Lot details Registration No: NNT145W Chassis No: WPOZZZ93ZBN700380 Mot Expiry: None
"The 924 Carrera GT looks low, squat and purposeful and feels it on the road. It offers that hard to define quality of excellent driver involvement, and there's a kind of raw appeal without harshness. Later cars have been undeniably developed to take advantage of more modern tyres, but this 23-year-old car is still outrageously quick" (Classic Driver magazine, January 2003)
Introduced at the September 1979 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Porsche 924 Carrera GT was built as a limited run of 406 homologation specials (331 LHD, 75 RHD). Designed as the basis for a successful Group 4 racer and / or rally car, it utilised the same basic two-door monocoque bodyshell as the standard 924 albeit adorned with various pugnacious polyurethane mouldings (front valance, front wings, rear wheelarch extensions etc). Boasting a widened track fore and aft, its recalibrated all-round independent suspension (Macpherson strut front / semi-trailing arm rear) was complemented by four wheel ventilated disc brakes poached from the 911 Turbo. Running 0.75bar boost, an 8.5:1 compression ratio and large intercooler, the Carrera GT's turbocharged 1984cc SOHC four-cylinder engine was quoted as developing 210bhp and 203lbft of torque. Allied to a 'dog-leg' change five-speed transaxle, it was reputedly capable of propelling the 2+2 coupe from 0-60mph in 6.5 seconds and onto 150mph. Priced at just £19,210.75, the model's UK allocation sold out in next to no time.
Finished in silver with black / red cloth upholstery, this particular left-hand drive example is described by the vendor as being in "good" condition with regard to its engine, transmission, electrical equipment, interior trim, chassis, bodywork, paintwork and wheels / tyres. Said to have had "one recorded keeper since importation from France in 1998", it was apparently first registered across The Channel on 15th May 1981. Believed but not warranted to have covered 70,000 miles from new, this "lovely" Carrera GT is offered for sale with "specification letters from Porsche".
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