April, 2004 Issue

 
          Volume 24, #4
928 ISSUE
928! From a design point of view the 928 is troublesome. The shape, designed to look like it is keeping a rear engine but actually having a front mounted V-8 water-cooled motor, is too smooth. The designers took extra pains to remove any extemporaneous features that might impair the line of the car. In doing so, a critic of the time said, "the designers have given no place on the body to stop your eye", effectively allowing your eye to slip right off the car. Those that "get" the 928 are legion. For me, my favorite view is the one depicted, front, up high, looking down. Here you can see those great fender bulges that often get overlooked from the side. Michael Jekot, jekot@bitstream.net
 
      PLUS:
      Porsche 928
      Jim Pasha's thoughts on the Porsche's V8 super car.

      Home Mechanical Work on Porsches
      Technical Editor, Bill Agnew, on the subject of working on your own Porsche (Boxster starter replacement continues next month).

      Plus The 928 Pricing Table and our usual huge collection of Porsche classified ads!
       

 
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