List of Porsche 928 "FIRSTS"
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List of Porsche 928 "FIRSTS"
Wondering if anyone has ever came up with a list of all the things seen on automobiles for the first time with the Porsche 928's? Seems like there are quite a few...
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I got irritated recently when I saw some show about the new corvette and how it's innovative as it uses a torque tube and a rear transmission for better weight balance. lol
My understanding is that the headlights were used once before on the Lamborghini Miuria. The idea of doing it this way was that the headlamp glass stays cleaner than if it was buried in the nose of the car.
Someone just suggested it was the first car that had the dashboard transition into the door panels.
The tilting instrument cluster I've always heard was a first.
I thought that it was the first to use the urethane bumpers too.
First to use that silicon treatment making piston liners unnecessary?
The torque tube / transmission in the rear for weight balance?
The very refined more speakers than anyone else before stereo stereo system?
The optional extra rear air conditioning system?
Is it true that it was extensively tested all over the world, in all sorts of environments, like from the Sahara to the Arctic Circle???
The flaps that open and close in the nose to assist aerodynamics when extra cooling wasn't needed???
The belly pans and considerations for active aerodynamics under the car?
Spoilers that really are functional, not just cosmetic???
The "meet new women" mode it automatically goes into as you park? lol
My understanding is that the headlights were used once before on the Lamborghini Miuria. The idea of doing it this way was that the headlamp glass stays cleaner than if it was buried in the nose of the car.
Someone just suggested it was the first car that had the dashboard transition into the door panels.
The tilting instrument cluster I've always heard was a first.
I thought that it was the first to use the urethane bumpers too.
First to use that silicon treatment making piston liners unnecessary?
The torque tube / transmission in the rear for weight balance?
The very refined more speakers than anyone else before stereo stereo system?
The optional extra rear air conditioning system?
Is it true that it was extensively tested all over the world, in all sorts of environments, like from the Sahara to the Arctic Circle???
The flaps that open and close in the nose to assist aerodynamics when extra cooling wasn't needed???
The belly pans and considerations for active aerodynamics under the car?
Spoilers that really are functional, not just cosmetic???
The "meet new women" mode it automatically goes into as you park? lol
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Wasn't the trip computer waaaaaaaay ahead of the others in its time?
What other electronic innovations can it claim???
What other electronic innovations can it claim???
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http://www.corvettemagazine.com/tech...placement.html
Corvette seems to have started in 73 with the urethane bumpers, but they had problems for the first few years, it seems...
Corvette seems to have started in 73 with the urethane bumpers, but they had problems for the first few years, it seems...
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There were a lot of cars that used torque tubes, now the 928 may have been the first to hook that up to a transaxle, that I do not know. EDIT: the 924 used a TT and a transaxle in 76.
The Vega had a AL block with no liners, it did not work well for them though.
The Winged Mopars had wings that worked.
The bumpers, yep it had been done.
The cooling flaps may very well be a first on a production car.
The undertrays I think had been done before.
Rear air had been done before, not sure if it had been done in a GT car though.
I am sure that having this many unusual features on a single car had not been before.
The Vega had a AL block with no liners, it did not work well for them though.
The Winged Mopars had wings that worked.
The bumpers, yep it had been done.
The cooling flaps may very well be a first on a production car.
The undertrays I think had been done before.
Rear air had been done before, not sure if it had been done in a GT car though.
I am sure that having this many unusual features on a single car had not been before.
I got irritated recently when I saw some show about the new corvette and how it's innovative as it uses a torque tube and a rear transmission for better weight balance. lol
My understanding is that the headlights were used once before on the Lamborghini Miuria. The idea of doing it this way was that the headlamp glass stays cleaner than if it was buried in the nose of the car.
Someone just suggested it was the first car that had the dashboard transition into the door panels.
The tilting instrument cluster I've always heard was a first.
I thought that it was the first to use the urethane bumpers too.
First to use that silicon treatment making piston liners unnecessary?
The torque tube / transmission in the rear for weight balance?
The very refined more speakers than anyone else before stereo stereo system?
The optional extra rear air conditioning system?
Is it true that it was extensively tested all over the world, in all sorts of environments, like from the Sahara to the Arctic Circle???
The flaps that open and close in the nose to assist aerodynamics when extra cooling wasn't needed???
The belly pans and considerations for active aerodynamics under the car?
Spoilers that really are functional, not just cosmetic???
The "meet new women" mode it automatically goes into as you park? lol
My understanding is that the headlights were used once before on the Lamborghini Miuria. The idea of doing it this way was that the headlamp glass stays cleaner than if it was buried in the nose of the car.
Someone just suggested it was the first car that had the dashboard transition into the door panels.
The tilting instrument cluster I've always heard was a first.
I thought that it was the first to use the urethane bumpers too.
First to use that silicon treatment making piston liners unnecessary?
The torque tube / transmission in the rear for weight balance?
The very refined more speakers than anyone else before stereo stereo system?
The optional extra rear air conditioning system?
Is it true that it was extensively tested all over the world, in all sorts of environments, like from the Sahara to the Arctic Circle???
The flaps that open and close in the nose to assist aerodynamics when extra cooling wasn't needed???
The belly pans and considerations for active aerodynamics under the car?
Spoilers that really are functional, not just cosmetic???
The "meet new women" mode it automatically goes into as you park? lol
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Longest timing belt eVAR on a production car? IIRC 
