Time for some collective bench racing...

[Wally]

Originally Posted by judgie

To me the German look is not the look but the ethos of performance. improve and refine the performance of the base car with out radically changing the base vehicle.
I used to think what would Porsche have done when doing any mods..?

I think Rob nailed it pretty well, at least how I personally see it.
That said, the later the car(s), the better, more modern the techniques are/were with those to begin with, so the latest model/type cars would fit the above presumptions best.

Then again, with the huge modifications most of us make, starting with any model could yield minimally the same results.
After all, its what YOU make of it