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Correct me if I'm wrong but the 88 Turbo S never came with a full "turbo s" badge on the back of the car right?
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There was the very rare bi-winged RS turbo but this is stuff of legends...
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88 or 89 turbo "S" did not have an S on the turbo emblem, just the standard turbo emblem. The 88 turbo s was originally intended to identified by the silberrossa (silver rose) paint color and the cup rims.
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Let me try my take on this........
First off I will say Porsche totally screwed this one up.
The 88 Turbo "S" verson was supposed to be a limited edition, higher performance version.
Porsche told the public that there would only be 2,000 "S" cars made. In 88 they made like 2,200 "S" cars.
The 88 never had a specific "S" badge on the interior or the exterior. Porsche again told the public that the "silver rose" paint scheme and rose plaid interior would designate the "S" model. Then they painted some in the regular production colors (guards red, black, white, etc) with regular production interiors.
The 88 "S" had many mechanical performance upgrades. Larger turbo. Larger brakes. Stonger transmission. Stronger spindles. Adjustable heavy duty suspension. Then porsche added all the "S" mechanical performance upgrades as standard items on all 89 Turbos and later. This basicly turned all 89 and later standard turbos into "S" cars. But of course Porsche dropped the "S" designation on the 89 and later turbos. They did this because they assured the "lucky" 2000 Turbo S buyers (who camped out in tents for days, with no showers, in front of their local dealershipst o get one of these very "Limited" and exclusive cars) that only 2,000 would be made. Instant collectable, right?
There were a lot of pissed off Turbo "S" buyers. In fact almost all of the original Turbo "S" buyers sold their cars at a great loss or shipped them out to a guy named Lart to be parted out. They then bought Corvetes and will never, ever mention the word Porsche again.
So that is my take on the famous or imfamous 1988 944 Turbo "S". (Except for the last part....I made that up. What Porsche owner sleeps in a tent? And of couse they still speak of Porsche, but only in anger).
First off I will say Porsche totally screwed this one up.
The 88 Turbo "S" verson was supposed to be a limited edition, higher performance version.
Porsche told the public that there would only be 2,000 "S" cars made. In 88 they made like 2,200 "S" cars.
The 88 never had a specific "S" badge on the interior or the exterior. Porsche again told the public that the "silver rose" paint scheme and rose plaid interior would designate the "S" model. Then they painted some in the regular production colors (guards red, black, white, etc) with regular production interiors.
The 88 "S" had many mechanical performance upgrades. Larger turbo. Larger brakes. Stonger transmission. Stronger spindles. Adjustable heavy duty suspension. Then porsche added all the "S" mechanical performance upgrades as standard items on all 89 Turbos and later. This basicly turned all 89 and later standard turbos into "S" cars. But of course Porsche dropped the "S" designation on the 89 and later turbos. They did this because they assured the "lucky" 2000 Turbo S buyers (who camped out in tents for days, with no showers, in front of their local dealershipst o get one of these very "Limited" and exclusive cars) that only 2,000 would be made. Instant collectable, right?
There were a lot of pissed off Turbo "S" buyers. In fact almost all of the original Turbo "S" buyers sold their cars at a great loss or shipped them out to a guy named Lart to be parted out. They then bought Corvetes and will never, ever mention the word Porsche again.
So that is my take on the famous or imfamous 1988 944 Turbo "S". (Except for the last part....I made that up. What Porsche owner sleeps in a tent? And of couse they still speak of Porsche, but only in anger).
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