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Thanks to Bruce on the UK board for the original post.
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission? George Layton March 2014
928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
Wasn't there an article posted recently, that stated that the 928 was never designed to replace the 911? The 928 was designed to be what it is, a Grand Touring coupe.
Wasn't there an article posted recently, that stated that the 928 was never designed to replace the 911? The 928 was designed to be what it is, a Grand Touring coupe.
This claim although inaccurate always comes up.
Exactly. It was intended to succeed the 911, not replace it. Big difference!
Oh my!!! My '89 GT for sale needs a price update! Or one last run to the Bayonne docks - and it wouldn't be the first car I've put in a shipping container.
Wasn't there an article posted recently, that stated that the 928 was never designed to replace the 911? The 928 was designed to be what it is, a Grand Touring coupe.
This claim although inaccurate always comes up.
Originally Posted by StratfordShark
Exactly. It was intended to succeed the 911, not replace it. Big difference!
It just depends on how you want to summarize the long version of the story.
Going into the 70's, Porsche foresaw a future where GT's were more favorable to pure sports cars.
They looked across the border at Ferrari dumping all their resources into the Daytona, a far cry from the bar bones sports car a 1967 911 is by comparison.
They were also watching the Yanks across the pond with the Mako Shark II prototype that turned into the 1968 Corvette.......not really a sports car by traditional definitions. Far too big and heavy.
Times and the market were changing, or so they thought.........
Fast forward to 1977, the gas crisis, what the economy was doing etc..... things didn't exactly go as planned.
Then came along Peter Schutz - who walked into a boardroom and more or less told them they were nuts to kill the 911 which then sealed the fate of the 928.
As far as I see it, the 928 was absolutely designed from the get go to replace the 911 to prepare Porsche for the ever changing market. Problem is, the Germans were a couple decades ahead of their market and spent the next 30 years turning the 911 into the GT the 928 already was.
If Porsche had the capital back in the 70's to foresee a future with both cars (like Ferrari did) things would be vastly different today.
Another dimension to the story is that many at Porsche thought that they were nearing the limits of development of the 911 chassis (in terms of taming the 911's tale) and that an air-cooled engine will not be able to meet emissions requirements for much longer. Technological development expands faster than the mind though, and they were ultimately able to tame the tail fairly quickly and squeeze another 20 years out of the air-cooled design.
Last edited by VehiGAZ; 10-03-2015 at 08:46 AM.
Reason: word choice
10-01-2015, 01:13 PM
UK Magazine story on 928 values
George Layton March 2014
