or some such rot.

But with the heart transplant to a Porsche engine -- basically, one-half of a 928 V8 block -- which accompanied the name change to 944 (9FOUR4), even purists began to accept it as a "real" Porsche.


An awful lot of "purists" never accepted the 928 as a real Porsche. "Water cooled?!?" "V-8?!?!"

The [link|http://www.autozine.org/classic/924.htm|944] was a decent car and sold well, but I don't think they had the best advertising campaign. "World largest 4 cylinder!!!" Yeah, a 3 liter 4 cylinder. That's really going to appeal to those who want a 911. :-/

Cheers,
Scott.
(Who always wanted a 928.)