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1993 Porsche 928 GTS.
A big 8 Cylinder 5400 ( big for an European ) , powerful, full of torque, in this fast and comfortable GT car.
Very austere but complete dashboard.
All an era.
Credit: Classic Car.
Very austere but complete dashboard.
Best,
Nicolas
928 has double wishbone, even today, almost all Porsche 2-door cars do not have double wishbones; except for 959, Carrera GT, 918, and only the most recent 911 GT3 models.
The 928 is indeed the Porsche flagship that never replaced the 911. The 928, 959, Carrera GT, 918, and only the most recent GT3 models have a double wishbone; all the SUV and sedans Porsche has made have double wishbones. A double wishbone suspension is extremely important. As it allows you to maximize your tire surface on corners where the road is cambered not in your favor. The Porsche 911/Boxster/Cayman is the only very expensive car in the world that I can think of that is on a MacPherson Strut suspension (true, you can get a BMW M3 priced to the level of a Cayman, so a few exceptions exist). MacPherson struts were taken from the original VW Beetle design and adapted to the 911 design. In both the Beetle's case and the 911's case, a MacPherson strut was chosen to preserve space in the smallish front trunk of both cars and to reduce costs. Also, because West German roads were built well and windy roads were always properly banked in West Germany, a suspension system that could handle both correctly banked and incorrectly banked corners was not a priority - considering it would likely cost front trunk space.
However, you will note, no current Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, McLaren, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, or any other expensive car uses a MacPherson strut - all use double wishbone. As there are significant performance drawbacks to MacPherson struts. Even Mazda Miata, Alfa Romeo 4C, and the Alpine have double wishbone suspensions!
1982 928S V8 4.7 L 16v
i personally prefer the looks of the 928S to the 928 GTS.
Credit ABEL ART pictures 4 and 5
One of my all-time favorites, so many stories ...
.. I heard of several people who drove/owned one.
My dream 928 ? A red 928S (300hp) manual with the black/white seats.
My dream 928 ? A red 928S (300hp) manual with the black/white seats.
Remember driving a friend's new red 928 at 140mph with him in the passenger seat. 'OK?', I asked. 'It's your licence,' he replied. Nice car.
A very cool car…
Even if it never was considered a proper Porsche. Even Ferry, when driving the prototype the first time responded with, ‚Der schiesst net‘ (it doesn’t shoot).
At the same time it was a very nice GT and a nice car. There’s even a Frenchman who drove one around the world and recorded theorized on social media.
I know this story. A pity as even if I cannot compete with the 911, it is, on the other side, a totally different car. For a different use, and maybe for different clients.
It was initially even considered a replacement…
But that was not to be 🤷🏻♂️
The owners did not evolve as much as the management back in the day anticipated…
The owners did not evolve as much as the management back in the day anticipated…
Don’t know why but this model never appealed to me. I liked the 924 as it was the entry Porsche but all are in the shadow of the pinnacle 911
My high school buddy's dad had one 1980s.... we called it The Frog (in green).
Handled nicely, felt nimble... not that we, you know, joy rided it or anything like that as high school kids. 
I remember these…
I had a friend in college, his father bought one of these, gave my friend his E30 M3…while I drove my Dodge Dart…boy, was I jealous! Fueled my desire to someday own cool cars…it worked!