Porsche 928 S4

It is hard to believe now that by the late ‘60s Porsche were thinking that the 911 might have come to the end of its development potential. The future, they thought, was going to be in a large front-engined V8 with rear wheel drive, moving considerably up-market in the process.

The wondrous 928 arrived in 1978, complete with black and white chequered Op Art upholstery, and whilst it had the world talking, its escalating cost led to rather disappointing sales. By 1992, the engine had increased from 4.5 litres to 5.0 litres and was pumping out 316bhp, enough to give the car in automatic form a top speed of 162 and a 0 – 60 time of 6.2 seconds. 

This 1992 S4 example has had three previous owners and has covered 169,900 miles. It has 11 services in the book to 2004 (152,000 miles) and at 164,000 miles had its cambelt replaced.  Described by the vendor as driving well, it is MOTd until July 2013.