Imo000

You mean its not the Hershey Highway? j/k

Mongo

Who originally designed the 928? Hint - He never worked for Porsche before being working on the 928.


Tony Lapine

AO

Valve covers say "Porsche"

Vilhuer

Wrong. Wolfgang Möbius draw 928 shape. Lapine was his boss at design department.

heinrich

'95 5-speed GTS. Any 5-speed GTS for that matter. Actually you could argue that the right-hand drive 928 is the rarest 928 ever produced.

Mongo

In 1983, Porsche proudly dubbed the 928 'The Fastest Production Car in the US.' Why was this blanket statement somewhat true and false?

The Lamborghini Countach LP500S at the time was the fastest production car. However, because production was so few for that year, The Countach never really was a 'production' car. Only 3 cars at that time were faster than the 928 in 1983 - Ferrari 512 BBi, Lamborghini Countach, and the Porsche 930.

Vilhuer

Those cars have 928 S or 928 which were made in period both were made. Once 944 etc all other models started to use same steering wheel center cover was changed to generic item so that one part worked in all models.

heinrich

duh -- corrected

Vilhuer

Only in US market. IIRR ROW 930 top speed was few kph slower than ROW 928 S 5 speed manual.

Mongo

The US never had the 930 in 1983.

Vilhuer

5sp '95 GTS is more common than CS. RHD ROW '95 GTS 5sp might even be more common.

Vilhuer

ROW 930 was farter than US 928 S but ROW 928 S was faster than ROW 930, better?

heinrich

When did the 928 get twin pipes, and when did it get rear resonators and modular exhaust?

1985 1/2 == twin pipes.
1986.5 == rear resonators and modular exhaust

AO

The Porsche 928 was the first vehicle to incorporate what with the steering wheel?

It was the first vehicle to offer adjustable steering height where the gauge cluster moved with the wheel.

heinrich

Why is the first gear down as opposed to up/forward? Was this pattern used in any other production Porsches?

this pattern first appeared in racing porsches because the R-1 plane was never or very rarely used in racing. The early 924 sported this pattern, but it was soon changed to an Audi unit with conventional pattern