The 928's shark-nosed pop-up headlights weren't a Porsche original — they were based directly on the units from a Lamborghini.
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Lead trim: 4.5 L SOHC 16V V8 (North America, 219 hp) · up to 306 hp
Porsche 928 first generation, 4.5/4.7 and 5.0 S928 · 1977–1986
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FactThe 928's shark-nosed pop-up headlights weren't a Porsche original — they were based directly on the units from a Lamborghini.
Porsche's grand tourer, in production from May 1977 to 1995 (61,056 built), a front-engined, water-cooled, rear-drive 2+2 hatchback coupé and Porsche's first V8 and first fully in-house clean-sheet design, styled by Wolfgang Möbius under Anatole Lapine and conceived under Ernst Fuhrmann to blend sports coupé and luxury saloon (and, it was thought, eventually replace the 911). It won the 1978 European Car of the Year, one of the few times the prize did not go to a mass-market family car, and the only sports car to do so. The all-alloy M28 V8 had an unsleeved silicon-alloy block, a transaxle for 50/50 weight distribution, the "Weissach Axle" passive rear-wheel steer and a moving instrument cluster; pop-up headlamps were based on the Lamborghini Miura's. The first cars had a 4.5 L SOHC 16-valve V8 with 240 PS (237 bhp; 219 hp in North America); the 4.7 L S arrived for 1980 (1983 in North America), with spoilers, and by 1985 the S/S2 made 310 PS in Europe, outrunning the 911 Turbo in top speed. North America got a 32-valve 5.0 L S at 288 hp from 1985. Special editions included the 1981 50th Jubilee/Ferry Porsche Edition and 202 1982 US Weissach Editions. The 1984 one-off 942 was a longer-wheelbase gift for Ferry Porsche's 75th birthday.
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Trims & Figures
6 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 L SOHC 16V V8 (Europe, 237 bhp, 1978–82) | 1978–1982 | 4.5 L V8 | 237 hp | 258 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 4.5 L SOHC 16V V8 (North America, 219 hp) | 1978–1982 | 4.5 L V8 | 219 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| S 4.7 L SOHC 16V V8 (Europe, 300 PS, from 1980) | 1980–1983 | 4.7 L V8 | 296 hp | 284 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| S 4.7 L SOHC 16V V8 (North America, 234 hp, 1983–84) | 1983–1984 | 4.7 L V8 | 234 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| S 5.0 L DOHC 32V V8 (North America, 288 hp, 1985–86) | 1985–1986 | 5.0 L V8 | 288 hp | 302 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| S/S2 4.7 L SOHC 16V V8 (Europe, 310 PS, from 1984) | 1984–1986 | 4.7 L V8 | 306 hp | 295 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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A loaded 928 GTS could crest $100,000 in 1995 — among the priciest cars on the road — which is exactly why Porsche shipped only 77 of them to the US.
The 928 bowed out quietly: when the flagship GTS was finally discontinued in 1995, only 77 of them had ever been shipped to American buyers.
The 928's shark-nosed pop-up headlights weren't a Porsche original — they were based directly on the units from a Lamborghini.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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