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This statement suggests the 911 is inferior in handling.
It is. Porsche recognized the pronlems inherent in the 911 and the 928 was designed to fix all of them, as it was supposed to replace the 911 at some point.

A 928 is heavier, which is where most people feel the loss of "nimbleness". It has a better weight distribution, a higher polar moment of inertia and a rear suspension that was designed to reduce the tail happy nature of sports cars up to that point. The reality is, a well-driven 928 can make a 911 driver work really hard to keep up. This is especially true of the early, 4-cam 5 speed cars, or an early '80's ROW S version. The average Porsche driver could probably go faster in a 928 than a 911 before he put it in the weeds.

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Is that electrical panel any more complicated than any typical modern 90s car?
No, not really. Some of the cars in the late 80's were also just as complicated.

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