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Renaissance of lust - Alpine-Renault A 310 against Datsun 280 ZX and Porsche 924 Turbo

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Created on November 26, 1979

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Ulrich Burbach

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Sports car comparison - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX and Porsche 924 Turbo - in the quarries of Carrara

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Sports car comparison - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX and Porsche 924 Turbo - on the cover of 'hobby' magazine

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A comparison of sports cars - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX and Porsche 924 Turbo - at the end of a long journey in Florence

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Sports car comparison - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX and Porsche 924 Turbo - Silhouette comparison

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Sports car comparison - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX and Porsche 924 Turbo - Dashboards and engine compartments compared

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A comparison of sports cars - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX and Porsche 924 Turbo - even the coachmen in Florence admire the flat flounders

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - with 170 hp, the 924 was already poaching in 911 territory

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - the additional cooling air openings reveal the Turbo

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - indistinguishable from its weaker brother despite 45 extra horsepower

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - only distinguishable from the normal 924 by details

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - the drag coefficient was around 0.36

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - was often ordered in two colors, a Turbo specialty

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - neutral cornering behavior

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - still with folding headlights

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - Rear with spoiler

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - aerodynamically advantageous small silhouette

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - Alloy wheels were standard equipment

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - more cooling openings for more overtaking prestige

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - you can recognize the attachments of the turbo

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - the Turbo had to make do without an intercooler

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - Engine seen from the side

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Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - Engine seen from the front at an angle

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Datsun 280 ZX Turbo (1979) - World premiere of the ZX Turbo, a one-off with 200 hp and removable roof halves - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1979

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Alpine-Renault A 310 V6 (1978) - front view of the six-cylinder model

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Alpine-Renault A 310 V6 (1978) - rear view

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Alpine-Renault A 310 (1978) - typical Alpine color at the end of the seventies

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Alpine-Renault A 310 (1984) - front page of a sales brochure

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Alpine-Renault A 310 V6 (1978) - timelessly elegant design

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Alpine-Renault A 310 (1978) - side view, front-left

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Alpine-Renault A 310 (1984) - Cockpit - Illustration from a sales brochure

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Alpine-Renault A 310 (1978) - interior with fabric-covered seats

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Alpine-Renault A 310 V6 (1978) - comfortable looking seats

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Alpine-Renault A 310 V6 (1978) - see-through drawing reveals the technology

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Alpine-Renault A 310 V6 (1978) - Technical sketch; Dimensions

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Sportwagen im Vergleich - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX und Porsche 924 Turbo - am Ziel einer längeren Reise in Florenz

Sportwagen im Vergleich - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX und Porsche 924 Turbo - Silhouetten-Vergleich

Sportwagen im Vergleich - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX und Porsche 924 Turbo - Armaturenbretter und Motoräume im Vergleich

Sportwagen im Vergleich - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX und Porsche 924 Turbo - auch die Kutscher in Florenz bewundern die flachen Flundern

Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - mit 170 PS wilderte der 924 bereits im 911-Revier

Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - die zusätzlichen Kühlluftöffnungen verraten den Turbo

Summary

In 1979, the magazine 'hobby' carried out a long-distance drive with three contemporary sports cars - Alpine-Renault A 310, Porsche 924 Turbo and Datsun 280 ZX. From Stuttgart to Florence and back. The focus was not on a sober comparison test, but on pure experience and emotion. This report summarizes the driving report at the time and shows how people thought about sports cars with 140 to 170 hp back then. Archive pictures show the sports cars in their heyday.

This article contains the following chapters

Different driving characteristics
Technical characteristics and performance figures

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Florence, Renaissance, Michelangelo and his David, exuberant power, statues with veritable mountains of musculature. A lust for life carved in marble. 500 years ago, there were no oil derricks and certainly no politicized crisis over black gold. 500 years ago was the heyday of those who drew from the full. We don't care about 500 years. We want to cover 850 kilometers - a month's journey back then - in seven hours. Power, joie de vivre, pleasure 1979: Porsche 924 turbo, Datsun 280 ZX, Renault Alpine A 310. Sheet steel, shiny paint, covers the power like a skin. Inside, the horses wait for the spur of the throttle linkage. Stuttgart: the start and finish of this race of unreasonableness. We can't wait, not tomorrow, it starts now, at eight o'clock in the evening; there's less traffic at night anyway.

Welcome to Zwischengas!

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Sportwagen im Vergleich - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX und Porsche 924 Turbo - am Ziel einer längeren Reise in Florenz

Sportwagen im Vergleich - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX und Porsche 924 Turbo - Silhouetten-Vergleich

Sportwagen im Vergleich - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX und Porsche 924 Turbo - Armaturenbretter und Motoräume im Vergleich

Sportwagen im Vergleich - Alpine-Renault A 310, Datsun 280 ZX und Porsche 924 Turbo - auch die Kutscher in Florenz bewundern die flachen Flundern

Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - mit 170 PS wilderte der 924 bereits im 911-Revier

Porsche 924 Turbo (1979) - die zusätzlichen Kühlluftöffnungen verraten den Turbo

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