Porsche 984

The Porsche 984 Junior was a two-door roadster concept that Porsche developed between 1984 and 1987 as a small, affordable and fuel-efficient sports car priced below the 924. It began in cooperation with the Spanish automaker SEAT, which left the project, and Porsche carried on alone. The concept had its engine at the rear and planned options of all-wheel drive and a hard top. It used parts from the 944, 924 and 911, and its 2.0 litre air-cooled flat-four from the 914 made 99 kW, with a top speed of about 220 km/h and a 0 to 60 time of roughly eight seconds. Falling sales after Black Monday in October 1987 made development uneconomic, and the project ended in early 1988. The Boxster later served a similar purpose.