280 km/h with the Audi four-cylinder - the world record attempt that never took place
In 1976, the Porsche 924 was launched, an attractively priced sports car with a fuel-efficient four-cylinder engine. However, Porsche was also aware that the small coupé might suffer from acceptance problems and wanted to take the wind out of the sails of critics who thought that, with its comparatively meagre 125 hp, it was not a real sports car at all by setting a world record.
The coupé was to be able to maintain an average speed of over 250 km/h for more than 10,000 miles. To achieve this, the bodywork was optimized with all kinds of add-on parts and panels until the drag coefficient reached cw 0.268. But that was not enough. At the same time, the engine with turbocharger (!) was brought up to 250 stable horsepower.
Now the car easily ran at 280 km/h and was not used after all. In July 1977, the record run was canceled for strategic reasons, perhaps the Le Mans events, which then took place in 1980 and 1981, were already in sight at that time. But the super-fast 924 went straight into the museum. I wonder how it drove?
At least you can now see the aerodynamically optimized 924 in the special exhibition "40 Years of Transaxle"at the Porsche Museum ...
