Future Collectible : The Porsche 928 

kudos to my dude for recording his typically eloquent thesis whilst scuba diving

In 1979 I was 13. My father took me to a local Porsche/Audi dealership ( he as looking to buy an Audi). I was not particularly into cars. When I walked into the dealership there was a new 928 on a small circulating riser. It was that crazy metallic white pearl color, and there were multiple overhead lights in this building, making the car appear almost like a spaceship. I was immediately hooked. I never saw anything like it, anywhere. 45 years later, I remain a fan of these special cars.

40 years later and it still looks modern such a nice car .

I’m finally looking for my first 928. 59 yo who remembers a neighbor who was a lawyer taking me for a spin in his brown 1979 928 when it was new. I was 14 then. What a car! I’ve owned 2, 2001 966’s. One a turbo. Loved them both. I certainly want another 966 turbo, but I’ve always wanted a 928! This greenish metallic with the Pacha interior is stunning. Beautiful car!

Excellent narration. ... Good Lord, this car is one of the most timelessly gorgeous, aesthetically pleasing cars of all time. There's just something about it. (And the early models are by far the best! Gotta have the huge, round back for this car. The newer models are just so compromised, so "safe"-looking)

The Porsche 928 is the sexiest car ever made. This has been my dream car from the moment I first saw a picture of one in the early 80's. I still hope to eventually be able to afford one. Thanks.

Love the styling. So beautiful. I love these tail lights more than the tail lights on the 1990s versions of the 928. If I won the lottery and I could buy some classic sports cars, I’d buy a 1970s-early 1980s Porsche 928 with those original tail lights and a Lotus Espirit.

Great video Gavin. That kettle boiling mic, not so much.

What a PURE BEAUTY

Indeed, you have done a magnificent job of describing the 928 and her dedicated following. I am a car restorer and collector with 3 928's. If I had to get rid of my 15 cars and only keep one, it would be the 928. Warm Regards, Larry W. Memphis, Tennessee USA

I have been collecting up the 928 cars since 1990. I enjoy your perspectives on the car and appreciate you taking the time to inform folks on many of the important points of this fantastic car. This car has been my favorite Porsche car since I first saw one of the first models in the US in 1978. I have a series one and have kept it for 15 years . I am now inspired to start the restoration finally. Thanks for reminding me how much I adore my 928 cars! Robert

That color is gorgeous!

I was down today but your video lifted my spirits. I recently picked up an unloved 1985 928. I’ve always had a crush on this car but ignored it due to what I imagined were huge running cost. I’ve owed a 924 (with lots of issues) and a first and second gen Boxster (maligned but I loved them). So, when mine came on FB marketplace I jumped on it. It’s not running but starts. This video has given me the motivation to restore it back to its glory… but with a houndstooth Alcantara interior because she deserves the best.

Colour is superb well done.

The styling of the early 928 and colour combo of the interior with that green put it in the same bracket as the Lamborghini Miura IMO. I have a 964 and now I want a 928 too! STUNNING and very inspirational👍🏻👏🏻

A masterpiece of a car! Got one few months ago and you can truly see how much thought was put into each little part. Ridiculously over-engineered and wonderful. Hard not to love.

Awesome Lindgrun Metallic OB! Great video and thanks for sharing. I have an '84 928S and completely agree with your sentiment about 928 owners. Easily my favorite group of owners for the classics I've owned. Hope to see you make a driving video of this beaut someday. Cheers!

Thank you for restoring that bad ass car!!!!!

Utterly stunning. The way you film the cars seems pretty damn perfect to me ....

That’s a beautiful 928! Love how simple it is. Porsche makes master pieces. The 911 and 928 was ahead of its time. The designs are timeless.

I had a UK blue 79 manual for 10 years. Great looking car, fantastic on the motorway. The dog leg gearbox was extremely difficult to master in the city. Recommend the auto. Love the colour.

I’ve got an 83 that was left in a drive for 10 years when previous owner passed. Unfortunately interior is in poor condition but it didn’t take long to have it running well and on the road again.

Hi , I’ve a 1984 S2 Auto in White, it’s a beautiful car just like your Car. Fantastic Video

10 year old “me” still remembers the first time laying eyes on a 928 once they landed here in the states. I still get that same feeling when I see an example like yours... well done, sir!

What a cool car. Love it!

A beautiful example of what is probably my favorite Porsche. Great color!

fantastic car, fantastic vid. thank you for sharing.

I like this early version the best 1979. Beautiful car

I’ve been listing for one for nearly 40 years…..owner of 100% original (except new Porsche Classic Radio/head unit) 1985 v2 944 NA and 2010 997.2. Love these both but still lusting for that 928. Beauty.

This is truly the nicest 928 I have ever seen, I love it so much. (5 years ago I bought a 1:18th scale die cast identical to this, and it is in my top 5 of over 120 Porsche models in my collection.) I have owned an S4 for over 15 years, Slate Grey Metallic with black leather interior, a combination that for me is almost perfect for a 928. This IS perfect. Dutchmann, thanks for your passion, (Pashan) - thanks for creating this stunning example, and thanks for sharing.

Love the metallic green! Just lovely. I’ve owned three 928’s. A 78, a 1983 Venetian Blue that was sadly totaled by a guy who lost control and cross the line. That car being so strong no doubt saved the lives of both me and my wife. i also have an 89 928S4. The 78 and 89 are both guard’s (Indiaschroit?) red. I also have an 89 944 Turbo, a 2002 911 and a 2004 Cayenne Turbo. Enjoy that gorgeous car!

As a 928 owner myself, you have your self one heck of a beautiful car there. One of the rarest and nicest IMO. I like how you took the time to add pictures from the book “Project 928” . 🍻 this looks like Chucks car “Froggy”

Love my GT. Owned for 17 years. Great video!

Saw my first 928 around 1983. A physician had purchased as was showing off to another. A friend and I got close enough to see all features. Was a beautiful car. Dash was very impressive!

I just bought a red '88 GT with 16 thousand miles on it. A brand new 928. Cost me $88 thousand. Original sticker was on it - price was $76 thousand.

Beautiful car,great video. I am very envious. I have owned a couple of 911's but what i really want is an early 4.5 ltr 928. Good ones are becoming very expensive now so i guess i will have to be quick.

Best color on that first series of 928’s for sure.

Insightful video and beautiful example of a 928. Would love to have a pre-87 in the stable one day.

You know, I’ve never wanted an auto box but the way you described it was so eloquent. Great video! I’ve a 84 Euro that I’m in love with. The 928 really is the most comfortable car at speed. Such a planted feeling

Just beautiful, color and all! Love this car since it was first produced.

I wish i could get one factory fresh and all original today. This color is also phenomenally cool. Thanks for sharing🍻

Thank you for posting, very much appreciate and enjoyed.

Stunning example of an iconic design in a beautiful colour. The first production car to have vacuum sealed doors as well as passive rear wheel stear if i'm not mistaken. I had good example of the less sought after 81S with UK spec 300HP 4.7 litre for many years and planned to ship it to Thailand to enjoy in my retirement but the authorities put a complete ban essentially on private imports just before my retirement.

Not just a collectible for the future it already is. The color fits the period that adds an extra point for me👍

enjoyed.. proud owner of 2-928's .. keep the flame burning

Fantastic video. Thank you.

That's an immaculate original series 1. I'm a fan of the 95 GTS but I totally respect your car. Sadly, I'm not rich enough to maintain one of these beauties...this is a rich mans car. Uber respect.

Design that left every other vehicle far behind. I recall first seeing one in my matchbox car catalog in the late 70’s ! Even as an 8 year old I knew this was something else. Would love to take the plunge one day. Original 78-79 is so pure and Pasha trim elevates it to the most desirable specification. Great video !!

Love that color. Had a blue 1980 imported euro automatic and couldn't stand the lame Merc 3 speed auto so I sold it and picked up a 79 5 speed manual with the 220 locking differential in opal metallic gold with a brown interior. This car is a true Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde between the manual and the auto and I just don't get the sports car + automatic transmission thing. That's what AMG saloons are for. When the weather breaks I will be going the the K-Jetronic fuel injection this year. Not sure elsewhere but you will see the majority 1978-79 without sunroofs at least here in America.

Great video and makes me appreciate and understand the 928. Now I want to get one 😊

Beautifl example! Very well presented. Love your comments and philosophies! I do wish you could edit out that bubbling sound in the background though -- it would make this tribute perfect! I'm a new member to this group of owners that admire a car I have always loved since I saw my first one back in the early 80's. Cheers!

Beautiful car. My compliments! I own a 928GT myself, and i love it. Next summer I'll take it on a road trip from north to south of Europe

Very unique colour for sure,and with combined with oem wheels it looks great✅ The Pasha trim takes a bit of getting used to I have a 1982 Manuel in Platinum in mint(not concours) with engine upgrades (Euro Specs) ,headers etc and when it’s on song,it is superb As they all are ageing,one of the biggest problems is electrical,as under the hood gets very warm You have to be prepared to “Tinker”with 928’s which is ok As you say they are great 👍 to drive,you don’t tire,the balance is really great! I have been the caretaker of mine for 10 yrs and with a health issue I have,sadly it is time for a new owner!

I love the 928. I’ve always wanted a later 928 GT or S4 with a manual transmission but would love any 928 I could get.

Very nice car and great commenting as well.

I love the 928 the day it came out. I looked for it in Hot Wheels of the 928. Still would love to buy one someday.

Dang I guessed it was a 1980 928. Sweet car I like the color. Thumbs up from a fellow 70-80’s Porsche driver 👍🏻👍🏻

I really enjoyed this! I'm 52 and this is the car I have dreamed of owning since I was a kid, I remember when it first came out, the "new" Porsche was so futuristic and captivating. My bedroom walls were plastered with 928s instead of Ferraris, I did once almost purchase a '79 model from a friend of my father (in metallic brown) but I chickened out because it would have been my only car at the time, and as I live in a place where it snows a lot (and has a lot of steep hills!) I worried about getting around with the RWD in winter. I have yet to buy one, but maybe once our son is finished with college I will finally seek out just the right one. I do love all 928s (the S4 came it changed the appearance too much from the original design for my taste however) but the series I always takes me back to when I first saw one on the road and thought it was the coolest car I'd ever seen, like a space capsule for the highway!

I love your 928 with the Pascha interior. Stunning exterior colour. That's the type of 928 that is hard find: 4.5 litre , Auto , Pascha interior. Very true comments re: the 911 vs the 928 .

great looking 928!!

nicely done!!

I'm a former owner of a 1978 928 with a 5-speed manual. I prefer the manual, but if I was commuting long distance to work or something, I might appreciate an auto. I wasn't planning on buying one, but when I saw one advertised at a really low price, I couldn't quite believe it was a good as the seller was claiming. I looked at it out of curiosity only, and quickly fell in love with it. I wish I still had the car. All-aluminum, 45 degree V8, aluminum hood and roof (and iirc front fenders also), electronic fuel injection. For a 1978 car was that was designed much earlier, it compared very favorably with competing cars of the time -- i drove a 1978 Corvette before buying the 928 just to see if the 928 was as good as I thought it was, an indeed it outmatched the Vette in every regard -- more power, EFI instead of carb, etc. Styling is strictly an opinion, of course -- I loved the 928 and I also love C3 Corvettes, styling-wise. I changed my water pump, and since I had to remove the timing belt to do that, I put a new belt on. Removing the water pump (after getting a flywheel lock tool) was easy, as was removal of the alternator, and changing the timing belt. Those basic accessories were simple to work on and change, but I understand bigger jobs, like transmission work, is an expensive headache.

These still look fresh today.

seeing the concours car is insane. So beautiful

Beautiful car! I see that it has been resprayed, Is this the original colour? Love what you've done with this amazing piece of automotive art, and your 911 collection too!

Loved it!

great video

It’s a beauty! Looking into your channel, interesting. I think you should’ve anodized those window trims 😽 Could you tell us how your wheels were refinished? Curious what process you found was used for the early cars.

the color of your car is simply astonishing!! i have to admit tho, with the headlights up it looks like kermit the frog 😂

Excellent video

That is a stunning machine

Your 928 is beautiful!

Love the car, love the color, love the interior, love the video. Thanks for making it. I'm not sure, however, I agree that "everything about the 928 was built for luxury." I think that is the standard assumption that has been told and retold over the years, and stems from the popular (mis?)conception of the 928 as a "softer edged touring car." I personally think this is incorrect. My personal opinion is that the 928 suffered from an identity crisis from day one, and was conceived and developed as something more than just a "touring car." I think it was conceived and designed, for lack of a better term, as a sort of... "1970's supercar." The best, most potent thing Porsche could build. A car to go head to head with things like the Ferrari 512 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage. And the performance, the Miura-esque headlamp treatment, and the overall look and feel all fit with this concept. But by the time it actually came to market, winds inside Porsche were changing direction, and the 911 was reestablished as the marque's standard bearer for the future, so the 928 had nowhere to go. As a result it came to market as... something else. A "gentleman's touring car," if you will. But early models, despite being more comfortable and refined than something like a 911SC, were never direct competitors to the Jaguar XJ-S or Mercedes-Benz SEC. The early 928 was always much sharper edged than those cars, much less accommodating, and vastly more potent as a driver's car. I have no problem with the automatic gearbox. None at all. But I think it plays to a misconception about the 928, namely that it's best for poking comfortably around town and commuting its well-heeled owners to their suburban dental practices in stylish, leather-clad, isolated luxury. It's how Porsche tried to sell the car, with pretty poor results, but it's NOT what a 928 was ever particularly good at. It's what a Jaguar XJ-S was good at. What a 928 was good at was menacing supercars of the day with much, MUCH more vaunted pedigrees, and eviscerating roadways, both straight and twisting, with a combination of power, chassis balance, precise steering and powerful braking that few cars could match, including the 911 Turbo. And looked at with those eyes, I think the 928 is better suited to a manual gearbox. In short, and again, this is just my opinion, painting the 928 with the "luxury tourer" brush misses the point of the car. It's a vastly underrated driver's car. Something that can run neck and neck with a Ferrari Boxer or Aston V8 of the period, yet with the reliability, refinement and build quality we have always come to expect from Porsche. Gorgeous example. I took two years to buy mine also (a 1982 S model with the M28/11 drivetrain) and I applaud you for ultimately choosing such a stylish Series 1. It's stunning.

Fantastic vehicle

Awesome color.

82 928 owner loved yours

Like that color. I've had four, rescued an 87 from its certain path to a salvage yard. Current keepers are an 83 Euro manual. The other is my "Mission T" experimental 85 with a Boeing turbine that fits nicely under the hood.

I love the early 928,maybe one day I will own one...I have a 944 & 911,,,

A very nice car, in a great colour. I have recently bought a 928S2 (ex UK). I wanted the early look but with some of the improvements, and extra power, of the update. I also swapped the forged alloys it came with for teledials because, again, I wanted the earlier look. I don't think the teledials I got are quite in the right colour, or perhaps it's the gloss. Do you have any advice on what the correct colour code would be?

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. This car still looks ahead of its time. It captures the whole late-70's modernist era, with its architecture and design, and there's even a bit of Star Wars in it. I've always wanted a 911, but this car makes me wonder abut other Porsches.

This Porsche 928 review really needs a Tangerine Dream musical soundtrack.

Is that the original paint and color. So simple looking but Looks so exotic. Growing love for older 928

i found a 1982 928 S with ZZZ in the vin # 5 speed manual w/ sunroof /white. is this a keeper ?

Beautiful 928! Tony Montana spec!

Only in ‘78 was the auto the rare transmission. By ‘79 model year Mercedes was supplying plenty of automatic gear boxes. But in ‘78 only 10% of total model year production was the automatic transmission! I have a Euro ‘78 in silver just like this. Unfortunately an early owner added the side rub strips and thankfully they added the passenger door mirror.

I love the color , really want to get one now , come on lottery!

928 price are keep going up, better get a good one ASAP

I take it from your accent, you're South African. Is that where you got the car ? It's spectacular. The nicest 928 I've seen..

I'm a fan of the 1980 cars,. That was the first year the cars had the 928-branded steering wheel instead of the same general Porsche wheel used on early 924 cars as well as the 911. The 1980 also had a simplified console with just the analog clock, but no added spoilers.To me, the 78-79 cars are just a little too "pure." To each his own, I guess.

I love my 88S4 Diamond Blue Metallic. Definately a cruiser.

Such a beaut 👍🏻

I love the checkered flag seats

Sounds like it was recorded on an unrestored 1979 Blaupunkt cassette recorder...

Did you do your audio record in a submarine?

👍

Hi Dutchmann, what is the paint code for your 928 please, I have a 1982 928s in metallic blue, but have always liked that special green metallic colour.

Nice video, but you should have addressed more detail on the engine, suspension, brakes, etc. Although its nice to go over the cosmetics but I would like know about the stuff the really matters. I just spent tons of cash on my 928 engine, suspension, etc .......timing belt, water pump, electronics, suspension, interior gauges, etc................

Good thing they didn't scuttle the 911 when they came up with a forward thinking, "modern" 928. The Luxury-Sport replacement for the new times. Unlike the English who immediately abandoned their fabulous E-Type instead of slapping some real bumpers on it and put all their eggs in their version of a luxury sports car for the new era, the XJS and they've been floundering ever since.

One rear view mirror only?

First, beautiful car. I love it. But this video is unwatchable. I really want to watch, but the audio sounds like it was recorded under water. You also need to stabilize the image.