Porsche 924

The 924 was the first front engined water-cooled engine Porsche ever made and designed to the low-cost market to replace the 914. The 924's life started as a VW, its powerplant and gearbox came from Audi. The 924's 2L fuel-injected engine came from Audi's 100 saloon.

Porsche was designing its own front engined model, the 928, at this point, but it appeared after the 924 in 1977. The coupé was designed by Porsche's Harm Lagaay. When the 924 was completed, Volkswagen was wrestling with the first defecit in its history, because the sales of the aging Beetle were faltering.

At this point Porsche bought back its design from VW for 100 million DM(100 million US dollars).When the 924 was released in late 1975, it came an instant success and became the best-selling Porsche of its day.

The 924 dissapeared from the US market for six years when the 944 was released, but it re-appeared as a 924S model with some modifications. The biggest change was the engine, it came from 944. The interior was also completely redone and it was very similar to the later 944/968 fascia.