35 years ago, on October 21, 1976, Porsche engineers presented the concept of a new sports car with the front engine. Porsche 928 took place at the Geneva Motor Show on March 17, 1977. However, the car was ready to be used before-the 1973 energy crisis. The x-rays show an unusual layout of transaxle with the location of the gearbox in the general node with the main transmission. This was done to compensate for the transfer of the huge V8 engine. The back independent suspension with the close effect was named after the village where the PorscheThis scientific research center is located. The wooden model of the future car became a sort of gift for the birthday of the CEO of the Porsche board of Doctor of Engineering Ernst Furmann. Porsche is not known as an engineering company. At the head of every project there was always a design intent, not a marketer. Incidentally, the extent to which the company has carried itself out through a storm of economic crisis proves that such an approach has the right to life, along with other, more greedy. In addition, Porsche AG (acquired only in March 1972) is considered a family business. I have to say, in a big Porsche family to Dr. Furman, a special relationship has developed. He's from Vienna, that's Porsche's countryman. The status is Doctor of Engineering (dissertation on the subject of changes in the phases of gas distribution, 1950)-from Furmann is no lower than that of Porsche. Dr. Ernst Furmann (21. 10. 1918-6. 2. from November 1976 to December 1980, he served as Chairman of the Board of Porsche AGFurmann came to Porsche in 1947 and together with legendary designer, Eberan von Eberhorst, designed the racing car Citaliaa. In 1956, Dr. Furmann left, Ferdinand Porsche, Jr., had projects with the Americans and took over the post of Klaus von Rücker, with experience working at Studebaker. Was there a grudge? Anyway, Ferdinand Porsche couldn't do without Furmann's head. And in 1971 Porsche persuaded him to return, and soon entrusted him with a responsible position as chairman of the joint-stock company. This was a timely arrival-the automotive industry was waiting for major changes. Furmann immediately covered up a couple of unpromising projects. And the main constructor, Helmut Bott, was given the task of developing a replacement for the 911 Porsche. From the height of those years, 911 was a dead end, an archaic car!Porsche 928 S 1980. The picture shows the design of the designer, Wolfgang Möbius and his leader, Lapina-because of the beveled rear wing, the car looks smaller than it actually is. The wings, the hood, the doors were aluminum, and the gas tank was made of the "Loupollen" polymer, which reduced the mass of the car in the United States, the wave of car safety raised by Ralph Nader's book "is not safe at any speed". Those who happen to ride in the early 911 x know how demanding this model is in border driving regimes. The Chevrolet Corvair, chosen by Nader to attack, was very similar to the Porsche-911 build, which caused ungood associations from customers. Opel Admiral B (1969-1977). ). The first polygonal test was the second prototype of the Porsche 928. For the first "mule", the more appropriate Mercedes-Benz 350SLmoreover, the 911 Scheme did not allow it to develop. Set the 8-cylinder engine, for example. Hence the decision to replace. And replace the car with a V8 engine in front and rear wheel drive. The gas tank is located in a safe area. Porsche 924 was created as a project of E425 for Volkswagen. The vehicle was equipped with a four-cylinder 2-litre engine of the E831 project, which was subsequently used on a number of Volkswagen cars, up to the "bull" LT28. In addition, the Porsche 924 was equipped with a 2-litre "quartet", which was in the LT31 light truck. A number of decisions, such as the transan assembly, have been ported to "924" with Porsche 928. The new car was produced by Volkswagen, the former NSU plant in the former NSU plant in the former Volkswagen plant, with Wolfgang Gorizen, the leading designer, Wolfgang Abe, designer-designer-Anatoly Lapin. Anatoliy Fyodorovitch recalls that already written the body of the body, suddenly remembered about the hydrotransport transformer of automatic transmission. Before Porsche, the company did not make machines with the "machine" (for itself) and had been forgotten about it! There was no "vanedler" in dense build. And the ready-made project began to spread out. There was nothing to be done about it. And then a brilliant idea was born: cut corners of the body, rather than shrink the size of the car. Still, a man can see it only from one point. The car is a future Porsche 928, an entire 178 \   mm longer than the then-911, and it is unsuitable for a wide range of 1836 mm. The author of the Porsche 924 design was the Dutchman Harm Laagay, who became the next chief designer of PorscheNeosporimo after Lapin, that in this case the design followed the Porsche function, repeat, engineering company. At its research center in Weiszah, there were 43 designers for 43 designers!In Weishah, in one of the rainy autumn days of 1973, a non-painted plasticine mock-up of the first non-motorized sports Porsche rolled out into the parking lot. On 19 November 1973, a group of responsible representatives of Porsche AG (Ferdinand Porsche Jr., Dorothea Porsche, Ernst Furmann, Hernst Furmann, Helmut Bott, Anatoly Leping, et al.) raised a glass of champagne for the final appearance of Porsche 928. Porsche team of Porsche 968 is the third non-motorized model of the Porsche. Photograph from Anatoly Lapin's personal archive. There is no Lapin here, because he took photographs of the Arab-Israeli war on October 3, 1973, and oil prices soared. Under these conditions, the car with a 4.5 litre V8 under the hood was suicidal. At this time Porsche was in the parallel project of the E4425 sports car for Volkswagen. Because of the energy crisis, Volkswagen has abandoned the project. And Porsche decided to release it under his brand, and it was technologically easy to do it. In particular, the four-cylinder of the EA425 was unified with a Porsche 928 engine. The V8 engine was essentially composed of two such three-cylinder "halves". So in November 1975, Porsche introduced its first non-motorized car, which was supposed to be the second. At the link, you will be able to read the complete archive of the RP from 1928 to 2011. Porsche 928 took place at the Geneva Motor Show on March 17, 1977. However, the car was ready to be used before-the 1973 energy crisis. The x-rays show an unusual layout of transaxle with the location of the gearbox in the general node with the main transmission. This was done to compensate for the transfer of the huge V8 engine. The back independent suspension with the close effect was named after the village where the PorscheDoctor Ernst Furmann (21) is located. 10. 1918-6. 2. from November 1976 to December 1980 held the position of Chairman of the Board of Porsche AGPorsche 928 S 1980. The picture shows the design of the designer, Wolfgang Möbius and his leader, Lapina-because of the beveled rear wing, the car looks smaller than it actually is. The wings, the hood, the doors were aluminum, and the gas tank was made of polymer "Lupollen", which reduced the mass of the machinypel Admiral B (1969-1977). ). The first polygonal test was the second prototype of the Porsche 928. For the first "mule", a more similar Mercedes-Benz 350SLPorsche 924 was created as a project of E425 for Volkswagen. The vehicle was equipped with a four-cylinder 2-litre engine of the E831 project, which was subsequently used on a number of Volkswagen cars, up to the "bull" LT28. In addition, the Porsche 924 was equipped with a 2-litre "quartet", which was in the LT31 light truck. A number of decisions, such as the transan assembly, have been ported to "924" with Porsche 928. Porsche 924 was released from a Volkswagen former NSU plant in Porsche 924. Photograph from Anatoly Lapin's personal archive. Lapin's not here because he was photographing.