Originally Posted by Gary Knox

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Moazambique,

I had a business relationship for a few years in the mid/late 80's with a pretty well known Porsche guy at Weissach who owned and drove a 911SC - named Hans Mezger (widely considered one of the two best engine designers of the 20th century). At lunch one day I asked Hans what 'used' Porsche I should buy. Pretty long discussion by Hans and an engineering associate, but the summary was: "Buy a 928 or a 911SC - they are the two best cars we've made to date". I've owned seven 928's since that conversation. Similar to @bubba928, I tracked S4's for about 15 years, including 2 automatics. Similar vintage 911 drivers were frequently quite surprised that an 'old man' driving a 928 could pass them on the track (even with the automatic!). The car was far more capable on the track than I was!

Gary

Originally Posted by Gary Knox

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Hans was responsible for the original 911 6 cylinder engine which debuted in USA in 1964. At the time I was meeting with him, he was the head of Engine Development at Weissach. He was still involved in every engine development through the GT3 (which is appropriately referred to as the Mezger engine). A very humble, congenial, and wonderful man to get to know. I felt very privileged to do so.

Gary

Originally Posted by SwayBar

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And I can tell you from 20+ years of personal experience that the 928's styling is very polarizing. When the 993 and S4 are seen together, it has been a unanimous decision that the 993 is a much, much better looking car.
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Originally Posted by gazfish

Same here, he was big into the suspension and tire technology. He had a Honda for a long time that he seemed to be continually tweaking.

Originally Posted by PK68

Correct, a mk 2 auto Prelude VT if I correctly recall, on which he used to continuously experiment with tires.

Originally Posted by linderpat

that typically only happens in groups of 911 guys. Notably, the 911 has never won any significant design awards while the 928 has. Attend a 928 event and you’ll get the opposite prevailing opinion. Personally, no 911 iteration comes close in beauty to the 928 in my opinion (I started a thread on it here, in fact - I think the 928 is the most beautiful car ever made). As an active member of the local PCA club ( past President among other duties), I find most “Porsche “ people, I.e., 911 guys, have a very narrow view of beautiful car design. They tend to like the 911, and not much else.