Reimagined by Nardone Automotive, this carbon-fiber coupe skillfully remixes some nostalgic design elements.
- Nardone Automotive reveals Porsche 928 restomod prototype at Milan Design week, featuring a carbon-fiber skin and a revised interior.
- The coupe features a number of updated systems, including upgraded brakes and a V8 tuned to 400 hp with a modern ECU.
- Nardone will display this 928 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed later this month, ahead of first customer deliveries in 2024.
Had there been a Porsche 928 in Ghost in the Shell, it would have probably looked like this. Stuttgart’s V8 coupe has received a cyberpunk update, remixing the ’80s styling with a techno theme that demands a neon-lit background to fully appreciate its lines.
Nardone Automotive is behind this 928, now clothed in carbon fiber, which is easily one of the most compelling restomods of this type in recent memory. And it’s unlikely to leave Porsche purists without strong feelings in either direction.
“The 928, since its debut in 1978, has always been an unconventional car, completely different from all the others: there was no similar model in the Porsche range before and, after winning the Car of the Year title, it remained part of their model range for 17 years, selling a total of over 60,000 units,” the company says. “Until now it has never been succeeded—bit of a shame, wouldn’t you agree?”
All the body panels have been swapped out for subtly different ones.
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This 928 technomod is visually wider and lower than the original, but manages to preserve the overall design direction of the original to perhaps go unnoticed in traffic by those who aren’t into the marque. That’s how subtle the changes are. But those familiar with the 928 and all of its variants will notice that all the body panels are different, as are some stylistic decisions, but not to the point that one could say the design is not Porsche. It’s as if the automaker had gone back in time and tweaked some things—that’s how close to the spirit of the original 928 the Nardone version lands.
If the exterior embraces the decade of the 1980s far more than the original 928 ever did, the interior is ready to be featured in a sci-fi film. The familiar elements are still there, but just about everything has been smoothed out and bathed in the same light mocha colors as the exterior. Trimmed in Foglizzo leather and Alcantara microsuede, the interior features an upgraded center stack that incorporates Porsche Classic Management system (PCCM), offering Apple CarPlay along with a modern hi-fi system.
When it comes to power this 928 sticks to the original formula, keeping a V8 with a modern ECU, now tuned to 400 hp, along with a six-speed manual transmission with a limited-slip differential. Beyond upgraded brakes and power steering, the car now has an active suspension as well, and sits on unique 18-inch forged wheels.
The interior has been updated in corresponding style.
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Nardone does plan to offer these to paying customers, so this won’t be just a one-off styling exercise. But we have a feeling this new carbon-fiber skin and everything else under it won’t be cheap.
This likely won’t be the last Porsche restomod we’ll see in the coming years, as nostalgia for the 1980s is hardly showing signs of waning, and is threatened to be displaced only by nostalgia for the 1990s.
For now, this 928 manages to hit a curious sweet spot of design, and will be sure to spark plenty of conversation. The 928 will be shown in a few days at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, with the first customer deliveries scheduled for 2024.
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