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The Porsche 944 is a sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 1982 until 1991. A front-engine , rear-wheel drive mid-level [ citation needed ] model based on the 924 platform , the 944 was available in coupé or cabriolet body styles, with either naturally aspirated or turbocharged engines.
The 944 Cup now races all of its events with the Porsche Club of America. The first contact from PCA with the series regarding the prospect of adding 944 Cup classes for the club was in late 2005. As a result, PCA added two Cup classes in 2006: the SP2 representing the 944 Cup class and SP3 representing the 944 Super Cup class.
Saker GT. In the early 1950s, with the advent of fibreglass bodied cars, a new opportunity arose for local companies associated with car enthusiasts to create car bodies. . Among the first of these early manufacturers was Weltex Plastics Limited of Christchurch, which imported a Microplas Mistral sports car mould and began making bodies and chassis in 1956, along with Brian Ja
In response to increasing competition, Porsche introduced an upgraded version with a new Porsche-built engine as the 944, which replaced the 924 in the U.S. in 1983. In 1985, VW discontinued the engine used in the 924, prompting Porsche to drop the Turbo model, use a slightly detuned 944 engine in the 924, rename the vehicle as the 924S, and ...
Based on the Porsche 964 was the 1990 racing version for the new Porsche Carrera Cup. In addition to an increase in output by 11 kW to 265 PS (195 kW; 261 hp), the 964 Cup had a welded roll-cage, a modified chassis set-up and the ground clearance was 55 mm (2.2 in) lower than on the standard version.
Ferdinand Porsche [a] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG.He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.
Porsche 924: 1976–88 152,081 in a single generation. [411] Porsche 928 S4. Porsche 928: 1978–95 61,056 in a single generation. [412] Porsche 944 Turbo. Porsche 944: 1982–91 163,192 in a single generation. [413] 1982 Porsche 956. Porsche 956: 1982–84 28 in a single design, accounting for 10 factory team cars, and 18 customer cars. [414 ...
Auto Club Speedway (known as California Speedway before and after the 2008–2023 corporate sponsorship by the Automobile Club of Southern California [1]) was a 2.000 mi (3.219 km), D-shaped oval superspeedway in unincorporated San Bernardino County, California, near Fontana.