24th Jul, 2019 12:00
The Pavilion Gardens
1989 Porsche 928 GT 'Manual'
Sold for £47,250
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: F92 OTT
Chassis No: WP0ZZZ92ZKS842010
Mot Expiry: July 2020
- 1 of just 2,078 examples made (and rarer than a GTS)
- Desirable manual gearbox and only 23,000 warranted miles
- Bought new by its one and only registered keeper, the world famous record producer, Pete Waterman
- Messers Stock, Aitken and Waterman bought one each in 1989 from Chariots OPC of St Albans
- Original GT alloys shod with four new Continental Sport Contact tyres
- Recent brake pads, cambelt and all belts, water pump, fuel oil & air filters
- Mot July 2020
Introduced at the 1977 Geneva Motor Show, the 928 was conceived (and priced) as the flagship of the Porsche range. A luxurious sportscar, it was styled in-house by American Tony Lapine as a replacement for the ageing, compromised 911. Ultimately, the newcomer failed to usurp its tail-heavy sibling despite becoming the only sports car ever to win the European Car of the Year title (1978). Built around a galvanised steel monocoque, the 2+2 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 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 continual development, the model evolved through S, S2, and S4 guises before the arrival of the GT version in February 1989. Reputedly capable of 0-60mph in 5.6 seconds and 169mph, this more driver-focused 928 could only be had with manual transmission and was powered by a reworked 4957cc DOHC 32-valve V8 that developed some 326bhp and 317lbft of torque. Riding on alloy wheels and sporting a prominent rear spoiler, the GT gained a computer controlled PSD locking differential from 1990 onwards.
Auction: The Pavilion Gardens, 24th Jul, 2019
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