when did the S2 go out of production?

[Alpine]

does anyone know the answer to this ?

i read somewhere that it was February 1992. However mine is a June '92 (J plate) and i've seen someone on the forum who has a k reg (so must be post 1st august '92)

if it was february, maybe mine was one that was hanging around the dealer that they couldn't sell []

 

[Fen]

I don't remember, but I'd have thought earlier than that. The very last were made by Porsche at Zuffenhausen whereas the others (even my '92 J Cab) were built by Audi at Nekarsulm. There is an N or a Z in the chassis number so you can tell.

The last of them did hang around for a while. The 968 was announced / launched in late '93 and it was difficult to shift the last S2's. Even the 968 hardly sold well. Times were hard back then.

 

[ScottishSpyder]

I seem to remember that the OPC's were discounting the last 944's to sub 30K when they had 968's on the showroom floor. There was also a small run of late models with 243BHP engines.

 

[2alexcoo]

I'm pretty sure the last S2s rolled off the line in summer 1991. 968 production started after the works holiday in 1991 as a 1992 model, although it wasn't launched in the UK until about May 1992.

You can tell the model year from the 10th digit of the VIN (L=1990, M=1991 etc). Also as Fen pointed out the last cars were built at Zuffenhausen - the 11th digit will be an S rather than an N if this is the case.

Porsches of all kinds were very slow sellers back then so I wouldn't be surprised if a car sat around unsold for a year. My first 968 sat in a dealership unsold for at least six months when it was new.

 

[chrisr]

Yep common practice when a model is to be run out - my car is on a K Plate registered 20/09/92 and Im sure hung around for a while before being registered.