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Porsche 944 with Tesla engine: Perfect weight distribution and much lighter than a Taycan

2022-04-20T06:43:40.498Z


Porsche 944 with Tesla engine: It's much better than the Taycan (with video) Created: 04/20/2022, 08:33 By: Marcus Efler The 944 was never particularly popular with Porsche fans. The successful conversion to electric drive shows how good the coupé actually still is today. Powys (Great Britain) - Today it is considered a sought-after classic, but many fans of the brand ignored it when it was pr


Porsche 944 with Tesla engine: It's much better than the Taycan (with video)

Created: 04/20/2022, 08:33

By: Marcus Efler

The 944 was never particularly popular with Porsche fans.

The successful conversion to electric drive shows how good the coupé actually still is today.

Powys (Great Britain) - Today it is considered a sought-after classic, but many fans of the brand ignored it when it was produced from 1981 to 1991: The Porsche 944, based on the "housewife Porsche" 924, could never compete with the 911 in terms of image.

One of the reasons was the drive.

A four-cylinder from 150 hp under the bonnet, that just didn't work.

But the realization that the 944 was technically top-notch and much more suitable for everyday use than the 911 brought it considerable sales success among less dogged sports car connoisseurs.

A total of 163,302 examples were built.

And now a British conversion company has also removed what is supposedly its biggest shortcoming, as reported by 24auto.de: the location of the engine.

Porsche 944 with Tesla engine: It's much better than the Taycan

Because Electric Classic Cars, according to their own statements the world's largest convertor of classic cars to electric vehicles (and responsible for this electric BMW 1602, for example), has given a 944 a Tesla motor.

The Welsh packed the 325 hp unit from the Model 3 exactly where the transaxle was on the 944: on the rear wheels.

Only real with the pop-up headlights: The Porsche 944. (Iconic image) © Porsche AG

The smaller of the battery packs with a total capacity of 48 kilowatt hours sits above and where the fuel tank was once located.

The larger one is made to measure at the front where the combustion engine once worked.

The Sport-Stromer not only achieves the then optimal weight distribution of 50 to 50 percent, but also weighs no more than the original.

At around 1,400 kilos, it is significantly lighter than the modern Porsche Taycan, which weighs over 2.1 tons in its basic version.

Porsche 944 with Tesla engine: Youtube video gives driving impression

The visibly impressed converter gives a driving impression in this video:

There you can see that the 944 has hardly lost any of its "Porsche" character despite the electrification.

Even the five analog instruments have been saved for modern times and now show the remaining battery capacity instead of the tank content.

It should be good for a total range of 225 kilometers.

This means that the electric 944 is undoubtedly recommended as an original speedster for Sunday trips.

*24auto.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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