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40+ years later it is easy to sit back and be critical at the shortcomings of a car from that time period.

As we all know, the 924 was an entry model for the general public who wanted admission into the marque but could not afford a 911, the model saved Porsche from going bankrupt no different than the sales of the Cayenne today. The 924 might not be the autobahn stormer compared to the bigger brothers but they were never designed to be and back then a Ferrari 308 took a leisurely 7-7.5 secs to run to 60mp/h.

The '70s was a breakover point for so many car manufacturers as they experimented with new materials like new metallurgy, plastics and rubber timing belts, so Porsche was not not alone in the "quality issues" department. If you look at Corvettes from the same period GM had the same issues, Nissan had severe rust issues with the Z, Ferraris had interference timing belts on their engines, Mercedes used plastic guides on their timing chains so on and so forth.