Spotted: the Porsche four-cylinder engine from the past

Posted on 28-06-2014 at 13:22 by MrBrown – 29 Comments”

Porsche comes within a short time, with viercilinders. Not a first for the brand, this 944 S2 cabrio has one too.

The Porsche 944 comes from the 80’s (1982-1991), and was in fact a heavily facelifted version of the 924. A budget model from a brand that is realized only with a 911 is not viable. The 924 and 944 cried quite a bit of resistance at lovers, because this was still a real Porsche? The engine is in the front and under the hood are only viercilinders to find.

The question of when it appears that a number of times to repeat. Because how often have we us after the 80’s not asked, or a Porsche a real Porsche? The Boxster was the wannabe-911, then we got a freaking SUV of the brand, later dared the Germans diesel engines to deliver and we got the Panamera, a Porsche sedan. At the beginning of this year was also the four-cylinder again announced.

The 924 and 944 were in that respect so real trendsetters. Despite the criticisms, the brand was the 944 a real success for Porsche, just as the critical-rated Porsches of now that also. On the spot, we see a 944 S2 cabriolet. A late-bloomer, because it took until 1989 before Porsche the roof of the 994 af dared to pick up. The predecessor of the Boxster was born.

The S2 Cabrio are just 5.640 pcs built. This imported black copy was spotted in Amsterdam. Under the hood of the S2 is a thick 3-liter four-cylinder 16-valve with 211 hp. The largest four-cylinder at that time in a production car was delivered and also with a fine performance. 0 to 100 km/h in 6,8 seconds, which is bizarrely fast for a four cylinder engine from the 80s.

The 944 is also a fun classic to still daily drive around. They are not very expensive to purchase and to use, fairly comfortable and also sporty. The spot of thomcarspotter check you on autojunk.nl.