Porsche 924

Here is what I know about the genesis of the 924, and hopefully I am remembering it correctly. … Audi and VW commissioned Porsche in the 1970’s to design a modestly-priced sports coupe that they could sell with their badges on it….The 924 was noteworthy for two reasons for Porsche….For a period of time in the mid 80’s Porsche stopped selling 924’s in the US altogether

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a brief 924 history/timeline

Here are my all time best of Porsche: 356, 356 Abarth, RSK, 550 Spider, 904 GTS, Carrera 6, 911 Carrera RS. … And with a bit more distance 924 Carrera GT and 993….The Porsche Boxter, showed as a prototype 1993 in Detroit, was the next attempt after the 914 and the 924 to add a line of cars below the 911….With the Porsche 924 Porsche tried again to do a low cost model and diverged from the old style engine in the back approach….

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Why is Porsche car design so unbalanced?

. Porsche finally got away from the numbers and broke out of the “C’s ”.

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- Porsche Panemera

Ferdinand Porsche played a crucial role in the development of aeroplanes and racing autos, and the construction of tanks for the Wehrmacht.  He’s a car engineer with over a thousand patents to his name.  He was appointed chief engineer at Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart in the 1920s.  Later on , he set up his own engineering workshop and designed among others the Volkswagen.  At the plant where Volkswagen was made, Wolfsburg, he was boss of operations and at the end of the war he was interned by the

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POrsche makes new developments

Ferdinand Porsche was an automobile engineer with more than a thousand patents to his name, and played an important role in the development of airplanes and the construction of tanks for the Wehrmacht as well. In the 1920s he was appointed chief engineer at Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart and later set up his own engineering workshop. There he designed, among other things, the Volkswagen.

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A Brief History Of Porsche

“La nostalgia nel design dell’automobile”, di Aldo Cerri

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“La nostalgia nel design dell’automobile”, di Aldo Cerri

Il museo Porsche celebra il centenario dalla nascita di “F erry” Porsche…

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Design: Citroën Eclipse Concept, di Vladislav Domanin

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics: il design [ 42 im

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BMW Vision EfficientDynamics: il design

Pontiac Sunbird SE/GT 1986-1993 Porsche 911 ‘Slantnose’, 1985-1989, ‘Flatnose’, 1994 Porsche 914, 1969-1976 Porsche 924, 1976-1988 Porsche 928, 1978-1995…

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Hidden headlamps

During the 1970`s and 1980`s, the designers attempts to distance Porsche from its legendary design brought the company to the edge of disaster. … The more modern 924 model, “a people’s Porsche”, developed with Volkswagen, as well as the 928 were far from fulfilling the expectations….

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The History Of The Porsche