A web site stated that weight. I had a hard time believing that number. I think my 67 Beetle weighed about 1700 lbs, The 84 GTI I guess was about 2,000 lbs. While my father in law's 914 feels fairly solid I could not imagine it being that heavy. Both the 914 and the
944 have quite nice handl>2900 lbs? maybe if the driver and passenger both weight 500 lbs. eachJim B.