THE Porsche 924 is considered the “ugly duckling” of the Stuttgart brand because of its origins, and we believe that this shooting brake conversion will not improve its reputation.
I present to you the Porsche 924 DP Cargo , from 1976, converted in 1986 by DP Motorsport — the same company that created the Porsche 935 K3 winner of the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans — and at the time, for those looking for a more practical Porsche (decades before the Cayenne and Panamera), this shooting brake could be the solution.
As the first front-engine Porsche, the 924's boot was already the largest of all Porsches when it was launched, so this conversion almost came naturally. The 924 DP Cargo resulted from the addition of a roof line “borrowed” from Volkswagen Passat, and we have to admit that the marriage of such two different proposals somehow works.
Reportedly, this 924 DP Cargo is the first of three built — there is an identical conversion to the 944, with almost 10 built — and this unit not only gained versatility of use, it also saw its specifications updated to those of the 924 Turbo, going from a modest 125 hp to a more interesting 170 hp.
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