Modern Classic: 1990 Porsche 928 S4
Spring mornings don't start out much better than this. Nevermind the persistent April drizzle and the mist rising from Michigan's Huron River. We've just been handed the keys to a mint 1990 Porsche 928 S4 with marching orders from a very understanding classic car owner.
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The Stig
They don't build em like they used to. Reading that reminded me of why I really like the early/mid 90's European cars. More than fast enough to be fun, and plenty of communication undiluted by layers and layers of electronics. True driving machines.
mena
Hear. Hear.
dante
Still a beautiful car today and very reasonable to buy used. It's a shame it didn't continue as the 911 has.
Keith
Never really cared for them to be honest I'm sure they are nice and everything but when you think porsche you think 911......
Kal
God I love those cars. Whoever picks your modern classics seems to have a lot in common with my car tastes (I've owned a couple of the cars featured so far).
Great article guys. Features like this are what make Winding Road so great compared to the other car magazines that pretty much ignore the enthusiast market.
Bruce Armstrong
Our family is on our second 928......an '89 just like the featured car.....will be selling in a year and know it's likely the best car I'll ever own.....they don't build them like this anymore......between the two cars, have over 250K driving them and have never had a 'repair'......lots of 'upkeep' but no breakdowns......Bruce
Ducati Minor
Don't know about how "undiluted" the 928 was...it had plenty of electronically assisted road manners compared to an original 911. The 928, upon its late '70s debut, was an impressive tech and design achievement for Porsche. The fact that Porsche had jumped to eight cylinders in the late 1970s was also a surprise, as there was rampant talk of the impending demise of the V-8.
928s today fall into the same category of GT as the Jaguar XJS--an interesting directing in grand touring, not quite appreciated today.
dante
I completely disagree with Keith - Porsche was founded on innovation and trying new things. The death of the 928 was the death of the type of experimentation that made Porsche great. Now they all look like someone made a bar of soap model of the original 911 and every successive generation is that model after another week in the shower. they're not far from Morgan, which is fine, I guess, but a shame compared to what their founding fathers were all about. But then 911 people often seem to be 911 people, not Porsche people.
Mena
Since Porsche makes the 911, then 911 owners ARE Porsche people. Porsche has tried to change the 911 and even to shake it (944, 968, 928, etc.) off entirely but the OWNERS love those classic lines and would bankrupt Porsche should it decide to abandon them. Porsche is smart by not going the typical modern car manufacturers route of abandoning customers for the sake of change. The 911 works, it sells well, leave it alone.
Kal
As a reminder, the 928 was introduced because the 911 wasn't doing so well. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the 928 never quite caught on and the 911 soldiered on.
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