paalw

As the GT was introduced in 89, one should think that everyone went for that instead of the "old" S4 if they wanted a manual gearbox in 89. I can't imagine the price difference was huge since it is basically the same car except from some small performance improvements. Anyone have a clue how many produced?

My 89 manual as we speak

jheis

201 for the North American market (from a previous post by Rob Edwards).

Of those, 128 had LSD and of those 41 also had the Sport Suspension (from a previous post by Hilton).

So, my '89 is 1 of 41.

James

Bilal928S4

So......
My 89 S4 5speed is 1 of 73 as it does not have LSD.

JP928S4

I remember helping my Dad shop for his(now mine) back in 1989. In my late teens I was voracious reader of the car mags and I didn't know the GT model existed. Porsche didn't advertise the 928 very much at that point. Plus it wasn't like it is now where you can search the web for info and dealer inventory. Most dealers we looked at in NY/NJ area only had one 928 in stock...and they were usually autos. It was really hard to find a manual transmission car. As I recall the dealer had to do a trade with another dealer to finally get one with a color my Dad liked AND a 5 speed.

To that end...I've always wondered how many 1989 S4 Silver/Black 5 speeds were sold in the U.S. in 1989?

John

Koenig-Specials 928

2 of 73

928cs

For the 1989 MY, the global production is:
S4: 3133 (556 with manual gearbox)
S4 Club-Sport: 7
GT: 473
Unknown: 1

So, 3614 1989 MY 928s.
But remember that the GT was sold only the last half.

And some GT prototypes are hidden into the S4s

paalw

Thanks mr Le Mans, just what I was looking for )

Herman K

I got an extra 928, 1989 motor with only 21000 miles that came out of a manual so with only 73 produced that's pretty rear.

Jerry Feather

Its hard to tell just what this data means because in 89 all the 928s were S4s. The 89 GT was in fact an S4 with the GT option. So the question is whether there were 3133 S4s without the GT option, which might mean that there were 556 plus 473 89 S4s with the five speed box, or it might mean that of the 556 S4s with the manual box, 473 of them were in S4s with the GT option. Then that does not coincide with the reported number of S4s with the 5 speed but which are not GTs.

Dave928S

What the data means is exactly what Samuel noted ....

1. 3133 S4's of which 556 were 5 speeds (not GT's).
2. 7 Club sport
3. 473 GT's .... which are readily identifiable by their options, most notably the M28.47 motor.
4. 1 Unknown

Total of all the above is 3614 cars for MY 1989.

Jerry Feather

[QUOTE=Dave928S;13724626]What the data means is exactly what Samuel noted ....

1. 3133 S4's of which 556 were 5 speeds (not GT's).
2. 7 Club sport
3. 473 GT's .... which are readily identifiable by their options, most notably the M28.47 motor.
4. 1 Unknown

There were no GT "MODELS" in 89, only S4 "MODELS" with the GT OPTION. The "GT" as a 928 model designation did not occur until 90.

jcorenman

This is nonsense. The GT got a different engine and a different gearbox-- which somehow makes it an S4?

Here's a page from the 1989 model range sales brochure:

Jerry Feather

Look at your title. Why would a GT have a GT option?

RennPartsDirect

I was all excited to write 3 of 73 but then I remembered mine's an import... No number fun for me tonight.

danglerb

0 of 73, sigh.