I think most people here would be fawning over the article were it a Toyota Previa or some other car that does not bring to mind "transportation that a day laborer would have driven circa <10-15yr after its model year>" which is what happens to a lot of successful vehicles.

On the flip side, the sports car snobs will say that a 914 (especially the 4 cylinder version) is basically just a funky looking Volkswagen :)