GTP Cool Wall: 1985-1991 Porsche 944 Turbo
- Thread starter Wiegert
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- With Kim Jong Un
Not my favorite Porsche, but this certainly warrants a cool from me.
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3.0L I4 Is SSEEEEXXXXYYY!
Edit: Oh this is for the Turbo, oooops, less sexy, but still nice.
Edit: Oh this is for the Turbo, oooops, less sexy, but still nice.
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- Houston, TX
Kinda cool, even if they never work right.
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- United Kingdom
Had to go meh.
I like it simply because it was from a time when Porsche had more than one template for styling, but I don't think it's cool.
I like it simply because it was from a time when Porsche had more than one template for styling, but I don't think it's cool.
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GTP_Ingram
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- GTP_Ingram
- NowtDaft
Eighties-tastic. Very high cool.
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- NewAesthetic
- SlipZtrEm
I've always liked it, but its status as the "cheap Porsche" means a lot of the ones around these parts are owned by seedy individuals. It's a shame, really: I feel it's really aged well now that even the youngest examples are 25 years old. There's something very appealing about that huge four too, knowing that it's the work of Porsche engineers.
It hurts, but I've got to vote Uncool.
It hurts, but I've got to vote Uncool.
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- Peruibe, SP
Not exactly a complete porsche in my book, but that slick and simple interior and looks of the car sold it easily. Manages a High Cool for me.
When I was 16 these were affordable enough (but not really) that I wanted one as a first car. I downgraded that goal to an NA 944, then a 924, and briefly a 914, but 914s are actually more valuable. Then I discovered E30s and how sensible of an idea that was by comparison. I'm sure my 318i treated me far better than a 944 would have, much less a 951.
I still long for a 944, and there are two around here that currently serve as lawn ornaments. I wonder if there are enough good parts between them to come up with a solid car.
I still long for a 944, and there are two around here that currently serve as lawn ornaments. I wonder if there are enough good parts between them to come up with a solid car.
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It would perhaps be cooler, and it's certainly not Porsche's fault mind you, if everyone making a sporty RWD coupe in that decade (some much more than others) hadn't so slavishly ripped it off When it debuted at the beginning of the decade and offered somewhat similar experiences with their own spin.
Like, say, the FC.
Like, say, the FC.
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- YorkshireLand
- SVTlover
Pop up headlights. Cool.
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- Connecticut
- SPhilli
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Probably way cooler when it came out than it is today, but I gave it a cool. When I was a kid my uncle had one and it was the coolest car in the world to me and it was the car that started my Porsche obsession.
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- Bratvegas
- GTP_Liquid
All80sCoupes.jpeg aside, this is a great car. It looks fantastic and it's from that age when Porsche had stationery in their design office other than tracing paper. And it has pop-up headlights.
Cool
Cool
Wiegert
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How to take a watery 2+2 that was formly screwed to the bottom of the Porsche barrel and develop it into some desirable Stuttgart steel without throwing the engine in the back. Or trying to cater to rich coke heads.
Cool.
Cool.
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- GTP_RogerTheHors
Stylish.
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- the_HDninja
The wide hip and shoulder bolsters, the low profile wing, the rear valance; it has lines that are both aggressive and elegant at the same time. Plus headlights go up headlights go down. I've had my foot in the Craigslist door for a good one for a while now. Sub-zero from me but I'm [extremely] biased.
