I watched this car auto-x last month. Have to say I was *somewhat* disappointed with how it ran. :(
It got the pants beat off of it by a 1980 Mercury Capri with a modded 302 and a Meyers Manx with a Corvair engine and rear slicks, and it beat the '63 Mercury Monterey around the course by only three seconds :P
I have to say that 914s aren't exactly ugly... but there's nothing about them especially pretty or good-looking either... they extremely bland, nondescript-looking cars that really don't generate any real emotion.