A Tooth for a Tooth

The 928 has a reputation for being fearsomely difficult to work on. And there is certainly a lot of it. In truth, however, even replacing the big V8 engine’s vital timing belt, and the water pump it drives, is only marginally more awkward than on a humble 944 

- Chris Horton

There is no other Porsche quite like the 928. It’s not just how it looks or how it drives, but also the way in which it was designed and assembled. The disappointing truth is that current Porsches are ruthlessly built down to a price. A substantial price, certainly, but a price none the less. Closely examine any 928, however, and you will soon see that this is old-school German engineering at its complex and extravagant best, eclipsing the standards of the 993 – and perhaps even those of older Mercedes-Benz cars, themselves famously over-engineered.