Porsche 912 came out as to cushion the gap between high priced 911 and 356. It has less cylinders and trims. I never driven 6 pistons on the same era so I would not know how less power I would feel on 912 but I can very much live with this around 100HP car. 100 horses are a lot to push less than 1000kg chunk of metal. Also I like 912's less trim-ness. Trim purely add weight for this era and extra looks which I rather not have. I will post original 901 which became 911 and see how less trim those models were.

Image is from a catalogue. Look at their graphic design. It is beautiful!