"ultimate" 944
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Copperman05
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I agree, it's the ultimate 944, when it works...[
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Edd
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PSH
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ORIGINAL: 944 man
Yes Tom. The 944 Turbo won every race in the Porsche Cup between 1986 and 1990! [
Interesting conversation going on here, just to add to Simon's note, in 1989 there was an article published by the 'Automobile Magazine' in which they interviewed Jochen Freund ( senior project manager Porsche 944). He was asked about the top models within the Porsche fleet and how the powers above still seemed to view the four pots as 'second class citizens'. He agreed that perhaps the 944 was looked down on by certain members of the board( no change there then), but he had great pleasure in listing the top 3 cars in the Porsche fleet. First was the 928S4 due to it's luxury and speed, next was the 911 turbo, described as the old wild ageing mustang of the bunch, a monster and a legend, third was the 944 Turbo. He also concurred that the 944 Turbo was the easiest and fastest car in the Porsche fleet, I'd add to that, that it's still one of the fastest today and with a few mods?.. well those who have modified 944T's know the answer to that. Regarding 968?.. nah not even close to the performance of a 944T although admittedly they handle well.
Pete
GlennS
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The article also says
"The 944S gained a power boost with a new 16 valve engine developing 190 bhp. This increased mid range torque, provided greater all-around performance and raised the top speed to 142mph"
plainly drivel and therefore I conclude the comments regarding the turbo are equally nonsensical. [8D]
"The 944S gained a power boost with a new 16 valve engine developing 190 bhp. This increased mid range torque, provided greater all-around performance and raised the top speed to 142mph"
plainly drivel and therefore I conclude the comments regarding the turbo are equally nonsensical. [8D]
PSH
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Well I've just reread the article and no such figures exist in that article, not surprising as it didn't cover the 944S. However I did find an article by the same nagazine written 3 years earlier purely covering the 944S. Figures given are 188bhp and top speed of 141 mph, having no experience of this model myself I can't comment on whether it's factual or not, I'm sure someone here with a 944S can inform us what's fact or not.
There is nothing drivel about the 944T's ability, nothing at all.
Pete
Copperman05
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At the end of the day if it says Porsche and (more importantly) 944 then I'm happy, not sure when classic car ownership became a competition? All the 944 models have a place, which one is for you may be different, to say one is the best because it is the fastest is kind of missing the point...
Edd
Edd
944 man
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They did! No one bought it. Their numbers werent limited by supply, but by demand.
For my part, I believe that the ultimate frontrunner is a 937, not a 944 derivative. The 924 Carrera GTS Club Sport is the 'ultimate' in my experience, although Ive only ever driven a normal Carrera GT.
Copperman05
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I'm with you on that one Simon, only just like the 968 Turbo S its such a rare car it may as well not exist at all. (As neither me nor you will probably ever be lucky enough to own one).
Edd
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Ewan
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Glenn - I don't see any problem with what Porsche have said about the 944S here. It did have more power, mid range torque and a higher top speed than the 944 it superseded. I concede that the S suffered from a lack of torque low down, but by the time it was up and running it was fine. Certainly my S was more powerful and faster than my business partners standard 944. So much so in fact that he swapped it for a turbo. So I swapped mine for an S2 - until I realized the error and swapped that for a turbo. Of course, all this was about 20 years ago now, but I'm fairly confident that my memory is accurate enough.
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