Porsche 928

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The Porsche 928 is a luxury grand tourer sports car produced from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, notable for its front-mounted V8 engine, distinctive styling, and blend of high performance with comfort.

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instanceOf grand tourer
luxury car
sports car
assemblyLocation Stuttgart
surface form: Stuttgart, Germany
award European Car of the Year
surface form: 1978 European Car of the Year
bodyStyle 2-door coupé
brakeType disc brakes on all wheels
chassis steel monocoque
class grand tourer (GT)
countryOfOrigin Germany
designer Anatole Lapine
Wolfgang Möbius
doorType conventional front-hinged doors
drivetrain rear-wheel drive
engineConfiguration V8 engine
enginePosition front-mounted engine
firstModelYear 1978
frontSuspension independent suspension
fuelType petrol
headlightType retractable pop-up headlights
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
length about 4.5 m (varies by model)
manufacturer Porsche
marketPosition flagship Porsche model in late 1970s and 1980s
marketSegment luxury grand tourer
notableCharacteristic blend of high performance and comfort
notableFeature Weissach rear axle
aluminium body panels
integrated polyurethane bumpers
pop-up headlights
transaxle layout
notableVariant Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porsche 928 GT

Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porsche 928 GTS

Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porsche 928 S

Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porsche 928 S2

Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porsche 928 S4
numberOfDoors 2
platform front-engine Porsche transaxle platform
predecessor Porsche 911 Carrera
surface form: Porsche 911 (intended replacement conceptually)
productionEndYear 1995
productionStartYear 1977
rearSuspension Weissach axle independent suspension
seatingCapacity 4
successor Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Porsche 928 GTS (as final evolution)
topSpeed over 230 km/h (varies by model)
transmissionOption 4-speed automatic transmission
5-speed manual transmission
wheelbase about 2500 mm (varies by model)

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Porsche notableModel Porsche 928
Porsche Panamera predecessor Porsche 928
Porsche 928 successor Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porsche 928 GTS (as final evolution)
Porsche 928 notableVariant Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porsche 928 S
Porsche 928 notableVariant Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porsche 928 S2
Porsche 928 notableVariant Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porsche 928 S4
Porsche 928 notableVariant Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porsche 928 GT
Porsche 928 notableVariant Porsche 928 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Porsche 928 GTS