1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (951)

The architects of this wickedness will find no safe harbor in this world. We will chase our enemies to the furthest corners of this Earth. It must be war without quarter, pursuit without rest, victory without qualification. ~Rep. Tom Delay majority whip, US House of Representatives

The 944 Turbo S is the highest performance version of the 944 product line. The Turbo S was introduced in 1988 as a limited production run, built to the same specs as the "Turbo Cup" race car. 718 of these car entered the US. A total of 1635 were produced. The Turbo S is the fastest production 4 cylinder ever in 1988. I have yet to find a source that shows there has been a faster production car to date. In 1988 it was the fifth fastest, straight-line, production car, right behind the Ferrari Testarossa, Ferrari GTO, Lamborghini Countach and Porsche 928S 4. Pretty good company. When you head to the slalom or skidpad, these too will likely fall behind.

My Turbo S

1 of 51 in this color scheme. 67,000 original miles. See photos below.

Quotes

...the 944 Turbo which, on the author's list of Basic Human Needs, ranks right up there with food and Nicole Kidman. And people can get by without food if they have to. - Michael Stahl, Dash Hum

...Everybody knows the 944 Turbo is the easiest (Porsche) to drive fast and is therefore Porsche's fastest car. - Jochen Freund, Senior Project Manager, Porsche 944

...In Germany, I would pick the Turbo. No car can pass it, not even twelve-cylinder cars. - Jochen Freund, Senior Project Manager, Porsche 944

...The Turbo's interior is the same purposeful environment...It offers no distractions from the business at hand, which is driving hard and fast...the steering wheel is one of the nicest things this side of Daryl Hannah to put your hands on. - Tony Assenza, Car and Driver

...It's by far the strongest-performing four-cylinder car in the world, and only a few cars of any stripe can match or beat it's numbers...See? We told you the 944 Turbo S is a bargain. - Tony Assenza, Car and Driver

...The S stand for Super, which this car certainly is....the Turbo S out handles every production Porsche and all but a handful of other cars too! - Ron Perry, Road and Track

...The 944 Turbo S hangs on (slalom and skidpad) like a pit bull. It's 65.1-mph sprint through the cones and 0.89g loop around the 200-ft circle make it one of the fastest cars we've ever tested; certainly the best of the production Porsches. And there may be more where that came from because those adjustable Koni shocks can be used to fine-tune the cars' handling. - Ron Perry, Road and Track

The 944 Turbo sprints out of sight like the Holy Ghost in spiked Reeboks... - Larry Griffin, Car and Driver

Performance

Horsepower 247 - 250 bhp @ 6000 rpm