928cs

I would like to have pictures to share. I only have the description from the Porsche record, and the codes are unusual. I will try decipher them.

Edit: Just found that the interior was Linen, with Linen cloth inserts for the seats. Should be nice. Regular seats but no sunroof.

928cs

Just tried to modify the title of the thread but I'm not sure that it worked.

For the records, it seems that the first proper GT was produced the 7th of February 1989, for a German customer.

The first US/Can. was produced the 10th of February 1989, but this was a factory car, Linen paint, with Burgundy interior, mutlicolor cloth seats inserts. This one was certainly destroyed in 2011
This was around the 10th proper GT made.
Does anyone knows a picture of this car, in commercial documents or official Porsche pictures?

The next US/Can. were made the 6th of April 1989; the first delivered beeing 1095, a Canadian car delivered the 24th of April.

I still think that there were preproduction US/Can GT's but I need to identify them.

Rob Edwards

So 1092 was also built on 6/4/89 but 1095 was delivered first, before 1092?

928cs

1092, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1100 and 1102 were produced the same day, the 6th of April, but 1095 was the first delivered, by far. The others were between June and October 1989.

1089 is strange because it was produced the 8th of May and actually delivered at the end of July.

928cs

Were there actually press tests of a local 1989 GT in the USA or in Canada?

Rob Edwards

That's great data, Samuel. RE: US press tests, I don't know, as I was stuck in central Pennsylvania for all of 1989-90. The only contemporaneous US article I have on '89 GTs was published in the July 1990 issue of Car and Driver. I may have access to AutoWeek via the university library, I'll see if I can find anything else.

EDIT: PDF of the C&D article:https://webfiles.uci.edu/redwards/pu...%2010-2-18.pdf

928cs

Thanks in advance

1094 was also produced the 8th of May but delivered the 3rd of August.

I don't understand why there is such a difference between the VIN order and the actual production dates.

Also, the engines and gearboxes numbers are strange.

Rob Edwards

Here's a brief announcement from Autoweek, February 1989. No official plans for US sales, at press time.



Porsche readies a few surprises for Frankfurt;
New 944 V6, 928 GT planned
Export Citation

AutoWeek

February 6, 1989


Copyright 1989 Crain Communications, Inc.

Section: WORLD NEWS; Pg. 9

Length: 266 words


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The word from Germany is that Porsche plans to introduce a new 3.6-liter engine (thought to be a V6) for the 944 this summer, while adding a higher performance GT model to the 928 line.

The 944 S2 will continue with a 3.0-liter inline four until 1990, when a 3.6-liter V6 will be offered.

Porsche says that the inline four can't be expanded beyond 3.2 liters, and there are no plans to expand it beyond the present limit of 3.0 liters. It is unusual that Porsche would develop a totally new engine so soon after the debut of the 2.7-liter, but the V6 would take some of the sting out of charging customers nearly $ 40,000 for a four-cylinder automobile. Our German source insists that the 3.6-liter produces more than 250 hp, and will replace the 2.7-liter entirely late this summer.

Also on Porsche's agenda, is the 928 GT. It will combine the stripped-down, Europe-only 928 Club Sport's performance with normal 928 accoutrements. With 330 hp and wider tires, the 928 GT should perform well indeed, but there is no word as yet about any U.S. sales plans for the new model.

Meanwhile, production of the 944 Cabriolet and 911 Speedster has been delayed. A Porsche spokesman told us that the Speedster should reach the U.S. market in April, with the 944 Cabriolet following it one month later. Only 800 Speedsters will be built -- ever -- say Porsche spokesmen. Those with long memories might remember that the company said the same thing about the 930 Turbo in 1976. Company insiders say a Speedster built on the 911 Carerra 4 platform may appear late in calendar 1990.



Graphic
Photo, If the V6 engine rumors are right, the 944 could be a whole lot faster in the near future



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Subject: DELAYS & POSTPONEMENTS (77%)

Company: PORSCHE AUTOMOBIL HOLDING SE (93%); PORSCHE AUTOMOBIL HOLDING SE (93%)

Ticker: PAH3 (FRA) (93%)

Industry: NAICS336111 AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING (93%); SIC5013 MOTOR VEHICLE SUPPLIES & NEW PARTS (93%); SIC3711 MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES (93%); MOTOR VEHICLES (91%); AUTOMOTIVE MFG (90%); MANUFACTURING (90%); MOTOR VEHICLE BODY MFG (90%)

Geographic: FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY (58%); GERMANY (73%); UNITED STATES (68%); EUROPE (58%)

928cs

It is interesting because the decision to produce the 1989 GT as a special model was taken in June 1988, with documents for the German sale network printed at the end of December 1988… and still it seems uncertain that a US version will be made at the beginning of February 1989.
0944, the first US GT but produced for the factory, was finished the 10th of February.

I'm interested in any press release of the GT for the US or Canadian markets, by the way

chax

What about this one, Samuel ?

928cs

I believe that this is the Ex-Bell 1987 preproduction
She is in Belgium, to my knowledge, not far from a red 1989 production one, with rear wiper

Thank you for the pictures.

belgiumbarry

perhaps of less importance but i have WPOZZZ92ZLS840465

at least the rolling chassis... not the engine. Was already a "race" car when i bought it.

928cs

Must be a 1990 928 GT, not a CS at all.
Do you have the papers and is it for sale?

belgiumbarry

sorry , no papers. Didn't pay attention to it when i bought it in 2007/2008 ??
Think it must be possible to get duplicates , all plates are still in the car but didn't bother so far as no plans with it.
I bought it as a spare shell/gearbox for my white rally car.
Also switched the front suspension with my '82 street 928 to have the big brakes .

928cs

5063... Well, many parts of her.

Waiting for the body to be painted before having another visit to the workshop.