I remember these cars in high school. They were the cars teenagers bought just so they could say, "I drive a Porsche."
Kinda like the BMW 1600 series that I was guilty of owning.
It was fun, but a rust prone money sink. Those Beemers were funky too.
We called them Volks Porsche unless it was a 914/6.
The 2002 of that era (or a bit later) was actually sweet.