Porsche 924

I’ve often heard it said that there’s nothing more expensive than a cheap Porsche.  This is probably true for air-cooled Porsches.  The 914s had a tendency to rust horribly on the frames, necessitating an expensive, time consuming fix.  All air-cooled 911s have ludicrous engine rebuild costs — and rarely make it much past 100k without needing one. But the water-cooled Porsches are a different story (I hope!).  The 924 (other than the turbo model) is simplicity itself.  With its plebeian Audi 4

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A 1981 Porsche 924 Turbo driven by Leonard Kruger was added to the DragTimes.com drag racing database running a 12.900 @ 109.000 MPH.

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Porsche 924 Turbo runs 12.900 @ 109.000 MPH in the 1/4 mile

It has ruled out any chance of a four-pot price-fighter to cut the entry price for the Porsche family, despite recent rumours from Europe.Any talk of the next-generation Boxster in 2012 taking on a turbocharged four in the tail was strongly denied by Porsche’s executive vice-president for research and development, Wolfgang Durheimer.In China to help launch the luxury four-seater Panamera, Durheimer says Porsche is chasing better fuel economy and lighter weight across all its models but a four-cy

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Porsche Boxster shuns four cylinders