Dream Car Friday: The Porsche 944 - Classic Cars for Sale
The call of the Turbo is hard to ignore, but all engines in the 944 range are good. Porsche purists would scout out my address and force-feed me the contents of their gearbox if I were to state that the 944 and the Cayman shared something other than badge. To the casual observer, the 944 and Cayman hardly look alike and now you’re thinking I’m quite mad, and hold deep political conversations with my kettle. The 944 is an 80’s coupé completely of its time, while the Cayman is a boundary-pushing, sleek, modern road going rocket. Different engines. However, stick with me on this one, for besides the badge and the factory settings, the two share something many Porsches go through. 911-devoted purists claim the Cayman, no matter how dazzling its road manners are, has the engine in the "wrong place". Turn the clocks back 30 years, to when Duran Duran ruled the airwaves and rampant intolerance didn’t get you sacked, and you’ll find that the 944 suffered the same alienation. As with the Cayman today, the 944 was branded by Porsche cliques as an imitator, it wasn’t the ‘real thing’. A totally biased comment but many internet speculators and 911 owners believe it. Yet, thanks to the toffee-nosed snobbery of many, the 944 is far cheaper to purchase than the cosseted 911, with prices well under £1k. £750 will get you a pretty... Source: www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk
