Why The 928 Is The Most Underrated Porsche Of All Time – SlashGear

Autocar magazine said of the 928 in October 1978: “It is remarkable how well the car rides. The 928 combines performance, practicality and the safest of road manners to a degree unmatched by any other supercar. You could call the 928 a grown-up supercar.” And, while it might not have the kudos of James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 or Lt. Frank Bullitt’s Ford Mustang, the Porsche 928 is also a car to have graced the silver screen. An example appeared in 1983’s “Risky Business,” a movie in which it was driven by high school student Joel Goodsen, played by Tom Cruise.

Finished in platinum metallic with a cork interior, the 1979 Porsche 928 driven by Cruise was sold for $1,980,000 at auction in 2021. That price, as Hagerty points out, was about 47 times higher than a “best in the world” 928 would be expected to achieve, minus its movie star credentials. It is also claimed to be the very car in which Cruise learned to operate a manual transmission.

Today, prices range from $7,500 for an example described as being in “project” condition, to around $30,000 for a “mint” example and $89,000 for a 928 with just 16,000 miles on the clock. Expect to pay more than $400,000 for the ultra-rare 928 GTS from 1995, of which just 26 of the 2,900 examples produced came to the U.S. market with a manual gearbox. That variant has a 5.4-liter V8 producing 350 horsepower, uprated brakes, and unique wheels.