Wheels Porsche 944: The Legend Lives On

November, 1982

Germany's Porsche has long been known for legendary sports cars. Fast, agile, unique, exciting. The rear-engined 356, Speedster, Carrera, 911 and 930 Turbo; the awesome turbocharged racers; the current front-engined V8 928. Well, not always. There have been a few duds. Take the Buglike rear-engined 912 or the nimble but unreliable midengined 914. The 924 was finely sculpted but, as a post-fuel-crisis economy sports car, rather mild-mannered. Scorned by purists as a parts-bin Porsche with an Audi...