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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet - with more propulsion in the sun

Name: Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet 1991
Brand: Porsche

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Created on September 28, 2024

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Bruno von Rotz

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David Künzler für Porsche Schweiz

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - of course you don't stand a chance against "instant torque" giants like the Taycan in the background

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - demands revs if you want to move forward quickly

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - relaxed on the road

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - good brakes and ABS are a matter of course

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - fun even without the sun

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - hardly less fast as a convertible than the Coupé

Bild von Partner Porsche AMAG Mai Foto-Galerie 2026

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - for beautiful tours

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - in motion, with roof up

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - willing to corner and safe to drive

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - loves winding bends

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - typical child of the folding headlight era

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - the roof came from the American Sunroof Company

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - Steering wheel still without airbag

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - easy-to-read instruments with boost pressure indicator

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - crisp-shifting five-speed gearbox

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - exactly 100 hp per liter displacement

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Porsche 924 GTP (1981) - built for Le Mans 1981 - 410 hp and 300 km/h top speed

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Porsche 924 GTP (1981) - built for Le Mans in 1981, it anticipated essential elements of the 944

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1985) - studio shot from the front

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1985) - at full speed

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1985) - Studio shot from the side

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1986) - a successful sports car

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1985) - View through the car (see-through drawing)

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1985) - Interior of the fast version

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1985) - world premiere - the five-speed gearbox is blocked at the rear with the differential - Geneva Motor Show 1985

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1985) - View into the engine compartment

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1986) - with folding headlights

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1986) - aerodynamic and powerful

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1986) - Driving in the rain

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1986) - Transparency drawing

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1987) - hardly any externally visible changes from year to year of construction

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1986) - View of the interior

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1986) - Advertising - a new dimension of pure driving pleasure

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Porsche 944 Turbo (1986) - 220 hp and with "half the engine" of the 928

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Porsche 944 S2 (1989) - 1989 model program with 944, 944 S2 and Turbo

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Porsche 944 Turbo S (1988) - the look was later also adopted for the "normal" model

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Porsche 944 Turbo Coupé (1989) - powerful

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Porsche 944 S2 Cabrio (1989) - Advertising poster

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Porsche 944 S2 Cabriolet (1986) - with closed top

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Porsche 944 S2 Cabriolet (1986) - with open top

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Porsche 944 S2 Cabriolet (1990) - Advertising - ... matching sky in various shades of blue

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabrio (1991) - elegant open-top driving

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Porsche 944 S2 Cabriolet (1990) - the first four-cylinder Porsche convertible since the 356

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - on the Porsche stand (Retro Classics Stuttgart 2018)

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Porsche 968 Cabriolet (1992) - successor to the 944 S2 Cabriolet

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Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - verlangt nach Drehzahlen, wenn man schnell vorwärtskommen will

Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - entspannt unterwegs

Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - gute Bremsen und ABS sind selbstverständlich

Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - macht selbst ohne Sonne offen Freude

Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - als Cabriolet kaum weniger schnell als das Coupé

Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet (1991) - für schöne Touren

Summary

If you wanted to buy a Porsche 944 Turbo as a convertible, you had to wait until the last year of production. That's why the open-top 944 Turbo remained rare and still is today. With an output of 250 hp and a weight of only around 1.4 tons, it is not short on charm, as this driving report with current and historical photo material shows.

This article contains the following chapters

Vanguard at Le Mans
Presentation in 1985
Continuous further development
The best car
No turbocharged convertible for the time being
Finally, a convertible version
Only 528 units built
Sunbathing with thrust

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Just over 500 Cabriolet versions of the Porsche 944 Turbo were just a hot drop in the ocean compared to around 23,000 coupés produced. But there were a few reasons why it couldn't have been more. One could have guessed back in 1981 that a Porsche 944 Turbo would one day be built, but the Porsche 944 with a 2.5-liter naturally aspirated engine, which was practically a halved 928 unit, was still in the starting blocks. And that is why the racing car that competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans was still called the 924 GTP and not the 944 GTP. Under the hood, however, it already had the newly developed 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with fully electronic Bosch fuel injection and turbocharger.

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