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Transaxle Porsches: The Definitive Timeline

Half a century ago… Porsche engineers embraced the idea of balance more than 50 years ago while developing a new sports car layout at the Weissach Development Centre. Their transaxle design—placing the engine up front and the transmission at the rear—created near-perfect weight distribution. The concept debuted in the Porsche...

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The Front-Engine Gamble: Porsche’s Transaxle Revolution from 1976 to 1995

Porsche transaxle models exhibited at Porsche Museum

Porsche. Rear-engined. Air-cooled. A formula etched into Zuffenhausen’s concrete since the 356. And then 1976 happened. Out rolled the 924 with its motor up front and gearbox out back, and the Porsche faithful briefly considered the faint smell of betrayal in the air. Nearly two decades later, the grand experiment...

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The Porsche That Almost Became a Volkswagen

Three-quarter front view of a blue Porsche 924

When it came out, the Porsche 924 became a world-beater right away. Nowadays, it’s often regarded as a milestone in Porsche’s history. But this nameplate’s origins could have taken it down a very different road. Before it became the sleek, high-performance sports car we know today, the 924 almost emerged...

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Porsche 924 Turbo Targa Prototype

The invention of the Targa body style and the introduction of the turbocharger for production cars are two key moments in the history of Porsche. Yet a combination of the two only came about in the G-Series 911 Turbo Targa – there was never a Targa version of the transaxle...

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Carrera 924 – A Flawed Excellence

We have partnered with Sports Car Digest to bring amazing Porsche content from the SCD archives to Stuttcars. This piece was originally published on February 2, 2015 and is here for Stuttcars members to enjoy! The first efforts with the 924 rally car involved a non-turbo version, the Monte Carlo...

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The Porsche Transaxle Family

1976 Porsche 924 Coupé It is a fact that most of us with an interest in roadgoing or race cars, will have a favourite model that holds a special place in our memory for some reason. That reason might be something significant that happened in your life where a certain...

Transaxle Porsches: The Definitive Timeline

The Front-Engine Gamble: Porsche’s Transaxle Revolution from 1976 to 1995

The Porsche That Almost Became a Volkswagen

Porsche 924 Turbo Targa Prototype

Carrera 924 – A Flawed Excellence

The Porsche Transaxle Family

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