Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Porsche AG
- Production
- May 1977 – 1995, 61,056 produced
- Assembly
- Germany: Zuffenhausen
- Designer
- Wolfgang Möbius Anatole Lapine
- Class
- Grand tourer ( S )
- Body style
- 2-door 2+2 hatchback / fastback coupé
- Layout
- Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
- Transmission
- 5-speed manual 3-speed automatic 4-speed automatic
- Wheelbase
- 2,500 mm (98.4 in)
- Length
- 4,520 mm (178.0 in) 1988–1995: 4,524 mm (178.1 in)
- Width
- 1987–1992: 1,837 mm (72.3 in) 1993–1995: 1,890 mm (74.4 in)
- Height
- Pre-1989: 1,275 mm (50.2 in) 1990–1995: 1,282 mm (50.5 in)
- Curb weight
- 1,450–1,620 kg (3,197–3,571 lb)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- car model
- Subclass of
- sports car
- Manufacturer
- Porsche
- Image
- Porsche 928 Classic-Days 2022 DSC 0022.jpg
- Height
- 1282
- Width
- 1890
- Length
- 4520
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- Porsche 928
- powered by
- gasoline engine
- wheelbase
- 2500
- name
- 928
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Encyclopedic overview
The Porsche 928 is a grand touring car which was manufactured and marketed by Porsche AG of Germany from 1977 to 1995 across a single generation with an intermediate facelift. It is a 2+2 coupé with a rear hatchback. The 928 has a water-cooled engine which is mounted in the front and drives the rear wheels. It was Porsche's first production car with a V8 engine.
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. The 928 aimed to blend the performance and handling characteristics of a sports car with the comfort, spaciousness, and ride quality of a luxury car. Porsche executives believed that the 928 would have broader appeal compared to the compact, somewhat outdated, and slow-selling air-cooled 911.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porsche 928” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.