Porsche built something different. It didn’t have a rear-mounted flat-six. It didn’t follow the company’s traditional formula ...

The Porsche 944 has an interference engine ... We covered a 300,000-mile Toyota Camry getting an engine rebuild and a Porsche 911 Turbo S with over 200,000 miles before that.

There are exceptions, of course, and Porsche ... 944 Turbo by ordering the individual items from the options sheet, they would cost you more than $9000, and you wouldn't get the high-output engine.