off.
Only 50 Marvia clones were made. Some people speculated that some “Marvias” were actually Porsches that were imported illegally into Indonesia, and given Marvia VINs.
So bizarre!