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 ...

The M31 engine of the 924 Turbo was updated with an air-to-air intercooler and a larger turbine for the KKK turbocharger, upping the output to 207 ponies and 207 pound-feet (280 Nm).

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.

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.

While the 924 Turbo was in the development phase, another idea was beginning to hatch at Porsche: a Targa version. While a removable roof panel had been a feature of the 924 since the model was ...

The 924 Turbo also gets the five-speed transmission that is standard on all 1979 924s. Final­ly, the Turbo driveline is beefed up in all the necessary places to withstand the greater torque of ...

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.

Check out this modified ’78 Porsche 924, which was used to road rally from Germany to Norway’s North Cape and back in 16 days.