Forty-five years ago, the 928 was launched to mixed reception. For starters, purists hated the water-cooled V8 mounted up front rather than over the rear.
Today, when we talk about the first modern supercar, the model that springs to mind is the Ferrari F40. However, most of us seem to forget that a year earlier Porsche introduced the epic 959, a vehicle that could not only go head-to-head with the fabled prancing horse in terms of performance but was also way ahead of it when it came to technical innovations.