The real reason for discontinuing the 928

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12-03-2012, 04:51 PM

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That's not it. The marketing department told them they had really wanted "a car with an electric engine," not an "electric car with a gasoline engine."

Credit goes to Wally for the "electric car with a gasoline engine" quote.

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12-03-2012, 04:53 PM

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Corollary: The drivers airbag sensor was suspended from a fishing line in the development lab, and the car was then assembled around it.

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12-03-2012, 05:04 PM

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Corollary: The drivers airbag sensor was suspended from a fishing line in the development lab, and the car was then assembled around it.

Considering I FISHED it out through the dash air vent, that explanation makes the most sense.

Great comments guys.

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12-03-2012, 05:14 PM

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It could be PORSCHE finally had diffinitive data that these water cooled sharks could not function "under" water.

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12-03-2012, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jayc67

The Great Relay Shortage of 1995 was the killer. Worldwide, electrical relay makers simply could not ramp up production fast enough. The 928 with it's over 7000 relays simply overwhelmed factory capacities.

Ok..I laughed quietly out loud in a meeting on this one.
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12-03-2012, 05:20 PM

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A devestating torque -vs- horsepower argument, in which the resulting gunfire killed the guy responsible for wiring CE panels.

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12-03-2012, 05:37 PM

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They ran out of places for new ground contacts...

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12-03-2012, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninespub

I thought it was because all of the production elves with 7" long fingers shaped like curved needle-nose pliers with the wrist strength of a 200# torque wrench all died.

I'll go with this.

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12-03-2012, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ptuomov

My guess is that the reason for timing was poor sales combined with the OBD 2 standard in the US which is related to the electrical system.

This is actually the correct answer but I sure liked all the other answers better, they were MUCH, MUCH more humorous! Thanks for making me laugh guys!!! You guys are awesome!

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12-03-2012, 07:15 PM

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Truth is , the factory was all ready for production on the 1996 year model, but they heard that Chuck Scheiber wanted to change the ride height and they were waiting on the specifications from him.

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12-03-2012, 08:43 PM

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No, No, they finally admitted that the Italians and the English had them completely beat as regards 'idiocy with auto electrics' .

jp 83 Euro S AT 54k

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12-03-2012, 08:53 PM

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they quit making the 928 , because it made the 911 engineers feel inadequate

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12-03-2012, 08:53 PM

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It was pure internal politics with the change in leadership in I think 89 the 928 was killed and it just took another 5 years for them to empty the pipelines.

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12-03-2012, 08:53 PM

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ah yes Lucas prince of darkness

Given the worldwide copper shortage of 96 and inflated wiring prices Porsche could no longer make wiring looms afordable........that and the scarcity of aforementioned relays and the electric car was given the last rites.

Further proof is evident today with all the V8 Porsche models coming out.......did you see the 918 spyder?