{"id":1492,"date":"2018-06-26T07:20:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T10:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=1492"},"modified":"2020-05-27T16:59:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T19:59:28","slug":"porsche-924-carrera-gt-1981-minichamps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-924-carrera-gt-1981-minichamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 924 Carrera GT &#8211; Minichamps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/street\/porsche_924_1981_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><b>1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GT<\/b>\nMinichamps - 4012138135482 (diecast)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Published 06\/26\/18<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">In the early 70\u2019s, Porsche needed a substitute for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-914-6-gt-40-minichamps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yucky<\/a> (aka 914) . At the same time, Volkswagen wanted a sports car, so the two companies partnered-up for the project. However, VW stipulated that Porsche should design a car that used an existing VW\/Audi inline-4 engine. The project was evolving but due to the 1973 Oil Crisis, VW resolved to kill the project. Since Porsche still needed a new car, they bought the project back from VW. By late 1975 they presented the first <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/autoemotodepoca.altervista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/porsche_924_brochure.png\" target=\"_blank\">924<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/street\/porsche_924_1981_03.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>The hump on the hood identified the car&#8217;s turbo engine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though the new car was being praised for its styling, handling, fuel economy, and reliability, the 924 was highly criticized for being under-powered, but being cheap to produce, it became a very profitable model for Porsche. To address the power issues and with an eye towards motor racing, in 1981 Porsche introduced the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/data.motor-talk.de\/data\/galleries\/0\/421\/6811\/74639057\/porsche924gt003-1694558567789663383.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">924 Carrera GT<\/a>, basically a 924 with turbo-charging and an intercooler. The car was powered by the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.924.org\/models\/modelpics\/CarreraGT\/937engineJPG.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">M31.50 engine<\/a>, the same water-cooled 1824 cm\u00b3 inline-4 used in the regular 924, but with the addition of a KKK turbo and a Langerer &amp; Reich intercooler, delivering 210 hp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/street\/porsche_924_1981_02.jpg\" alt=\"Carrera GT\"\/><figcaption>What I call an &#8220;honest Minichamps&#8221;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porsche built a total of 406 Carrera GTs  in 1981, all in red, black or silver. They\u2019re easily recognizable by the air scoop for the intercooler on the hood. This is the first of the so-called \u201cTransaxle Porsches\u201d to enter the Garage, and I\u2019m quite happy with it. Definitively not a fancy model, I would say as honest as my <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-911-993-turbo-1995-minichamps\/\" target=\"_blank\">993 Turbo<\/a>. But the absent dead eyes on the Carrera GT 924 made me appreciate it more than the Turbo. I got it for a fantastic price, but even at twice that I would have been REALLY happy with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GT Minichamps &#8211; 4012138135482 (diecast) Published 06\/26\/18 In the early 70\u2019s, Porsche needed a substitute for the Yucky (aka 914) . At the same time, Volkswagen wanted a sports car, so the two companies partnered-up for the project. However, VW stipulated that Porsche should design a car that used an existing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-924-carrera-gt-1981-minichamps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Porsche 924 Carrera GT &#8211; Minichamps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1492","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10468,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1492\/revisions\/10468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}