The Porsche 928 is called the shark or land shark, due to it's shark-like appearance and its ability to gobble up large stretches of road in short time. The Porche 928 is a grand tourer automobile (GT), a high-performance vehicle designed for comfortable long distance driving, fully laden with a powerful motor and the best in luxury features. It was designed to fly down the autobahn for hours in excess of 100mph, and was equally adept on curves and twisty mountain roads. Porsche AG of Germany made the 928 from 1978 to 1995 , and it was one of their most expensive offerings. In the late '80s it was the fastest production road-car in the world, recording 172mph on the salt flats in Utah in 1986 using an early 928 S4. Porsche's marketing slogan became "It's about as fast as you can go without having to eat airline food".
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This exotic supercar featured a large, front-mounted and water-cooled, V8 engine driving the rear wheels. Originally displacing 4.5 L and featuring a single overhead camshaft , it produced 219 hp (163 kW/222 PS) for the North American market and 240 PS (176 kW/237 hp) in other markets. Porsche upgraded the engine from mechanical to electronic fuel injection in 1980 for US models, although power remained the same. Porsche utilized a transaxle in the 928 to help achieve 50/50 front/rear weight distribution, aiding the car's balance. The 928 included several other innovations such as the " Weissach Axle ", an early all-wheel steering system that provides passive rear-wheel steering in certain off-throttle cornering situations, and an unsleeved, silicon alloy engine block made of aluminium, which reduced weight and provided a highly durable cylinder bore. |
