Porsche 924, 944 and 968: Books - History and Models

Porsche 924 - All models (1976-1988) - Essential Buyer's Guide

The Porsche 924 models were built from 1976 to 1988, and grew from relatively modest performance 2+2 coupes to fire breathing turbo rally and racing cars achieving success in many forms of motorsport. The models have many excellent points; however, as with any car that is 30 years old, there are also some negatives to be considered.
This balance is discussed, along with the reality of living with a 924, what to look for in any potential purchases.

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Porsche 944 - All models (1982-1991)

This is the complete guide to finding the best available example of the classic front-engined Porsche 944. Insight from real ownership experience is coupled with unparalleled technical knowledge, resulting in the first dedicated guidebook for potential buyers of the Porsche 944.

A comprehensive guide, including an inspection checklist that buyers can use when viewing a car, photos of key areas to check, and known issues for each model, and an overview of key specifications and potential upgrades.
Market and value data are also supplied to help give an idea of what a specific Porsche 944 is worth.

From whether a Porsche 944 is a suitable car for you, to the cost considerations to be taken into account when searching for and viewing a used model, the authors' aim to arm the prospective buyer with enough knowledge and insight to be able to view a used Porsche 944, and quickly assess its quality, before considering whether to make a purchase.
Take the first step towards finding your dream car, by reading this guide today.

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Porsche 924 (1975-1988) - Brooklands Portfolio

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Porsche 924 models from the years 1975-1988. Describes the Porsche 924 Carrera GT, Le Mans, Lux, 5-speed, 924S, Supercharged, Automatic and Turbo.

• The articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

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Porsche 944

This book is the definitive history of the Porsche 944, wiritten by an acknowledged expert.
Introduced to fill the gap between the 924 and 928 models, the 944 quickly became the fastest selling Porsche of all time. From drawing board, through Turbo, S and soft-top variants, here is the full story of the 944 up to its replacement by the 968 in 1991.
Affordable, durable and with excellent performance and handling, the 944 is now well established as a desirable and practical classic.

Features:
- The definitive history of the internationally popular Porsche 944 in all its forms from 1982 to 1991
- Once the fastest selling Porsche ever, the 944 has now become established as a useable & affordable classic
- Includes expert advice on buying & restoring
- Illustrations acquired with the full assistance of Porsche
- Brian Long is the author of well-respected Porsche 356, 914 & 924 histories (also published by Veloce)
- High quality artpaper production, heavily illustrated, colour throughout.

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Porsche 924, 928, 944, 968 - The Complete Story

The story of Porsche's front-engined, water-cooled transaxle cars, "Porsche 924, 928, 944, 968" contains interviews with several of Porsche's key engineers, designers and modellers who worked on the car in period.

The book outlines the design processes and development work, detailing each model, and contains sections on the motor sport achievements of each model, as well as owners' views of their cars.

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Porsche 928, 924, 944 and 968 - The Front Engined Sports Cars

This book begins its analysis with the creation of the Porsche 924 and the impact it made on the automotive world. During the 1980s, Porsche honed earlier 924 designs to create the 944 and its Turbo and convertible variants, and later the 968, completing a line that has produced some of the most respected sports cars of the modern era.

The text also follows in detail the long production life and development of Porsche's V-8 powered high performance grand tourer, the 928 - introduced in 1977, named the 1978 European Car of the Year and culminating in the 350 bhp 928 GTS of the 1990s.

This history of the dynamic Porsche family gives a full account of each model and reveals the unique contributions each has made to a constantly evolving automotive world.

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Porsche 924

Designed by Dr Porsche to a Volkswagen commission, the 924 broke the Porsche tradition of an air-cooled, rear mounted power unit. This sea-change in Porsche design philosophy dismayed many diehard Porsche fans, but succeeded in making the marque more accessible and led to a whole line of very fine front-engined Porsches.
Affordable, durable and with excellent performance and handling, the 924 is now well established as a desirable and practical classic.

This is the definitive history of the internationally popular Porsche 924, including motorsport. Expert guidance on buying a 924. Over 220 illustrations, mainly in colour, acquired with the full assistance of Porsche.

Features:
- The definitive history of the internationally popular Porsche 924
- High quality artpaper production, heavily illustrated, colour throughout
- Includes expert advice on buying & restoring
- Includes the 924's international motorsport career
- Illustrations acquired with the full assistance of Porsche.

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Porsche 968 - Brooklands Portfolio

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Porsche 968 sports cars. Describes the Porsche 968 Sport, Club Sport, Tiptronic, Turbo S Coupé and Turbo S Cabrio.

• The 36 articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

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Porsche 944-924-968 (Top Model)

1975 was a pivotal year for Porsche. Alongside the legendary and expensive 911, the German manufacturer presented a coupé with innovative lines, powered by a water-cooled four-cylinder engine...

Modern and accessible to some, heresy to others, the 924 allowed Porsche to expand its customer base. Presented in 1982, its heir, the 944, enjoyed a brilliant commercial career while proving itself worthy of its coat of arms. The 968, unveiled in 1991, represented the last evolution of this lineage that remained in the catalogue for twenty years.

This book looks back at the life of the 944 (and its sisters the 924 and 968):
- the genesis,
- the different versions,
- the technical sheets,
- the competition models,
- the descendants,
- the competitors
- as well as a biography of Ferdinand Porsche allowing us to better understand the history and the spirit of rigor and passion which has driven the Stuttgart firm since its creation.

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Porsche 924, 944, 968 und 928 - Bewegte Zeiten (Bewegte Zeiten)

The aim of the Porsche engineers was clear: the new Porsche should be a 2+2-seater sports car with optimum performance, comfort and safe driving characteristics. The solution was a revolution in Porsche design: engine at the front, transmission at the rear. With the innovative transaxle design, the engineers achieved a balanced axle load and set a counterpoint to the established Porsche 911 with rear engine.

Water-cooled unit instead of air-cooled rear engine, built by Audi/NSU in Neckarsulm instead of Porsche in Zuffenhausen - can that even be a real Porsche? Today it is hard to imagine how much this question moved fans when the Porsche 924 came onto the market in the 1970s.

Today, the Porsche models 924 944 968 and 928 are sought-after but certainly affordable classic cars. This illustrated book brings the time in which they were created to life:
- Technology and design: the history of the classic transaxle
- Pure car enthusiasm: contemporary photos with a focus on the 70s and 80s
- Original documents and background information on model development.

With this book, you can immerse yourself in turbulent times: from the creation of the Porsche 924 to the sought-after Porsche 928 and the end of the classic transaxle models in the 90s. A rapid journey through time with a real Porsche feeling!

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Porsche 924: Alle Modelle (1976-1988) - Praxisratgeber Klassikerkauf

It wasn't easy at the beginning, the new "small" Porsche: The engine - which was not a boxer and was also installed in a commercial vehicle - was planted in the front, and the body was rather delicate.
True "Porschisti" didn't take the 924 all that seriously at first. That soon changed, and now, in the classic age, the robust and well-designed transaxle sports car has long been given the respect that befits a product from the Zuffenhausen forge.
Low vehicle mass, durable technology, practically ideal weight distribution between the front and rear axles and a timeless design provide a lot of joy. The Porsche 924 is only at the beginning of its classic career, and good examples are not expensive (yet).

This "Praxisratgeber Klassikerkauf" will provide you with information about all Porsches in the 924 series with their common engines from 1976 to 1988.
This handy guide is your best companion on the way to your own Transaxler. Here are everything you need to know about the compact Swabian sports car. You will receive valuable tips on the various models, learn about the weak points and find out what work you might have to do. This will make it easier to negotiate so that you get the right car at a fair price.

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Porsche 924 / 944 / 968 (Schrader Typen Chronik)

This volume by Joachim M. Köstnick is dedicated to the Porsche models 924 944 and 968, which are actually atypical compared to the 356, the 911 and its derivatives - a compact documentation of the appearance of these four-cylinder transaxle models in the press and advertising.

As unusual as the vehicles built between 1975 and 1995 was the style with which Porsche attracted attention in its public relations work; the catalogues of that time have long been collector's items - just like the vehicles they describe.
The selection of coloured illustrations is complemented by data and model tables.

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Porsche 924 - Die perfekte Balance

Front engine, water cooling, a real trunk. The transaxle models have shown that Porsche can do something completely different. The 924, as the first representative of the new sports car generation from Zuffenhausen, had the biggest task: It had to do everything right, convince fans of the brand, new car buyers and critical testers of the concept.

The 924 did it. Thanks to the turbo and large four-cylinder engine, the popular sports car became a serious sports and racing car and ultimately a small Gran Turismo for connoisseurs. It was even enough to compete successfully in rally and race track racing and to make a statement at Le Mans. At this point, the 924 proved that it, which had been developed as a Volkswagen, deserved the name Porsche.

Automotive journalist and Porsche Driver editor-in-chief Jan-Henrik Muche traces the career of the first Porsche with a front engine in this meticulously researched model monograph.
The standard work on the transaxle sports car, which has long since become a classic, deals in detail with its development history and shows the wealth of variants of the model that was conceived as the successor to the 911: starting with the 924 and the Turbo version to the Carrera GT and GTS as well as the special models that are so sought after today, this book conveys the fascination of the then future model from Zuffenhausen with many facts, based on many previously unpublished photos and some photos taken especially for this book.

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