944 Production Numbers

The Porsche 944 is a sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 1982 until 1991. In total, 170,978 models were made across the range. Only 14,071, 944 S2 cars were made, so second-hand parts are hard to find. 

For the 1989 model, only 7,632 were made. Luckily, the S2 shares many parts with the 944 Turbo, which adds another 4k worth of cars to the second-hand parts bin. 

If you compare it to a popular hatch from the same period, production numbers are surprisingly low. The Golf Mk1 or Mk2 had over 6 million units made for each car model.

• Currently, 406 Porsche 944 S2 Cars are on the road in the UK.
• The number of Statutory Off the Road (SORN) Porsche 944 S2 cars in the UK was 644 in 2021/Q4

944 

Model Year	Production	World Markets	US	Notes
1982	3,921	3,921
1983	14,633*	9,127	5,490	20 Callaway 944 Turbo cars
1984	26,539	9,921	16,618
1985	23,720	17,553	6,167
1986	17,010	6,109	10,901
1987	10,689	2,343	8,346
1988	5,965	2,226	3,731	8 exported to Australia
1989	10,593	4,941	5,652	2.7 L Engine
Grand Total	113,070	56,141	56,921

944 Turbo (951/952)

Model Year	Production	World Markets	US	Notes
1985	178	178
1986	10,937*	3,424	7,513	12 S/SE Prototypes, 8 LHD (951), 4 RHD (952)
1987	4,955	1,546 + 88 Turbo CUP cars	3,210 + 11 Turbo CUP cars
1988	4,097 **	1,875 + 94 CUP	1,874 + 99 CUP	in addition, 126 SP Canadian market cars, 30 Australian Turbo CUP cars
1989	4,103	1,333	1,385	1,385 Canadian market cars
1990	1251	1107	144	44 Canadian market cars
1991	938 †	938
Grand Total	25,245	9,331	13,982	30 Australian market cars 1,511 Canadian market cars

* - Includes 12 Turbo S (951) / SE in UK (952), factory built prototypes of which 10 were exported to markets outside Germany.
** - Includes 1635 Turbo S
† - Includes 251 Turbo Cabriolet. A different source, Jerry Sloniger's article in the October 1991 issue of Excellence, indicates that the factory built 525, of which 255 were exported to markets outside Germany.

< >"CUP" designates a cup car which is a special edition race car.

944 S

Model Year	Production	World Markets	US	Notes
1987	5,224*	1,912	3,312	75 CS/Club Sport & Cup Cars
1988	7,562*	2,321	5,391	75 CS/Club Sport & Cup Cars
Special Editions	151	38	112	1 1985 "Studie" Cabriolet Prototype (Braun)
Grand Total	12,936	4,271	8,815

* - Includes CS - Club Sport's built for US, and ROW markets.

944 S2

Model Year	Production	World Markets	US	Notes
1989	7,632	4,941	2,691	51 Australian market cars
1990	3,321	2,872	449	71 Australian market cars
1991	3,118	2,608	510	6 Australian market cars
Grand Total	14,071	10,421	3,650

944 S2 Cabriolet

Model Year	Production	World Markets	US	Notes
1989	N/A	N/A	16	Vin numbers for 1989 US market begin WP0BA, 16 cars only.
1990	3,938	2,114	1,824	Vin numbers for 1990/1991 US market begin WP0CB.
1991	1,702	1,140	562	Last year of production.
Grand Total	5,656	3,254	2,402