Porsche’s identity is built on precision, performance, and the relentless pursuit of driving perfection — so the last thing you’d expect from Stuttgart is a budget economy car aimed at first-time buyers in a developing market. Yet that’s exactly what the company attempted in the mid-1990s, when it quietly engineered a compact family sedan called the C88, designed exclusively for China. It never made it to production, and most enthusiasts have never heard of it. That’s what makes it one of the most fascinating footnotes in Porsche’s long history — and worth revisiting today.
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