hb4

Here's a production chart based on this thread, Post #80. It will be available on the new OC web page and Registry coming soon.

Chalkboss

I'm sure I have read this before but this graph really illustrates the drop off in overall production and steep decline in US/Canada production from 89 on.

Rob Edwards

Don-
The extra red line is the U.S. 86.5 model. No ROW equivalent.

Chalkboss

Thanks. I always forget about the 86.5.

Vilhuer

Please use numbers in post #80. #1 table has wrong info and I can't edit it any more.

Edit. I think you're using it but its just missing '87 Japanise cars and '88 is put in their place.

Rob Edwards

Erkka-

Heh, I used the table from post #1, made the graph, then looked through the rest of the Master VIN thread. D'oh!

Will amend with the Japan data later.

hb4

Verified that we used numbers from post 80 and corrected OC chart above for Japan production '87 and '88. And thanks for checking us; greatly appreciated.

soltino

There were 1977 USA models?

I'm so confused.

tino

Vilhuer

You're not only one. People think car is 1977 model when it's registered in 1977 calendar year. Registration date has no meaning what so ever in determing what cars model year is. Factory desides that and its stamped in VIN. There weren't any '77 MY 928's. First cars made in February 1977 got '78 MY VIN's.

missile2511

Wow!
Only 100,000 ever made and only 25,000 in the US. A bad month for the Mustang. It sounds like the Delorean story. It is a remarkable car!

Nicole

We should correlate this to the Dollar/DM exchange rage and MSRP here in the US. I'm sure the decline in sales has a strong link to the exchange rate, and how the prices went through the roof here in the US. Add the luxury tax that was added in 1992, and it's not much of a surprise that there were less US buyers after that.

Lastly, by the time the GTS was introduced, the 928 had fallen far behind in many ways other than performance. Its competitors were CAD designed cars, much more precisely made, with more and better creature comforts. Unless you absolutely loved the 928 and hadn't grown tired of its limitations, there was little incentive to buy a new one.

I remember talking to a salesperson at Stead Motors in Walnut Creek, CA, about the 928 versus the SL. Among the reasons he gave me why less and less people were interested in the 928 were:

a. The 928 needs the open road and is not dealing well with tight spaces, high curbs and potholes around town.

b. The wives usually steer their husbands away from it, towards the SL.

linderpat

way less than 100,000 made. More like 62,000 from the totals I have seen. From thread above, 58,000.

Arnoud

61,291 according to a plaquet inside the real last ever produced MY1995, see: http://www.curves-magazin.com/Blog/Wolkenatlas (as was first found and reported about by Aryan in this thread: https://rennlist.com/forums/10882148-post83.html ).

It is possible that even that number is not 100.0% correct, but a number none the less.

michaelathome

Thanks,

I didn't realize that the drop off in production was that fast.

Michael

Tom in Austin

Funny that US sales fell off right with the introduction of the S4. I'm sure Porsche was hoping to hold or improve sales numbers with the new series.