Was Porsche the First??? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

porsche986spyder · 03-13-2007, 02:51 PM

I was just wondering if Porsche was the first car manufacturer to develop a spoiler that automatically rises up and down after a certain speed? Any one know for sure? AND, were they the first to make it into a production car for public sale. So, basically I'm excluding race type cars. Only production sold cars. Was the Boxster the first?

FrayAdjacent · 03-13-2007, 03:30 PM

I would think it was the 996/986... but a buddy tells me that the 94+ Mitsu 300GT had an automatic spoiler...

MNBoxster · 03-13-2007, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by FrayAdjacent

I would think it was the 996/986... but a buddy tells me that the 94+ Mitsu 300GT had an automatic spoiler...

Hi,

Actually, it came out on the '91 Mitsu 3000GT - activated at 90kph or about 56MPH...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

FrayAdjacent · 03-13-2007, 04:21 PM

And the 993 had an active spoiler... when was the 993 out? '91ish??

Grizzly · 03-13-2007, 04:35 PM

The speed sensitive wing was first seen on the '89 C2s and C4s.

prOk · 03-13-2007, 04:37 PM

The VW Corrado was out in 1988 and had such a feature.

MNBoxster · 03-13-2007, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by prOk

The VW Corrado was out in 1988 and had such a feature.

Hi,

Good Memory, I forgot about the Corrado (really a 3rd Gen Sirroco). They featured an active rear spoiler which automatically raised when the car reached 45MPH on U.S spec models and I think 65MPH on ROW models...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99