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Porsche 928 S4 (rear view) The Porsche 928 is a grand touring car with a 2+2 seating layout manufactured by Porsche AG of Germany from 1978 to 1995. Initially conceived to address changes in the automotive market, it represented Porsche's first fully in-house design for a production vehicle and was intended to potentially replace the Porsche 911 as the company's flagship model. [1]
The MR6 engine was designed completely in-house by Porsche engineers with help from Penske Racing. The 3.4-litre 90-degree V8 racing engine was designed from scratch; and drove the rear wheels through a six-speed electro-pneumatic sequential gearbox.
Lotec C302, a Group C racing car Fitted with a Ford-Cosworth DFL V8, built in 1985. [8] Lotec C190, a Group C racing car Fitted with a Mercedes-Benz M117 V8, built in 1990. [9] Lotec C1000, a one-off sports car built in 1995 Fitted with a Mercedes-Benz M117 V8. [10] Lotec 928 GT, a one-off sports car built in 1990 based on the Porsche 928. [11]
Porsche 928 engines Vehicle Engine MY Engine numbers Technical data 928: M28.01: 1978: 8 818 0001>9000: 8 Cyl / 4,5L / 177 kW (237 hp) 928 M249: M28.02: 1978: 8 818 ...
Toggle Racing models subsection. ... Porsche 928 Porsche 944 Porsche 959 Porsche 968 Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion Porsche Carrera GT Porsche 918 Spyder; 1976–1988.
As Porsche only had small capacity road and racing cars in the 1950s and 1960s, they scored many wins in their classes, and occasionally also overall victories against bigger cars, most notably winning the Targa Florio in 1956, 1959, 1960, 1964, and every year from 1966 to 1970 in prototypes that lacked horsepower relative to the competition, but which made up for that, with reliability, low ...
Circuit de la Sarthe in 1983. The 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 18 and 19 June 1983. It was the 51st Grand Prix of Endurance and was also the fourth round of both the 1983 World Endurance Championship and the 1983 European Endurance Championship.
The 928 was Porsche's interpretation of an American performance car, and drew on Lapine's experience at GM. [ 23 ] : 170 The 928 has, in fact, been called the "German Corvette". [ 24 ] More than one comparison has been made between the 928 and Lapine's work on the C2 Corvette and the earlier Corvette specials.