Porsche celebrates 'Transaxle Day'
Porsche Museum marks 40th anniversary of the 924's introduction with a special exhibition
It's 40 years since the 924 made its debut and Porsche has decided to celebrate with a special display in Stuttgart of 23 of the most significant variations on the front-engined, rear-mounted gearbox theme. There's even going to be a special 'Transaxle Day' on May 22, with free admission the museum and a series of guided tours and talks on the subject of the 924, 928, 944 and 968, plus an invitation to owners to bring their cars along.
Although very much in the "other Porsches" category, especially when it comes to values versus most contemporary 911s, the company is rightly proud of the contribution that building nearly 400,000 transaxle cars made to keeping the company afloat. And able to carry on making the glorified Beetles the purists preferred. Exhibits include a 924 Turbo Targa prototype, 928 S4 Cabrio, 944 Cabrio concept and the proposed 968 Roadster that was apparently canned in favour of creating the first Boxster. There's also a 944 that covered 384,000km in just 258 days back in 1987.
The Porsche museum is well worth a visit, even if you have to pay to get in. The exhibition will run from April 27 to October 16. A taste of what's on display in our gallery below.
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I don't know Ben but am happy to recommend his book.
Even my wife who isn't a massive car fan likes the 944s and suggested replacing her Fiat 500 with one.
Glad the transaxle cars seem to be finally earning the respect they deserve.
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I don't know Ben but am happy to recommend his book.
Even my wife who isn't a massive car fan likes the 944s and suggested replacing her Fiat 500 with one.
I think there's either a lot being lost in translation here, or Porsche marketing just don't give a st and needed some publicity.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Survival-Quickest-Across-...
I don't know Ben but am happy to recommend his book.
Even my wife who isn't a massive car fan likes the 944s and suggested replacing her Fiat 500 with one.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Survival-Quickest-Across-...
I don't know Ben but am happy to recommend his book.
I'm waiting for the "Oil tight Engine" celebration day. That would be worth a few editorial lines.
If that's the new generally accepted definition of "transaxle", what's the correct name for the combined gearbox/differential assembly in a Boxster or 911 or indeed a VW Golf. Or isn't there one?
It still leaves the slightly awkward question of what you call the thing in front of the engine in the 911.
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