Cliff Ruckstuhl

Just got done watching Muscle Car on the Tube and wondered if the 928 would be considered "Good ole German Muscle" Then I wondered how " Good Ole German Muscle" would look across the *** end of my SC 928 in small letter's???

Cliff S4 Murf # 44

MGW-Fla

I think the 928 is certainly referred to as a "German Muscle Car", at least by us owners anyways. I know I reference them that way often myself. Not sure how that look or come across tatoo'ed on the rear end of your S4 though. If you'd like it then that's all that matters right?

SwayBar

If you do it with stickers or a decal, you can always take it off if you don't like it.

Mrmerlin

put your msg on the tag frame, no harm to your paintwork

djurek

Yes, because they are big and wide, they have V8's, and you can put your honey in the passenger seat and grab some gears!

DMB14

I dunno. It was styled by an American, Tony Lapine was his name.

brutus

The motor is too small to be a muscle car. The 442 , GTO pontiac , chevelles , Road Runners, Cudas etc. ALL HAD nearly 400 cubic inch engines or much larger stuffed into a cheap smallish car. The 928 was designed to be the very best SPORTSCAR that Porsche could build at the time as the succesor to the 911 . Calling it a Muscle Car really understates what a great handling machine it is. Muscle cars drove like a cheap economy sedan with drum brakes , poor suspension and little narrow biased ply tires and a big torquey engine weighing down the front end. They were and are good for one thing --smoking the tires and were not all that fast even in a straight line when in stock as delivered form. The 928 a Muscle Car not in my book ! It is a great high performance sports car.

911Dave

Lapine managed the project, but the actual design was done by Wolfgang Mobius, an East German.

DMB14

I see. I was under the impression that Lapine was responsible for the cars styling. Thanks for the info.

928saregreat

...Its a great high performance sports car.

I have to agree, these cars were really well thought out, handle exceptional, and really shine when compared to what the americans had out there in the 70's. When I look at the new corvettes with their aluminum blocks, rear mounted transmissions, dual overhead cams and what not I'm left thinking the 928 was quite ahead of its time.

Not to mention that summer's here, and when I'm out to drive my 85 I grin from ear to ear...

Mark

the flyin' scotsman

When did Vettes get DOHC?

AFAIK..........pushrods and 2 valve per cyl.?

Panzer9

Nah- Muscle cars: 454 Chevelle, 440 Roadrunner, 428 Cobra-Jet, etc. 928: GT extrordinaire- What my neighbor refers to as my "Doctors Car"

Cliff Ruckstuhl

I agree comparing it to a American Muscle car is not the same, but compared to any other car across the pond from the same time frame?

Bret928

I think the ZR-1 (90-95) is the only Corvette to ever have a DOHC 32 valve engine.

911Dave

Well he kinda was. Tony Lapine was the chief stylist at the time, and Mobius worked under his direction.

If the 928 is a muscle car, then so is a 911 Turbo and a Testarossa, I think.