"Amazing! Tom Cruise's Legendary Porsche 928 with Manual Transmission Makes an Amazing Comeback!"

 S and it is rumored that Tom Cruise will be the protagonist on Sunday at the Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony … perhaps in a vehicle. At 62, he was a movie star… but his career took off much earlier, in 1983, with a film called Risky Business… in which I shared the spotlight with Rebecca De Mornay… and a Porsche 928. 

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In his next four decades as an actor, he became known for his action scenes, many of which involved driving. But at that time he had to get behind the wheel of the famous Porsche 928 Dorado with a manual transmission... 

Tom Cruise didn't know how to drive a car with that transmission and it was the film's producer, Jon Avnet, who taught him the 'art'. At least that's what auction house Bonhams says, which will offer one of three Porsche 928s used in the filming of Risky Business. 

The car in question, chassis number 9289201213, is the one used in many of the driving scenes, including the pursuit of a Cadillac DeVille that ends with Cruise's famous line “Porsche…there is no substitute” which was later made into a slogan by the German brand.

What is most curious is that the figure who later became the main actor in Top Gun Are You Impossible, Born on the 4th of July and countless other box office films, had to learn to drive a manual transmission car with a Porsche 928, which at that time was still more exotic than the 911 and was more associated with business success. . 

Just like the character's father, Tom Cruise, who 'borrowed' his car for nighttime adventures. It's worth over a million dollars That's the history of the car. He was also quite curious because when he finished his work as part of a film shoot, no one really cared about the fate of the Porsche 928. 

Now it looks so special.Rysky Business was Cruise's first success… and the 928 was his first car to become famous. Bonhams

The vehicle passed through several hands until Lewis Johnsen, a fan of the film, set out to find it and managed to obtain it (the owner at the time did not know the vehicle's provenance) and restore it. 

In 2021, the film went up for auction – then it went to Barret Jackson and they paid almost two million dollars for it – and now it's reappearing in the luxurious setting of the Quail. Surprisingly, Bonhams estimates of the price it could achieve at auction range between $1.4 million and $1.8 million. 

However, that's well above the price this model paid three years ago. Come on who bought it and made it a 'risky business'.

Porsche 928: Tom Cruise's slow pace is what made the Porsche 928 famous. Other successful people also succumbed to his charm. 

So did Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, or more precisely in relation to cinema, director Stanley Kubrick. The restoration performed by Greg's Restorations left the car in perfect condition. Bonhams This model is, let's say, unique in Porsche history in that it came out of the brand's lineup. 

The front engine is combined with the gearbox and the differential on the rear axle They propose a very different driving style from the 911, but always with perfect weight distribution.

Aesthetically the car is very recognizable due to its retractable headlights inspired by the Lamborghini Miura, but its core DNA seeks to offer the GT qualities of the 911, with more space and comfort inside.

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