Originally Posted by ZeRinger

The 924 was initially designed for Volkswagen. When they declined to use it Porsche decided to produce it. The 924 turbo was actually a decent little performer in it's day but it was really the fact that the 924 served as the seed for the 944 that saved the day. I had an '87 944 turbo for a while and it was simply fabulous. Great power, great handling and great fuel economy. I wish Porsche still made them today.