News Culture For Sale Texas Porsche Dealership Asking $925,000 for 1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GTR The homologation special is just 1 of 17, though. Jonathon Klein Oct 18, 2019 2:06 PM EDT ...

Porsche has just completed restoration of a 924 Carrera GTS rally car. The project was a surprise for the 74th birthday of rally driver Walter Röhrl.

The 924 GTR was capable of doing 180mph, thanks to the 375hp of the 2.0-liter engine and a 930kg (2050lbs) weight figure. Magnus Walker is a well-known figure in the Porsche community.

With the Turbo serving as the Carrera GT’s base, Porsche dialled the VW-sourced inline-four up to 210hp thanks to forged pistons, an intercooler mounted to the top of the engine, a higher ...

Röhrl’s car is based on the 924 Carrera GTS homologation special, 50 of which were built for Group 4 racing. In addition, Porsche made nine prototypes, of which Röhrl’s car was the fifth.

The MSRP for this car was $20,875, or about $85,615 in 2025 dollars. The ordinary 924 listed at $16,770 ($68,779 after inflation). The cost of admission to new-Porsche ownership has never been ...

This 1980 924 Turbo piles on those goodies with Martini Racing stripes and the rare and desirable M471 performance package. That includes a slightly wider track, up-rated sway bars plus revised ...

Originally intended to be sold as a Volkswagen and packed full of Audi hardware, many Porsche zealots scorned the 924 (just as they had scored the 914), but it sold well.

Because the 924 was so affordable, it sold great. (Certainly by Porsche standards, with well over 100,000 cars built.) All sounds good, right? For a moment, it was very good.

Fade to present-day August 2007, the 34th Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca. By this time, 924-003 had been repaired and moved back east, where it lived among a collection of Porsche auspuffers.