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Porsche 968 & Club Sport Review

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Porsche 968 & Club Sport Review

The ultimate evolution of the 924, the 968 was too little too late at the time. Now, however, it’s a great front-engined buy

At the time the 968 was a case of too little too late. Now, however, it’s revered as one of the best handling Porsches ever devised, although that is to perhaps do a bit of a disservice to the 944 and even the 924 on which the 968 is based. Indeed scratch the surface of the 968 and its evolution can be traced back to the Porsche/VW 924 project of the mid ’70s. That’s longevity for you.

Porsche 968 Club Sport rear view

Porsche 968 Club Sport rear view

‘Too little too late?’ Well, the 968 was introduced in the early ’90s when Porsche was a bit broke. The 944 was nearly 10 years old and sales were collapsing and it was rather expensive compared to the competition. Truth was the 944 was still a good car, but it was ripe for replacement and in an ideal world that replacement would have been an entirely new, front-engined machine. That, though, was never going to happen so Porsche had no choice but to heavily facelift what it had. New front and rear polyurethane aprons, flush pop-up headlamps, new rear lights, side aprons and aero wing mirrors freshened up the looks, while under the bonnet the 944’s 3-litre, 16-valve, four-cylinder engine was re-worked with a variable valve timing system (Varioram) to produce 240bhp. This was mated to a six-speed gearbox that, of course, was part of the rear mounted transaxle, which with the front-engined layout gives the 924/944/968 family its 50/50 balance.

Porsche 968 Club Sport engine

Porsche 968 Club Sport engine

It was a pretty effective makeover, with Porsche even claiming that it was 83% new. However, it didn’t help that the 968 was launched right into the teeth of the early ’90s recession and no one really bought the whole ‘it’s a new car’ thing, least of all the press. On top of all that at around $58,800 (minus any meaningful extras) it was pricey too, and within three years it was dead and Porsche was plotting a revival under the leadership of Wendelin Wiedeking, the Boxster and the water-cooled generation of 911s.

The 968 stalled with just 11,245 cars having been built, making it something of rarity and, while circumstances conspired against it, it has very much stood the test of time, unlike its various - mainly Japanese - rivals.

Porsche 968 Club Sport side view

Porsche 968 Club Sport side view

The 968 came in various guises including the stripped out Club Sport (as seen here), which has something of a cult following and comes with fixed back buckets and minus rear seats and even the rear wiper. Some have manual window winders, too. Suspension was lowered and adjustable and dubbed MO30 (in keeping with all Porsche sports suspension options). A UK only version called the 968 Sport featured the MO30 set up, but without the weight saving interior. The was also a cabrio and a Tiptronic version, pus a Turbo S and RS version of which just 14 were built.

Porsche 968 Club Sport interior

Porsche 968 Club Sport interior

The 968 has been off the radar for a little while now and we reckon that can only change. It stands to reason that the Club Sport will be the 968 of choice in terms of values, but the Sport and standard models will be dragged along behind. The truth is the 968 is a simply sublime car to drive. The 50/50 handling bias is no myth, and even in lowered CS spec the suspension has a compliance that is missing from most modern Porsches. Add to that the meaty and fulsome steering, an engine that is quite unlike anything else in its mix of torque and revs, plus a chunky six-speed gearbox and you have one of the best ever driving Porsches - seriously.

Porsche 968 Club Sport back view

Porsche 968 Club Sport back view

Don’t take it just from us. I well remember interviewing a very prominent Lotus chassis engineer, responsible for the brilliant Elise. His favourite handling car of all time? Yup, the Porsche 968. So the next big thing? Well, they’re only going one way: up!

Technical Specification

·         Model: Porsche 968

·         Engine: 3.0-litre straight four

·         Power: 240bhp @ 6200rpm

·         Torque: 225lb ft @ 4100rpm

·         Transmission: 6-speed manual or 4-speed tiptronic

·         Brakes: 298mm ventilated discs front; 299mm rear

·         Tyres front: 205/55zr16 rear: 225/50zr16

·         Economy: 30mpg (combined)

·         Top speed: 157mph

·         0-62mph: 6.5 secs

 

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