The over-hammer of the seventies - Porsche Turbo
Summary
With the Porsche Turbo, the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer raised the bar for super sports cars in 1974. At that time, nobody accelerated more brutally. The Zuffenhausen-based company managed to skillfully combine sportiness and comfort. The difference to the normal 911 had become so great as a result of many conversion measures that the new model was called the 930. By 1989, over 20,000 of the 930 had been built and contributed significantly to the growth of the German sports car manufacturer. Continuous model upgrades kept the 930 young. This report goes back over the history of the Turbo, shows various vehicles in pictures and is supplemented with early sales brochures, color charts and price lists. There is even a sound sample.
This article contains the following chapters
- Turbocharging as an age-old concept
- From racing to the road
- Preliminary stage shown at the IAA 1973
- The final Porsche Turbo as the antithesis to the energy crisis
- Impressive acceleration performance
- Great emphasis on suitability for everyday use
- A good 35 years later
- Definitely not a Beetle equivalent in terms of maintenance and purchase
- Further information on the Porsche Turbo
Estimated reading time: 8min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Test and driving reports in the seventies were full of superlatives and impressive descriptions of the Porsche Turbo's brute acceleration capabilities. Critics, on the other hand, saw the rear-engined 911 as nothing more than a souped-up Beetle, despite the turbocharging. The Porsche Turbo left no one cold and its performance put all super sports cars of the time in the shade, from the Lamborghini Countach to the Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer, at least in the speed range below 140 km/h. Against all expectations, it was a sales success despite its high price. When it went on sale, the Porsche Turbo was in fact the only production turbo from a major manufacturer; almost 40 years later, turbocharging with a turbine driven by exhaust gas pressure is ubiquitous.
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