Lastly, in 1981 Porsche entered 1 of 2 specially built 924 Carrera GTP's ( Aka: 944GTP Le Mans ) which Porsche Motorsports introduced a new prototype highly modified 2. 5 liter I4 engine.

Examples range from the very first cars to the vintage Porsche Speedster introduced in 1955, and the classic Jaguar XK120 Roadster unveiled in 1948 right up to the most recent Porsche Spyders.

The Porsche 917 endurance racing car ( introduced in 1969, for the Sport category ) was powered by an air-cooled flat-12.

A strengthened gearbox with Porsche ( baulk-ring ) synchromesh was introduced to cope with the extra power-a heady 56 bhp.

Porsche 360 Cisitalia is an automobile from Porsche introduced in 1949.

The model Porsche 550 Spyder was introduced at the 1953 Paris Auto Show.

Later, Porsche introduced pure racing cars which were not sold for road use, so not competing with any road-going Peugeot.

In 1991, S3 Graphics introduced the S3 86C911, which its designers named after the Porsche 911 as an indication of the performance increase it promised.

It was introduced in the 1984 Paris Motor Show as the first car developed by SEAT as an independent company, though it was designed by SEAT S. A. in collaboration with well-known firms such as Italdesign, Karmann and Porsche.

After Porsche introduced a better car in with an 8-cylinder engine, Gurney broke through at the French Grand Prix at Rouen-Les-Essarts with his first World Championship victory-the only GP win for Porsche as an F1 constructor.

At the same time Porsche introduced the Targa and Cabriolet variants, both of which proved popular.

The modern cone system was developed by Porsche and introduced in the 1952 Porsche 356 ; cone synchronisers were called Porsche-type for many years after this.

Porsche introduced the 964 Turbo model in March, 1990 as the successor to the 930.

Porsche has continued to develop its 911 model as a rear-engined vehicle, although they have introduced multiple all-wheel-drive models.

In 1992, Porsche introduced VarioCam its 968 model which provided continuously variable valve timing for the intake valves.

In 1999, Porsche introduced VarioCam Plus on its 911 Turbo which combined continuous valve timing and two stage valve lift on the intake valves.

In 2009, Porsche introduced an enhanced version of VarioCam Plus on its 911 GT3 including the previous variable valve timing and two stage valve lift on the intake valves but with additional variable timing of the exhaust valves.

Among the early pioneers of DOHC were Isotta Fraschini's Giustino Cattaneo, Austro-Daimler's Ferdinand Porsche, Stephen Tomczak ( in the Prinz Heinrich ), and W. O. Bentley ( in 1919 ); Sunbeam built small numbers of racing models between 1921 and 1923 and introduced one of the world's first production twin cams in 1924 — the Sunbeam 3 litre Super Sports, an example of which came second at Le Mans in 1925.

From the year it was introduced, the Z32 has also won many comparison tests against similar sports cars such as the Mitsubishi 3000GT / Dodge Stealth, Mazda RX-7, Chevrolet Corvette, Toyota Supra, Dodge Viper, and the Porsche 968.

Porsche 928 S4 rear

The Porsche 928 is a sports-GT car that was sold by Porsche AG of Germany from 1978 to 1995.

Originally intended to replace the company's iconic 911, the 928 combined the power, poise, and handling of a sports car with the refinement, comfort, and equipment of a luxury sedan to create what some Porsche executives thought would be a vehicle with wider appeal than the compact, quirky and sometimes difficult 911.

Since its inception in 1949, Porsche has manufactured only six front-engined models, four of which were coupes, including the 928.

Ordered by Ferry Porsche to come up with a production-feasible concept for his new model, Fuhrmann initiated a design study in 1971, eventually taking from the process the final specs for the 928.

Porsche engineers wanted a large-displacement motor to power the 928, and prototype units were built with a 5. 0 L V8 producing close to.

Porsche 928 headlights

Porsche 928 S4 interior

Porsche utilized a transaxle in the 928 to help achieve 50 / 50 front / rear weight distribution, aiding the car's balance.

Porsche 928 GTS rear quarter view

Porsche updated the North American 928 S for 1985, replacing the 4. 7 L SOHC engine with a new 5. 0 L DOHC unit sporting four valves per cylinder and producing 288 hp ( 215 kW / 292 PS ).

Porsche debuted the 928 GT in the late winter 1988 / 89 after dropping the slowly selling CS and SE.

Porsche 928 V8 engine

In production terms, the 924 was the first Porsche model powered by a water-cooled, front-mounted engine although the similarly configured 928 was designed first.

Porsche 924 928 944.

* Porsche 924 928 944, " The New Generation ".

As of 2009, Porsche has not yet built another front-engined sports car, although a 4-door sports-touring sedan, called Panamera began production in 2009, and a successor to the 928, based on that sedan's architecture, is predicted to follow.

Production of the 986 began at the former Porsche 928 facility in Stuttgart, Germany in 1996.

* September 28 – The Porsche 928 debuts at the Geneva Auto Convention.

DeLorean's vision has been further vindicated by the adoption of similar designs in a slew of modern high-performance cars, including the Porsche 928, the Corvette C5, and the Aston Martin DB9.

As he was training for a rematch with Laporte set for September, he crashed on the early morning of August 12, 1982, while driving his Porsche 928 sports car along the federal highway from Santiago de Querétaro to San Luis Potosí, dying instantly.

It is the first V8-engined vehicle built by Porsche since 1995, when the Porsche 928 was discontinued.