The Porsche 944 was a luxury sports car built by Porsche from 1982 to 1991. It was built on the same platform as the 924, which remained in production until 1988. The 944 was intended to last into the 1990s, but major revisions planned for a 944 s3 model were eventually rolled into the 968 instead, which replaced the 944. The 944 was a successful model and was available as both a coupe and Cabriolet in naturally aspirated and turbocharged forms. The Porsche 924 had originally been a project of VW Porsche joint Porsche Volkswagen company created to develop and produce the 914, which was sold in Europe as both a Porsche and a Volkswagen. In 1972, a replacement for the Volkswagen version of the 914, codenamed da 425, began development. The model was to be sold as an Audi as part of the VW Audi Porsche marketing arrangement. Although testing had begun in the spring of nineteen seventy-four Volkswagen decided to cancel the program due to the expense of production, as well as the feeling that the recently released Volkswagen Scirocco would fill the sports coupe a sufficiently at the time. Porsche was considering introducing their own water cooled front engine 2+2 coupe to replace the 912 II and their model of 914, and Volkswagen's cancellation provided an opportunity. Porsche purchased the design and the finished development with a mechanical fuel injection system. The vehicle drove and handled exceptionally well and received positive reviews, but was criticized for the Audi-sourced 2-liter engine. Later in 1979, Porsche introduced a turbocharged 924 to increase ance, but the price was considered too high for the time, which hampered sales. Rather than scrap the design, Porsche decided to develop the 924 as they had with generations of the 911. Although model numbers would change, the 924...