928

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

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.
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5:20 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,553 views, 48 comments

Latest by n/a: i like that the porsche guy notes in the ad that the car was stored inside. yeah, because you wouldn't want anything to happen to it. more »

choose your eternity

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

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.
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5:20 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,263 views, 78 comments

Latest by n/a: The Citroen, hands down. It might have potential once you get past the task of building an entire subframe to hold an American V8 engine and drivetrain. The 928 on the other hand will require you to install a rear more »

down on the street

1979 Porsche 928

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.
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9:00 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,770 views, 53 comments

Latest by Aatos: @petersterncan: There are some other 'gems' like $300 parking brake cable but otherwise it's not too bad like you assessed. Stick with the older style cars though if you're on budget, as they're pretty simple and parts cars can be had more »

el camino

So You Want a Porsche 928amino?

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.

11:00 AM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Murilee Martin
4,000 views, 47 comments

Latest by RoninianHoon: God came to this man in a dream, touched him on the head and said "You shall build me a hoons chariot". And thus the Porsche~amino was born auto gods became happy… more »

spy photos

Porsche 928 Replacement, Under Cover?

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]

10:30 AM on Thu Aug 23 2007
By Mike Spinelli
3,120 views, 21 comments

classic ad watch

Porsche Does Not Recommend Exceeding Any Speed Limits

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.

11:30 AM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By Murilee Martin
674 views, 4 comments

choose your eternity

Project Car Hell: Porsche 928 or Checker Marathon?

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5:30 PM on Mon Aug 13 2007
By Murilee Martin
4,984 views, 76 comments

Latest by bantamweight: UPDATE: Cadillac Catera starter - Uses only new components, meets or exceeds all oem specifications, includes a manufacturer's two year warranty. more »

who's the u-boat commander?

Bask In The Healing Rays Of The Risky Business 928!

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]

3:30 PM on Wed Aug 8 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,084 views, 26 comments

Latest by geeteeoh: All due respect, but, most of you guys weren't even born during this car's heyday. Those who were around, were too young to even understand. Most of us gen X-ers were just turning teen when this car was THE car more »

triumph of the wallet

More Dirt On A Possible 928 Successor

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 »

2:15 PM on Wed Jun 6 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
740 views, 17 comments

Latest by my favorite car is a motorcycle: @dculberson: shareholder structure has nothing to do with the Brucicity of the engineers. As long as German engineers have a realistic budget, then VAG/Porsche has a bright future. Porsche does need to produce other new models in order to expose more »

jalopnik fantasy garage

Porsche 928

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 »

11:30 AM on Tue Jun 5 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
12,876 views, 144 comments

Latest by n/a: well ill say this i have a 1985 928 blue with tan interior and i love it i had a 87 944 turbo nice car and fun to drive but the 928 overall is a better car one of the more »

custom cars

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

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 »

4:15 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
5,245 views, 25 comments

Latest by jamessly: Artz was heavily involved in leasing to large companies and this 928/Golf was a "premium" to clients with large contracts (the others, too). Most interesting was that the Rabbit version actually had a lower coefficient of drag than the orginal. more »

jalopnik fantasy garage

Jalopnik Fantasy Garage: 1978 Aston Martin V8 Vantage

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 »

2:00 PM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
7,504 views, 36 comments

Latest by n/a: YEAH, This Aston Martin was Bond's favorite car... "Hey, guy, be careful, while parking my baby" ;) signature: "I like to drink coffee and smoking cheap cigarettes before bed. I dream faster." (c) Steven Wright: Coffee and cigarettes more »

auctions

928amino on eBay!

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 »

8:30 PM on Mon Nov 13 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
267 views, 3 comments

Latest by lascauxcaveman: It' Kewl! But I think this model would look even better in a hatchback. more »

custom cars/hot rods

The Ninetwentyeightamino!

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 »

2:45 PM on Fri May 19 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
174 views, 13 comments

Latest by cjh: How could it do without the wooden decking and checker-plate lining of the one at the link posted by BlackIce_GTS? For shame... more »

gossip

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

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 »

7:58 AM on Mon Mar 13 2006
By Mike Spinelli
429 views, 4 comments

Latest by mattias: I really liked the 924. The transaxle layout (gearbox in the back, motor in the front) made it good to handle and the fact it used lots of Volkswagen parts (rear axle: derived from Volkswagen beetle, gearbox: Audi 80, engine: more »

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