Porsche 924 (Germany, 1975-1988)

 

The Porsche 924 is a sports car that the company produced for over a decade, since 1976 until 1988. Porsche introduced the entry-level 924 model as the replacement for the 914.   The Porsche 924 was the German carmaker’s first production model to be given a water-cooled front engine, which stands for the exact opposite of Porsche’s tradition in engine type.

 

 

Porsche made the debut of the 924 model at a press conference that took place at the French harbour of La Grande Motte, in Camargue, in November 1975. The Porsche 924 was an extremely important model in the company’s history for it was the one that allowed for Porsche to escape imminent bankruptcy. Moreover, the 924 became so successful that it has since stood as one of the best-selling Porsche models.   The 924 started out as design commissioned to Porsche by its holding company Volkswagen as to eventually be sold as the mainstream Volkswagen sports coupe. However, Volkswagen would eventually give up on this project, while Porsche was in need of a new model to replace the ageing 914. As a result, an agreement was established between these two carmakers, in which Porsche bought back the designs and was given permission to use them to build a new Porsche car.   Between 1983 and 1986, the 924 was replaced in the markets by the newly introduced 944 model. Subsequently, the former started being sold as the Porsche 924S, from 1986 until the end of production, because it had adopted the 944’s engine as its own. The Porsche 924 was completely withdrawn from the company’s lineup in 1988.

 

 

Steel monocoque frame.   Platform
  Suspension Front McPherson struts with anti-roll bar and rear semi-trailing arms, torsion bars and anti-roll bar.   Steering Rack-and-pinion.   Brakes Front solid discs and rear drums. Four-wheel disc brakes were made available in 1980 for the "S" trim.