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Is the 928 coming back?

2012 Porsche 928 - Car News
Porsche to put out a new front-engine coupe in 2011. The upcoming four-door Panamera spawns a two-door GT
Car & Driver 11/01/06

by Tony Quiroga
Copyright (c) 2006 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. Copyright Hachette Filipacchi Magazines&044; Inc. Aug 2006

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The 928, Porsche's front-engine entry in the coupe GT market, never quite enjoyed the success of the signature sports car, the 911. Since Porsche stopped producing the 928 in 1995 after an 18-year run, the German automaker has gone without a front-engine coupe to compete with the likes of the BMW M6, Jaguar XKR, Aston-Martin DB9, and Mercedes CL-class. The 911, which remains much more the pure sports car than any of the coupes, has gradually moved farther upmarket and provides a sporting alternative to those cars, but it now appears that Porsche is developing a more direct competitor for the front-engine GTs, a coupe that sources suggest will be in showrooms by 2011. Porsche might even name it the 928.
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