Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle
Originally Posted By: 02SE
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
A Porsche with an automatic; what's the world coming to?
Had a buddy in high school whose parents had a 944 and then a 928, both automatics.
The cars were all about status for them, they traded in the 944 on the 928 when friends of theirs picked up a 944 Turbo and they needed to one up them. My buddy said the 944 was not especially quick (makes sense, believe it was under 150HP in the US at that time), but handled like a dream. I don't think his parents cared one lick for performance and they usually kept a cheaper car around for actual commuting in the horrible traffic in Chicago, starting with GM luxury sedans and moving up to BMW and MB sedans as they got even wealthier.
Nice folks, they always kept me well fed when I hung around with their son.
I had an '89 944 Turbo. It was rated at 250 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque. It was a fast car for the time.
That is a turbo...the regular 944 (with the 2-valve 2.5) never topped 160HP, and even the S (16V) was only 190. The turbo cars were in the 240HP range for 1989 only-earlier turbos were 215HP. The base 944 will get dusted by a 5-speed Neon.
As I said, I had an '89 944 Turbo. In '88 there was the 944 Turbo, and the 944 Turbo S. In '89, the previous year spec Turbo S became the only available 944 Turbo version. It was rated at 250 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque. It would hit 0-60 in around 5.5 seconds, top out at over 160 mph, and run the 1320 in the 13's at a bit over 100 mph.
There are much faster cars now, in fact I have two now that would leave that old Porsche in the dust (to say nothing of my Sportbikes). But in '89, it was a great car.