Jalopnik: 928

Porsche 928 From Risky Business Up For Sale

Patrick Frawley — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:30:00 EST

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If you're a fan of large examples of movie memorabilia or short examples of Scientologists, you will be thrilled to learn that the Volo Auto Museum is selling a Porsche 928 originally used in the 1983 Tom Cruise classic Risky Business. More »

The Porsche 928 as the ultimate male ego booster

Peter Orosz — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:30:00 EDT

Did you ever think of the 928 as an omnipotent Greek deity transmogrified into a giant aquatic bird who seduces—or, depending on the interpretation, rapes—the mother of Helen of Troy? Photographer Alex Rank did! Click through to experience this classical reinterpretation. More »

The Very First Porsche Wagon

Peter Orosz — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:30:00 EST

Two decades before they would consider selling wagonesque sedans to the general public, Porsche took a 928 and added a bulbous rear as a gift for the 75th birthday of company founder Ferry Porsche. It was called the Study H50. More »

Mythbusters Bust "Reverse Porsche" Myth

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST

The crew at Mythbusters finally tested out the Porsche 928 is faster backwards myth. Turns out the designers knew what they were doing all along, though I'd still rather have the 829. More »

For $18,000, You Can Be The U-Boat Commander

graverobber — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Porsche purists derided them, Tom Cruise sank one, and Artz/Nordstadt turned one into a fat rabbit. While the 928 seems to have been the Rodney Dangerfield of Porsches, Nice Price or Crack Pipe respects them just the same. More »

Decades Before The iPad, Steve Jobs Rode A BMW

Peter Orosz — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST

Two years before even the original Macintosh was introduced, Apple’s then-and-current CEO was pictured for a National Geographic Magazine feature on Silicon Valley, riding a 1966 BMW motorcycle. More »

Living With a Gas Turbine Is Not For the Faint of Heart

Peter Orosz — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Remember the turbine-powered Porsche 928 from last May? Barely a year and a half after its debut on eBay, it was sold yet again—for $7500. More »

Come to New York, Become Tony Montana, Try to Impress Michelle Pfeiffer

Peter Orosz — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:30:00 EDT

If you’re in the mood for a butch German coupé with a big V8 up front and an American flag in the back, you’ve come to the right place: there’s a Porsche 928 for sale in Soho. More »

Porsche 928, Despite Costing As Much As 10 Pintos When New...

Murilee Martin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EDT

We're exaggerating a tiny bit here; the '78 928's sticker price was $28,500, or approximately 9.5 times the $2,995 cost of a new '78 Pinto. Still, you don't see junked 928s every day! More »

Porsche 928: A Hydrofoil For The Road

Peter Orosz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:30:00 EDT

The Porsche 928, with its big 5-liter V8 up front, belongs to the class of grand touring cars which handle like hydrofoil powerboats. More »

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $50,000 For A 30,000-Mile 1994 Porsche 928 GTS?

Murilee Martin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:00:00 EST

Once again, our fickle Nice Price Or Crack Pipe voters have given the thumbs-down to the price tag on a really cool car. What does it take to get a Nice Price from you? More »

Project Car Hell: Porsche 928 or '58 Lincoln Continental?

Murilee Martin — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:20:00 EDT

What with all the racin' madness lately, I haven't had a chance to descend into the lake of burning 90-weight that is Project Car Hell for a few days. In our last matchup, we almost had an upset for the ages, with a Japanese car nearly beating a French car in the Dangel Peugeot Wagon versus V8 Fairlady poll. And that Peugeot was a tough one, too! You fans of Japanese Car Hell can feel proud... or ashamed, depending on how you look at it. Today we're getting away from the PCH Superpowers and mixing it up a bit, with a perennial German Choose Your Eternity favorite going up against a proud Detroit native. More »

PCH, Franco-Prussian War Rematch Edition: Citroen CX 2000 or Porsche 928?

Murilee Martin — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:20:00 EDT

In a stunning upset, the Borgward Hansa wagon handed Germany a one-sided victory over the Peugeot 304 in our most recent Choose Your Eternity poll. With France long reigning as the world's lone HyperGalactic PCH OmniPower, we would be remiss if we didn't give the French a shot at prying the oil-leaking, stripped-fastener-thread PCH CryptoChampion trophy from the Germans, in order to prove that the Borgward's victory wasn't just some one-shot fluke. That's why we're rolling out some Hell Project heavy artillery today, with a pair of undeniably cool- yet just as undeniably nightmarish- machines vying for long-term residency in your Garage Of Torture. More »

1979 Porsche 928

Murilee Martin — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT

We've already seen a 928 in this series, but I always consider the Malaise Era 928s to be the best ones. Sure, the later 928s were way faster, but late-70s car freaks didn't have much reason for optimism during a period of declining horsepower, disco tape stripes, and huge bumpers, and the then-new 928 was one of the few bright spots. So here we go with another JFG/DOTS combo car, which I found parked near the 1970 VW Transporter pickup. More »

So You Want a Porsche 928amino?

Murilee Martin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:00:00 EST

We saw a little bit about the six-wheeled Porsche 928 GTS pickup truck a couple years back, but now it becomes possible for us all to experience the full Stuttgart truckcar goodness, thanks to this German TV documentary. More »

1984 Porsche 928S

Murilee Martin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST

We'e seen a Porsche 912 and a couple of 911s in this series, but it's taken me until now to find a 928 parked down on Alameda's street. So here we go- a Fantasy Garage/DOTS combo! More »

Porsche 928 Replacement, Under Cover?

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:30:44 EDT

What's this under wraps at the Porsche factory at Stuttgart? Judging from all those weird shapes propping up the tarp, Dutch site AutoGespot says it could be the 928 replacement reportedly set to arrive after the Panamera four-door coupe. It does have Porsche wheels, though it looks a bit unformed. Kind of like they just piled a bunch of parts up to mess with prying lenses. What say you, oh scrutinous ones?[AutoGespot] More »

Porsche Does Not Recommend Exceeding Any Speed Limits

Murilee Martin — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:30:20 EDT

Sure, your new 928 will go 160 MPH and howl through sharp turns on quiet country roads at speeds that would make your coke dealer beg for mercy. But don't think that Porsche encourages that sort of thing. Oh, no. This quartet of 80s-vintage 928 ads (well, one of them drags in some Audis) is notable for the lack of 80s cheepnis; no disco mustaches or feathered hair to be seen here. More »

Project Car Hell: Porsche 928 or Checker Marathon?

Murilee Martin — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:30:00 EDT

Bask In The Healing Rays Of The Risky Business 928!

Murilee Martin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:30:59 EDT

The Forney Museum in Denver is mostly known for having one of the world's few surviving Big Boy locomotives, which ranks among the most terrifyingly huge and powerful land vehicles ever built. But who cares about a 6,200-horsepower steam locomotive when, under the same roof, one can find the actual '79 Porsche 928 driven by Tom Cruise in "Risky Business"? The Forney is packed full of other wonderful machinery, including an Amphicar, a brace of real AC Cobras, a whole bunch of early-20th-century iron, and a GM prototype '70 Cadillac station wagon, but the awe inspired by such close proximity to the Risky Business 928 may short out all the circuits in your brain, rendering you unable to appreciate the other cars. [Forney Museum] More »

More Dirt On A Possible 928 Successor

Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:15:00 EDT

For quite a while now we've been receiving reports that a new 928 is coming. To which we have always said "Boo Ya!" with the right side of our mouth, and "yeah right" with the left. Up until today the word on the street has been that after the four-door Panamera launches in 2009, they'll begin hammering on a two-door version due out in 2012 or so. Well guess what? A ~~janitor~~ spy deep within Porsche is claiming that a two door Panamera has been in the pipeline the entire time. Seems that Porsche has been keeping a close eye on the Bentley boys and their two-headed Continental GT/Flying Spur monster. Though, unlike the ~~German~~ British two-door, the new 928 (can we just go ahead and call it the 928?) will be all about über performance, not waftable GT luxury. Seeing as how Porsche and VAG are as inbred as a racehorse, might be the only way to sneak a new 928 into production. Put us down for the twin-turbo V8 version please. And, if they drop in the V10 from the Carrera GT, we'll take two. And for the love of the fatherland, make it look like the old 928. – Jonny Lieberman More »

Porsche 928

Jonny Lieberman — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:30:00 EDT

In 2000 I was moving from New York to Los Angeles. I needed a car. My boss at the time was selling his 1992 Porsche 928 GTS with just 20,000 garaged and pampered miles. The word "cheery" doesn't even begin to describe it. And it could have been mine for the low, low price of $10,000. More amazingly, this one had a manual. Only 77 GTS model 928s ever made it to the United States. Of those, just six had manuals. [Update: only 77 928 GTSs showed up here in 1995. Between 1992 and 1995 2831GTS cars were produced — thanks rennlist] And I had the money. However, he warned me, just because you are paying Honda money for a supercar, doesn't mean it doesn't have supercar needs. The engine, while awesome, was notorious for eating oil and heaven forbid it needed a repair. Or two. Or a part. The straw that broke the camel's back was my boss explaining that it cost him $1700 to replace the window motor. Once in Los Angeles, I bought a Sentra. Biggest mistake of my life. I've already let a 928 slip away from my actual garage once; there's no way it's not making it into the Fantasy Garage. More »

So Effing Great We Can't See Straight: Golf-Bodied 928!

Jonny Lieberman — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:15:00 EDT

Up until 20 minutes ago, if you would have asked us what the coolest car we'd seen all day was, we would have answered, "The 650 hp mid-engined GTI Davey G did a post about." However, reader Ed D has has changed all that. Behold! The ultimate sleeper, well, ever. Yes, they took one of our very favorite cars (that, by the way, will probably be showing up in the Fantasy Garage) and quite literally stretched a Mk1 Golf's body around it. All the glass is custom and we would imagine it (maybe) weighs a little less than the Porsche. That's all we know. And really, all we need to know. One more great pic after the jump. – Jonny Lieberman More »

Jalopnik Fantasy Garage: 1978 Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Jonny Lieberman — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:00:00 EDT

If you're a thirtysomething pistonhead like me, odds are good you once had a poster of a Lamborghini Countach on your wall. Most likely, the Countach spent the duration of your puberty sandwiched between a Ferrari Testarossa and Kathy Ireland. But you probably didn't have a picture of an Aston Martin V8 Vantage. And I say picture instead of poster because they didn't print posters of the British supercar — I had to cut mine out of Car and Driver. Even freighted with pimples, hairy palms and a funny voice, I just knew the reserved British charmer was far cooler than its rival Italian extroverts. Stemming from my still lingering teenage fantasies, I nominate the original Aston Martin V8 Vantage for induction in the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage. More »

928amino on eBay!

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:30:00 EST

Holy schnitzel! There's a 928 pickup for sale, and it's only a few cities and a desperate freeway slog away from us! That said, any Southern-California highway drudgery would be much, much more fun knowing that your V8 is possessed with serious quantities of Bruce and the back of your car is ripe for Springsteen listening parties. Type in the winning bid on this, and all you'll need to complete the package is a case of cold, cold Lowenbra and a hottie named Astrid in a Confederate-flag bikini top (or one that reads "909" on one breast and "916" on the other) to ride shotgun. Oh crap. We just noticed the auction's over. [Thanks to Filippo for the tip.] More »

The Ninetwentyeightamino!

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 19 May 2006 14:45:21 EDT

Toward the end of our obsessiveness with toys and cartoons, we got really into M.A.S.K. We'd bust out with a screwdriver and disassemble our vehicles and then put 'em back together. The only one that really never worked right afterward was Raven, the speedboat 'Vette. But the one we always lusted after was Shark, the 928/submarine. And they never released it as a toy! Freakin' Kenner, man. Anyway, this 928 doesn't turn into anything, but somebody has turned it into an El Camino. We'll settle for that. [Thanks to Ryan for the tip.] More »

Wait, What?: Yet Another Porsche May Be On the Way

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:58:01 EST

The Porsche dream team is looking like a drunken sailor with a peacoat's full of blackjack winnings who's headed toward the Cadillac Ranch. A report in Germany's Auto Motor und Sport indicates the company, flush with Cayennebux, may be working on a new two-door — possibly a new kind of 928 — that would launch at decade's end, after the four-door Panamera that's in the works for 2009. Then again, it may be too early to speculate. Yeah, right. More »