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[Khal]

Something of interest to me; How do you guys pronounce the model numbers for Porsches?

I've always pronounced 911 as "nine-eleven", as do all my Aussie friends. But my mate from New Zealand pronounces it "nine-one-one". Also, me and my mates have always pronounced the other models numbers singularly i.e. "nine-two-four", "nine-four-four", "nine-two-eight", "nine-six-eight", "nine-five-nine", etc... rather strange, considering our pronunciation of 911! Even weirder, now that I think about it, we always pronounce 914 as "nine-fourteen" (and its big brother the "nine-sixteen").

However, on occasions I have heard people pronounce the numbers like "nine-twenty-four" and "nine-forty-four", etc...

I wonder how Herr Doktor Porsche pronounced them? I believe Germans pronounce actual numbers, say 924, as "neun-hundert, vier-und-zwanzig" for example (which translates literally to "nine-hundred, four-and-twenty" I think). But what about Porsche "typ" numbers?

How do you guys pronounce them?
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'80 924 Turbo

[J1NX3D]

i say them like you do, cept with the obvious accent

i do say 9-1-4 tho
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'86 944

[Khal]

Cool, thanks JINX3D. But do you say "nine-one-one" instead of "nine-eleven" like my Kiwi mate? (By the way, my old man is a Kiwi. He was born/raised in Papatoe outside of Auckland. Then they lived in Torbay for a while. I've been to NZ a few times. Only the North Island, though. I worked on the Waikato pipeline out of Drury/Papakura for a couple of months in 2000. Beautiful country).
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'80 924 Turbo

[Neil924]

This has been partially covered.
For me:

911 - nine eleven
914 - nine fourteen
924 - nine twenty-four
928 - nine twenty-eight
931 - nine thirty-one
944 - nine forty-four
951 - nine fifty-one
964 - nine sixty-four

968 - nine six eight
993 - nine nine three
996 - nine nine six

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[Porschephile]

depends on how technical I want to sound. If I"m making myself out to be a Porsche genious to anyone, I'll say nine-two-four. but if I'm just talking casually, it's nine-twentyfour
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werd B.

[CBass]

I'm with Neil on this one, I always say it "twenty-four" or "thirty-one", with rare exceptions like "nine oh one" and "nine nine six".

Is this politically correct? I was talking with my neighbour who owns a 944, and I said "nine twenty-four" and he sorta gave me a funny look, and never once said 944 aloud
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'81 931 in various states of assembly

[5150]

had to think through the range, but yeah i fall into the group that say "nine-eleven" but "nine two four" "nine four four" nine one four" etc etc...

odd.

never really thought about it before....

now it's bugging me... i can't get it out of my mind... it's bugging my workmates aswell because i'm quizzing all of them
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Mars Red '78 Euro 924 n/a
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Graphite? Grey Metallic '85 (late model) 944 2.5

There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.

[Smoothie]

I hadn't really thought of it, but now that you mention, I mix it all up saying 924 as "nine two four", but 944 and 928 as "nine forty four" and "nine twenty eight". 911 is pronounced "frog-faced status symbol" or "flat-nose beetle" or just plain "why?".

Naw - just kidding. They carry the same badge as mine, so they can't be all bad. -And if I had one on my driveway I'm pretty sure I'd get used to looking at it.

ribbet...
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"..it's made in Germany. You know the Germans always make good stuff."


'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox

[Lizard]

I say all the same as neil except sometimes I say "nine Twenty four" and sometimes "nine two four", but I always say "nine forty four"

and I think most of us pronounce 986 "Boxster"
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3 928s,

[J1NX3D]

[J1NX3D]

[Vince Ponz]

My 24
my 44
my 31
my 11
his 356 or he has a 928

short and sweet and everyone understands.
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"Never let them see you sweat"
77.5 924 modified track car
79 931 Euro stock
88 924S SE
87 911 Targa stock

[OR_Sunset]

I am with Neil here on just about all of those... except that I say "nine twenty four" and "nine two four" about evenly. Same with 944.

Always "Nine eleven" though and always "Nine fourteen".

It really is a shame Porsche is making the argument obsolete... I mean, "Boxster" "Cayenne" "Carerra GT2-4" etc... Of course, when it comes to a car like the GT-4, if you own one I'd guess you could pronounce it any way you like.

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9.3:1 CR Pistons, Dual Webers, Stage 2 Cam.
4-1 Headers, DynoMax exhaust, Monza tips.
MSD 6AL Ignition, 944racing short shift kit.
Through hood cold air intake with scoop, K&N.
Silver/Blue.

[Magnus K]

In Swedish (my native language ) I think most swedes say "nio hundra elva" = "nine hundred eleven" 'coz it's easier...

But they would probably say "nio tjugo fyra"= "nine twenty four" and the same goes for the 944, 928 and 968 models...

Just my 2 cents... Or a really short intro into the Swedish language...

Regards
Magnus

PS
In English I would say "nine eleven", "nine twenty four", and so on. But then again, I'm not that fluent in English!
DS
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[Neil924]