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UTAC | Millbrook, Bedford
Viewing: Tues 24th June from 12pm
Auction: Wed 25th June from 9am
Location: Millbrook Proving Ground, Station Lane, Bedford MK45 2JQ
1985 Porsche 928 S2
No Reserve
Registration No: B501 PLU
Chassis No: WP0ZZZ92ZFS841461
MOT: Exempt
Offered as one of a pair of 'barn-find' Porsche 928's
Finished in Guards Red with a Black over Red leather interior trim
In current ownership since June 1992
Vendor informs us that the engine was started and ran last year
Introduced at the 1977 Geneva Motor Show, the 928 was conceived (and priced) as the flagship of the Porsche range. A luxurious GT car, it was styled in-house by American Tony Lapine as a replacement for the ageing and compromised 911. Ultimately, it failed to usurp its tail-heavy sibling despite becoming the only sports car ever to win the European Car of the Year title in 1978. Built around a galvanised steel monocoque, it made extensive use of aluminium for its wheels, doors, bonnet, transaxle housing, front suspension wishbones, rear suspension uprights, upper links and main cross member. This practice not only saved weight but also contributed to the near perfect 49:51 weight distribution. Available with a choice of manual or automatic transmission (housed in its award-winning passive rear steer Weissach transaxle), the 928 was regarded as a crushingly capable Grand Tourer. The subject of a continual development programme, it evolved through S and S2 guises ( with the 4. 7-litre V8) before the arrival of the S4 version in Autumn 1986 (the 'S3' being a US market only model). The newcomer was powered by an enlarged 4, 957cc DOHC 32-valve V8 that developed some 316bhp and 317lbft of torque. Equipped with air conditioning as standard, the aerodynamically improved S4 was visually distinguished by a reprofiled nose and revised tail (the latter incorporating new light clusters and a larger spoiler).
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