924srr27l

A star is born..........




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Noahs944

Is that ever cool!

924srr27l

Yes I thought it was a cute article, in good old "Road & Track" magazine 40 years ago when I was aged 6! and although my passion then was F1 Racing car's ! who'd of thought 40 years later i'd of owned 9 front Eng. transaxles and learnt so much about them...(5 x 944's, 2 x 924's, 1x 968 & 1x 928)

The Description bottom right is interesting on the 911 comparison Dimensions.

I think it was the Dutch guy Harm Lagaay? that penned the 924 design?

I wonder if any comparison was made to the 911 at the time, the 924 roofline was lower, the car wider and had a longer wheelbase, also 2" Wider front v rear track.

It's been only recent models that the 911 wheelbase went longer, all the way up to 2012 (GEN 2 997) it was 2350mm, only the current 991 is 2450mm although it's wheelbase changes with electromechanical actuators which shorten it below 31mph and lengthen it over 50mph!

I often wondered if the 968 replacement the first Gen 986 Boxster's wheelbase was exactly the same as the 924 944 & 968 (2400mm) for a good reason?

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thomasmryan

The 914s also have a 2450 wheelbase.

924srr27l

Ok. that was also a VW combined effort I think ?

So a design in the 1960's is the same as the current model 911 (991), but
the only car to follow the 2400mm sizing as the 24/44/68 is the Boxster 986.

Even the 4WD 959 was shorter at (2272mm)

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