exc911ence

My buddy once told me that people referred to the 928S as the German Camaro...

ErnestSw

Yeah, and the 911 is the German Yugo.

exc911ence

Think Skoda... the Yugo's engine is in the front.

ViribusUnits

Why Camaro?

Why not the German Corvette? It sure as heck wasn't ever cheap like the Camaro, even by German standards.

exc911ence

No idea, that's just what he said... and he's a 928S owner!

Kaz

I too have heard German Corvette before.

ViribusUnits

See, I'm not following the logic.

The Camaro was intended to compete in the pony car market. Sorta a cheaper, funner version of the American Mussle cars. As a result, it was never top of the line, even by GM standards.

The 928 was suppost to be Porsche bid aginst the American Mussle cars of the early 70s. It got delayed by the gas crunch in 1974-5, but eventualy was created as an almost no holds bar 928 bid for the evaporating Mussle car market. Go figure. About the only thing in the US that could dirictly compete aginst it would be the Corvette...

At least thats my way of thinking.

mpesik

For anyone two guys to get together and one says to the other that the 928 is a chevy camero and the other agrees,-and a porsche owner I might add- it must of been an intimate moment for you. You sure he's just your -ahem-bud. Mike

2V4V

In the picture above, one could certainly make the case for it being a 'German Camaro', just a matter of taste - or lack thereof...

But, to each his own.

Greg

heinrich

I was once greeted by an instructor who - upon getting into the passenger seat - said ... "Well, let's see what this **** taxi can do" .... So that got me thinking ... If my Porsche is a **** taxi .... and this instructor is sitting in my passenger seat ... what does that make him? ...

Nicole

This guy would have gotten some instructions from me, not vice versa... What an ignorant fool!

goliver

Our cars are cool no matter what ignorant people say. I have had as many people say they it was the German Corvette as those that expressed a real interest in knowing what the "new" Porsche was called. To each their own.

Regards,

Geoff

blau928

Too bad that yutz has cut a gaping hole in his hood to put in that roots blower. A properly tuned twin screw setup will run circles around that awful sight and be so much more streetable... Well, I guess he might have been a "Manny Manta" in his prior car days..

2V4V

Richard,

Sadly, there are more than a few folks on the planet who think carburetors are still viable, let alone Roots blowers. I recently had a conversation with a (self-admitted) "old-school builder" who argued that a Roots was just as efficient as a twin-screw. How the hell can you build engines for a living, and not know this stuff? I know change is hard, but c'mon.

Oh well, there's gotta be a left lip on any bell curve.

Greg

drnick

its a german capri!