Porsche Enthusiasts Club Forum

One of my (older!) colleagues has just dug out a copy of Road & Track from 1978. There are some fascinating comments in it. Lots on down-sizing and efficiency improvements, a piece about how new turbo diesel units dispell any notions of diesels being slow and unresponsive, but it was the following passage that caught my eye:

"Porsche is known to be evaluating several different versions of a turbocharged 924 - a large turbo 170bhp variant and a 150bhp model with a smaller turbo. It's thought the turbocharged 924 may take over from the 911 series once it's introduced."

Didn't quite get that one right then...

Oops! Computer engineers at the time probably also thought that 320K of memory should be enough for anybody.

I believe development of the 944 turbo was restricted to keep it slower than the 911. A beautifully flawed design!

The 924/944 were originally intended to replace the 911 entirely....