Appendix - 'Advertisements Archive' Category

• "Before we start production on a car, it's already finished" – North American 944 Turbo Advertisement

  The following 1986 print advertisement helped to articulate the relationship between the successful 924 GTP Le Mans (referred to as 944 GTP) and the 944 Turbo, which shared many components with the Le Mans racer. The article also helps to illustrates the fact that the GTP (and the production 944 series based off of it) [...]

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• "What it takes to turbocharge a Porshce, including the turbocharger" – North American 944 Turbo Advertisement

  The following 1986 print advertisement helped outline the differences between the Porsche 944 Turbo and its normally aspirated counterparts, making note of all the changes that the company deemed necessary for the car to be badged as a Porsche. The print advertisement shows a cross-section style photograph of some of the new components of the [...]

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• "For Lunch" – North American 944 Turbo Advertisement

  The following is an advertisement by Porsche for the 1989 944 Turbo, featuring a red Turbo drifting across the screen, accompanied by a classical rendition of Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix. The narrator comments: “For lunch, the Porsche 944 Turbo generally prefers Ferraris, although it has been known occasionally to snack on Corvettes.” The commercial [...]

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