928 Quotes
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928 Quotes
A posting in a recent thread suggested that there should be a thread dedicated to 928 quotes. It hasn't happened, so I guess I'll kick it off.
These should be something in print or well known by a famous person. The source and date should be included, if known. Here's the 3 from that thread:
Any others? bring em on.
These should be something in print or well known by a famous person. The source and date should be included, if known. Here's the 3 from that thread:
Originally Posted by John Davis, Motorweek
From the very beginning of Motorweek we had a saying, that the cars are the stars. But when you test 150 cars a year it's hard to have a favorite, but I do have one; the Porsche 928. Now the last one we tested was a '93 928 GTS. It was coming to the end of it's life and it had not gone over well with Porsche fans because the engine was in the front and it drove the rear wheels, but I loved that car, it's the quintessential GT. It was fast, it had great handling, it was comfortable, a wonderful sounding V8 and that's the sports car I always wanted to own.
Originally Posted by David E. Davis, Jr. April 1978
Cynics and died-in-the-wool 911 and 356 fanatics tend to write the 928 off as a cross between a 924 and a Corvette. They're wrong. If you approach this car with an open mind, open the door, sit down, fire it up and drive it away, it will quite simply blow your mind. To get out of whatever you were driving and take the 928 for a spin is as liberating as your first ride on a motorcycle, your first kiss from a girl who knew how. You may frighten yourself, in a burst of unbridled enthusiasm, but the 928 won't. It's a rolling womb of whispering, humming, tactile assurances that everything on this particular road on this particular day is going to be all right. Dreamlike, you fly down the road like a bat out of hell with nothing more than the blurring of the trees and the moan of the engine to call your attention to the speedometer. This is grand touring, folks, and whatever it costs, it's worth It.
Originally Posted by Tony Lapine
Give us credit that we learned a bit during the 20 or so years that we built the rear engine sports car and we had a few ideas how to improve on it. That's why 911 drivers don't like the 928, it doesn't feel like it's handling properly because the onset of all the bad habits of the 911 are pushed much higher up the overall performance curve. It is very hard to make it do the bad things a 911 chassis will do and so it's perceived to be sluggish or heavy. In fact if you look at the speedometer or tachometer you are actually eating up the terrain at a much higher level with more confidence. That was our goal.
