1978-1995 Porsche 928 - Germany's Muscle Car 

The 928 is one of the best cars of the 20th Century. It was an immediate favourite car of mine growing up in the 80s and getting an interest in cars.. The fact that the styling hadn't changed too much in 18 years is proof of how ahead of it's time it was in 1978.

As a young man in the early 90's I bought two of them. My best car memories involved those cars. Outstanding solid chassis, great handling, great ride, great build quality.

I had two 928's, a '79 and an '86 - loved them both. Gorgeous lines (OK, except when you put the headlights up - I used the large parking lights until it got really dark), futuristic interior, all the toys, and good old fashioned American-style front engine, rear drive V8. A true luxury sport coupe; they managed to give it a smooth ride without sacrificing handling, and believe me, 300HP in the late eighties could embarrass 90% of the cars on the road. Everybody back then thought Porsches were weak little rear-engine things; nobody could believe it when you popped the hood and showed them a V8 (or did a smokin' burnout). I've owned a lot of of higher end and unusual cars, everything from Cadillac and Lincoln convertibles to Mercedes 450SL's, Audi Quattro, DeLorean, Porsche 944 and 944 Turbo, Plymouth Prowler, Cadillac XLR, and Ferrari 360 Spider, to name some; of all those cars the 928 is my overall favorite as being the best combination of looks, performance, luxury, and even practicality. (The video doesn't mention that they were hatchbacks with fold-down seats; you could fit, for example, a large piece of furniture back there when necessary with no problem.)

Its hard to improve on perfection....except to raise its price out of the reach of nearly everyone!

I was doing about 90 in my sister's Honda Prelude on the Interstate in Jersey in the mid-80s and and two 928s passed me like I was sitting still. One black and one white. Personalized New York tags that had one letter each -Y and Z.

Grew up in the 80's and this has always been my favorite Porsche. Such a unique, fluid shape and always turns heads. IMO. Love this channel!

THE 1995 928S V8 FRONT ENGINE PORSCHE IS THE ONLY PORSCHE I WOULD LOVE TO OWN EVEN TODAY. IT'S UNIQUE AND YES THERE ARE MANY MORE POWERFUL PERFORMANCE PORSCHE'S BUT THE BEAUTY AND MORE PRACTICAL ERGONOMICS MAKES THIS ONE MY FAVORITE. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!

I loved the 928 when it came out. One of the coolest cars I'd seen in real life as a kid at that point lol

The 928 was designed to run comfortably 100mph+ all day on the Autobahn. Hamburg to Frankfurt and Stuttgart to Munich. Stable high speed cruisers that could also tackle the Alps.

I'm a hardcore Trans-Am fan and I have always admired the 928's. You nailed it perfectly in this video.

I had the 1984 928s 4.7L 300HP manual. The most fantastic car for travelling along Spain. When the cars ahead saw you in the rear mirror, they just moved to the right line to admire the car passing by.

Still in love with this car from day one! Would like to find one with low mileage.

This car made me look like the totally cool New York City girl when I moved down to Charlotte, NC..it was the sweetest ride.. It made heads turn!!. Ohhh yeah!

I used to see a 928 every morning when I went to school. Only being 12/13 years old at that time I instantly fell in love with that car. Now being 50+ I still like the timeless design of the 928. Well done.

Wanted one from the first time I saw one in person and who can forget its appearances in 80s movies. Had an 81 five speed and loved that car. She was a mean mistress and enjoyed every drop of my credit card when she wasn't feeling well 😋

Very cool video, loved those Cars growing up and always wanted one but wow in '86 the gts was $86,000. Plus taxes

My boss has a 928S4 and a Ferrari testarosa . Lovely cars from the 80’s . The 914, 924 & 944 were fairly affordable. I would love see Porsche make relatively affordable cars once again. Cars you don’t have to be a millionaire to own.

The 928 was a German Corvette. The 928 was supposed to compete with the Corvette and has a more similar GT body style to the corvette than the family car looking firebird (we are talking 1979). The 928 like the corvette came in 1 model with that frame and body. No 4 door version with 6 cyl available. The 928 only had seats in the back to pay less in tariffs which corvettes did not have to worry about. The Trans-Am was a beefed up Pontiac regular car. Plus nobody would say "instead of buying a $6,000 firebird I'll spend $42,000 on a 928. A corvette was more of a realistic jump.. I bought my 1980 928 in the year 2000 and I still have it. Spotless and garaged kept with only 38,000 miles. I'll never sell it.

Rumors are the 928 will return in spirit, when they produce a 2-door Panamera...

The Porsche 928 is my wife’s *favorite* car. I hope to be able to buy her a good one eventually.

Gorgeous at any angle 💖

Again great narration no yelling to try and made it more then it is. Just straight and to the point with a good voice that makes me want to listen.

And it was the first car with intergrated bumpers! (:

Hmm. Disagree on the 928 being a muscle car, or comparable to the Trans am. It did not have a flexible propshaft either, it was deliberately not flexible at all. The 928 was teutonic German engineering, and made the Trans am look like a series 1 Land Rover, with respect to technology.

I owned a 1983 Porsche 928S US model lightened to 2900lb with driver, and powered by a 5 liter stroker motor for about 15 years.

This car needs to come back

From engine, rear drive, the best type! Trans Am mentioned, too! Great cars! Two of my favorite ones!😁🔧

I have admired this Porsche for many years but this is the first time I've ever heard of it being compared to a Pontiac Firebird. In my mind, the two cars are worlds apart. I like both cars, but if I was to invest in one that I would never get tired of, the Porsche 928 wins the contest.

I love this German Muscle Car!

A gentleman's road car .

. My all time favorite car. It was the only one I had a poster of in my room when I was a teen in the 80's. Thank u for the great video.

The 928's designer, Tony Lapine, admitted his inspiration was from none other than the AMC Pacer!

I would never ever compare a 928 with a Trans Am. I love the bird don't get me wrong, but the 928 is waaay out of its league.

PORSCHE there is no substitute. I owned a 81'928s 5sp. blk on blk awesome car.

You really turn out some very nicely done videos. Well done

This car blew me away as a 10 year old kid in 1978, I had a poster cutaway drawing on my bedroom wall. Still a great looking car.

Totally agree with your statement. The 928 should have continued in production, properly modernized.

The 928 is the best looking car, imho, ever designed, bar none. It is gorgeous to look at and in the day it was fast enough. I currently own a BMW Z4 3.0 6 speed manual. I would trade it in a heart beat for a decent 928.

@8:50 *OUCH!* That's why you have to avoid parking lots. :(

Dave, thank you for featuring my favorite car of all time. I believe the reason they never replaced it is because it couldn't be replaced. Tony Lapine hit the design out of the ballpark from day one. It could only go downhill with a restyle. In fact, I'm on the fence if I prefer the updated front-back ends... I don't really think it looks better.

Rode in a brand new one in 1989...loved it!

Still a great looking car. Too bad it was discontinued

The 928 was the perfect car at the wrong time...the only hope we have for a return of the 928 is a 2-door V8 Panamera.

Only real high rollers had these cars in the early 80’s

Thanks for a great video. I have owned three 928’s: Silver 1978 928 Black 1982 928S Black 1988 928S4 I still have the S4, but needs a bit of work, gearbox rebuild, electrics etc.... The S4 is in my opinion a much better car than the previous models of 928, but, I always preferred the original 78-86 rear tail lights over the S4 and later versions. Shame you didn’t stretch out your video for another 6 seconds. 😉 Cheers

Did you know that that 928's engine block had 122 mm bore spacing? This is the same as a 454 Chevy or 440 Dodge, meaning that the M28 engine is a technically a big block V8.

still love them. only around 70k were built total. Al least half have been recycled. a rare gem

In 1990 I had a 924 turbo manual totally awesome car gave it my wife and she drove it for 10 year's not a problem,car didn't like snow through

Good video . Always liked those cars . Someday I might get one .

This is one of the very few porches i would actually love to own.

The 928 is my favorite Porsche.

The car from Risky Business. 👍

Thank you for an exceptionally knowledgeable review of my favorite car ever made. So many can't get past its looks, but I love every inch of it. Give me an original S with Pasha checkerboard seats, please.

Awesome video! Awesome car! I remember these Porsche 928s. I remember loving its shape. *At the time,* I found it more attractive than the 911.

My favorite Porsche. 928 is prettier to my eyes than the 911. Plus it was front engine, rear drive & V8.

I own a 1988 928S4,five-speed manual transmission car with white paint,leather and carpet.I wonder how many were made with that colour combination...

The 926 GTS is an awesome Porsche!😁🛠️

I had a late 1986 built 928S with the big brakes and other tidbits from the 1987 S4. Drove it for 5 years and it was a better GT than 99% of today's GTs. I wish I still had it. I actually ran into the guy that bought it from me 13 years later and was able to visit it. Sadly it had fallen into disrepair. He had not been able to keep up with the maintenance. He offered to sell it to me for a song, but at that time I had too much on my plate. If 2018 shapes up to be the $$$ year I'm hoping I might just track down an 84-86 in restorable condition and Resto-Mod it... Sometimes I daydream about my Black on Black 928s Manual reimagined with a modern Panamera engine and either a modern 6 speed manual, a PFK style, or an 8-12 speed auto. But the thing that pumps me up about this daydream the most is a set of Porsche PCCB (carbon ceramic brake system), with black calipers instead of yellow.

The thumbs down are young boys who didn't grow up in the 80s

An ultra sophisticated German Mustang / Camaro with unique styling that looks just as fresh today as it did in 1978. The latest American pony cars are just reaching this car's level of engineering 40 years later. Love this car.

Wish I could afford to own one

I really like these cars, and enjoyed the video. They are dirt cheap, but not for the faint of heart to own. Manual 928's are quite rare, and are worth a ton more.

Consider Volkswagen now owns Porsche. Interesting twist on history in that Ferdinand Porsche designed the first Volkswagen.

The 928 was nothing like the Pontiac TransAm. The TransAm had Burt Reynolds.

The 944 also had a great run.

Loved this car ever since Risky Business.

I understand that trans am is cool and all, and I love it, but calling it’s handling great is... let’s just call that unusual

I remember when they were filming the movie risky business one of the sequences was filmed in Highland Park Illinois and Tom Cruise was driving this car and he kept stalling it cuz he didn't know how to operate a clutch he's come a long way since then I just saw video of him testing an F1 car wow

I actually like the Porsche 928. Because I remember that car from the 80s on up to the mid 90s. It would've been nice if they had continued making them on up to at least the early 2000s. It does have some sleek styling to it also. This is actually one of the best looking, Porsches that Porsche has ever made.

I had no idea the 928 made it to 1995! I figured it was gone by 1990. Also, I have read somewhere (and I believe it) 99.9% of owners were men. OK, so I may be exaggerating the %, but seriously, most women think this car is hideous. I liked the design, it was so different. So did Mazda - they stopped copying the 924's styling to switch to copying the 928 styling in 1985.

It was an instant classic , and a bargain in Australia at about 4 grand .

Beautiful

Love my 84 928s... bought it 2 years ago. No regrets, only smiles!

Great documentary. Thank you. :)

In 1992, I was driving to work on I 80 We had a snowstorm the night before and the roads were icy..everyone was doing about 30 mph. A 928 passed me in the fast lane doing probably 70...about 4 miles later, he was on the side of the road, with 5 other cars in the pileup. I thought he's the kind of guy that gives porsche drivers a bad name.

I love the interesting plaid interiors that came in some of the early models.

Also, the 928 immortalized in Risky Business.

Only dreamed of having one in highschool, Tom Cruse in risky business fueled it also...

My favorite Porsche

One of the designers for the 63 sting ray was a German and went back to Germany and helped with the design of the 928. You can see the influence from a side view.

Trans Ams were actually pretty close to the 911 in straight line performance for its entire lifespan, all the way up until it was discontinued in 2002. The 2002 Porsche 911(Carrera 2) had 320 horsepower, ~290 ft/lb torque The 2002 Trans Am (WS6 Ram Air) was rated at 325-345 (it is well known that the LS1’s in these cars were underrated, most put out around 365, with a good 5-15 extra ponies at speed when the ram air system came into affect). Torque figures were 365 if I remember correctly (also underrated). The Pontiac also had a much wider power band with 90% of max torque available at around 1200 rpm. The Powertrain was incredibly robust as well, with a solid rear axle. Even with the front weight bias causing extreme wheel spin in 1st and 2nd gears (in contrast to a heavy rear bias for the Porsche, which have it a huge advantage off the line), the Pontiac matched or beat the 911’s 1/4 mile time. Give both cars drag slicks and you would likely see the Trans Am take the 911 by at least .5 sec and 5 mph trap speed. The story was the same in the early 90’s with the LT1. In the 80’s, the anniversary edition Trans Am with the turbo six put down 0-60 times in the mid-4’s, besting even the fastest 911 turbos of the day. Only the 1/2 million $ 959 would have beat it. Now handling braking and overall feel are a completely different story. I would love to have either, but am actively looking for a 996 (I know) as a weekend car. I plan to upgrade the suspension, add a little power, lighten it and track it for fun.

They need to bring the 928 back.

and what brought the turnaround in the 2000s? An SUV! The Cayenne! the 928 was my favorite Porsche ever. $28K in 1978? That is almost the $85K price in 1995. Or even today!

As i know, Porsce 928 engine was tuned up MB V8, not popular among Benz customers... NEVER THE LESS-928 was GREAT !!!

I’ve drove many when I worked at a car dealership I don’t think I ever drove the GTS however most of the 920eights had very sloppy gear shifters. It felt as if you were shifting through pudding. Other Porsche models had much crisper shifting. However it was luxurious it was quick and it was a blast.

Neat video, but, yeah, right, like it's an ancient car! It's relatively modern and better than a lot of newer ones!😁 Timing belt aside, of course!😁🔧

You should record a video on the Yugo GV with abundant praise mixed with a little subtle sarcasm and post the video on April 1st.

It was a Porsche 928..Golden and hot like that southern scorchin' sun!!

Please, get your facts straight. This was not a 'musclecar', nor was it front engined. The entire engine was behind the front wheels, making it a mid engine design, with the transmission at the rear of the car, giving it perfect 50/50 weight balance. It was simply the best GT car on the market for a very long time. Reliable, comfortable, and very fast. I owned one for 8 years, until I was no longer physically able to work on it myself. Terrific car.

Those things have always reminded me of a Flounder. 😂

16 valves in a V8 is still just 2 valves per cylinder.

My absolute favorite Porsche. Front engine V8. Not the fastest by any means, but the torque...man the torque. LOL

As a kid the 928 in the movie Weird Science made me want one of these

It seems like so often we change just for change's sake and move to something that isn't as good as what originally was. I get Porsche's reasoning with updating vs. revamping, they had something good, they were right to keep it from a purity standpoint, but maybe not from a sales standpoint. We place too much value on the idea that something has to be radically different to be better. Kind of amazing that in just a little over 2 decades the V6 Camry does 0-60 in the same time as the final production 928 (actually marginally faster I think?) Think of how many grandmas have that under their right foot.

Great video.

That door ding on the blue one in the last picture really bugs me. Paintless dent repair could fix that.

great cars the Porsche and the Pontiac bandit is also great

The Shark, what a great car.

That's an interesting comparison with the Trans Am. But one major difference was price. The 928 was a lot more expensive.

Headlights go up, headlights go down. Headlights go up, headlights go down......