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While unfairly considered the red-headed stepchild of Porsche's sports car line, today's Nice Price or No Dice 924 sports both a turbo and the desirable M471 package. Let's see what we can unpack ...

Prices shown are the prices you can expect to pay for a 1980 Porsche 924 Turbo 2 Door Coupe across different levels of condition. Edit options.

In 1979, Porsche debuted the 924 Turbo, which used a KKK turbocharger to lift the 2-litre’s output to 168bhp, and distinguished it visually with a slotted nose, NACA duct in the bonnet and ...

The peeps at Volkswagen helped the sports car outfit develop the 914, a midship affair that was eventually succeeded by the front-engined 924 ... Turbo, renamed 944 Turbo S that year, Porsche ...

of torque from the Porsche-developed M31 engine. Not much later on, it was prated to 175 horsepower and 184 pound-feet (250 Nm) of torque. Merely 13,616 units of the 924 Turbo were delivered.

The 924 evolved into the 944, gaining a more pronounced whiff of Porsche-ness in the process, and it took the Turbo with it. Launched for 1986, the 944 Turbo used a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine ...

With an initial base price of $18,980, the 944 cost thousands less than the 924 Turbo it replaced, despite delivering equivalent performance and sporting a genuine Porsche engine rather than the ...