19 Facts About Porsche 924

Porsche 924 is a sports car produced by Audi in Neckarsulm, Germany, on behalf of Porsche from 1976 until 1988.

Porsche 924 made its public debut in November 1975 and a turbocharged version was introduced in 1978.

For Porsche 924, it was to be its entry-level sports car replacing the 914.

At the time, Volkswagen lacked a significant internal research and design division for developing sports cars; further, Porsche 924 had been doing the bulk of the company's development work anyway, per a deal that went back to the 1940s.

Porsche 924, which needed a model to replace the 914, made a deal with Volkswagen leadership to buy the design back.

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The Porsche 924 engine used Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection, producing 95 horsepower in North American trim.

Porsche 924 was sold in Japan at Mizwa Motors dealerships that specialize in North American and European vehicles, with left hand drive for its entire generation.

However, four-wheel disc brakes, five stud hubs and alloys from the Porsche 924 Turbo were available on the base Porsche 924 as an "S" package starting with the 1980 model year.

On release the Porsche 924 Turbo was met with high praise from the automotive community and journalists alike.

Porsche 924 engineers designed and equipped it with a revised crankcase, connecting rods, cylinder-head gasket, crankshaft and an all new aluminium-silicon alloy cylinder head.

Internally, Porsche called the 924 Turbo the "931", much like the 911 Carrera Turbo which had been known as "Type 930".

In North America, the Porsche 924 Turbo arrived in late 1979 for the 1980 model year.

Porsche 924 Turbo saw success in Motorsport, mainly in rally guise, preceding the introduction of the Porsche 924 Carrera GT.

In 1979, Porsche unveiled a concept version of the 924 at the Frankfurt Auto show wearing Carrera badges.

One year later, in 1980, Porsche released the 924 Carrera GT, making clear their intention to enter the 924 in competition.

In 1980, Porsche entered three 924 GTRs at the 24 hours of Le Mans, which went on to finish 6th, 12th and 13th overall.

Lastly, in 1981, Porsche entered one of two specially built 924 Carrera GTPs in which Porsche Motorsports introduced a new prototype highly modified 2.

Production of the Porsche 924 Turbo ceased in 1982 except for the Italian market which lasted until 1984.

The Porsche 924 Championship was started in 1992 by Jeff May who was championship coordinator until his death on 10 November 2003.