THE LAND SHARK

or those new to the world of Porsche, or those who haven’t taken much interest in the manufacturer’s output outside the 911, the following sentence may generate a gasp of surprise: the 928 was the first ‘clean sheet’ Porsche production car. Wait a minute! What about the 356? An evolution of the Beetle. The 911? An evolution of the 911. Aha! The 914! A joint venture between Volkswagen and Porsche. And before you namecheck the 924, the 928’s conceptual design preceded the four-cylinder car by some margin, the pause button pressed on development when the 1973 global oil crisis caused, the 924 started life as an abandoned Volkswagen project.