The 1988 924S SE (US) option code M756 and "Le Mans" (ROW) M755 were Club Sport editions aimed at autocross (US term for autotests to UK readers) and club racers.
The final 924S RHD 'run-out' versions in 1988 for the UK (just 37 white and 37 black vehicles) had "Le Mans" logos with stripes on their flanks. Officially known at Porsche as the "Sportliches Sondermodell" (loosely translates as Sporting Special Model) their options package list M-755 was more complete than the Special Edition M-756 for the US.
Only 980 Club Sport option cars were built in total. It is one of Porsche's lowest production number cars. 500 units M-756 for US black only, 250 Germany... 200 black and 50 white cars, 230 ROW... 113 black and 117 white; totalling 480 units M-755.
Only 980 924 Club Sport option cars were built in total. Compared to: 1900..... Porsche 968 Club Sports built
ROW "Le Mans" Edition M-755:
Only on the final 74, Great Britian, RHD cars were the exterior side stripes broken by scripted ‘Le Mans’ logos on the lower part of the door, while the rims of the holes in each wheel were either in the Ochre (white cars) or Turquoise (black cars). Inside, all the cars featured cloth-upholstered "Turbo" sports seats, with the cloth door panels also colour-coded.
They had the 360 mm (14.2 in) sports steering wheel and all the 74 British M-755 cars came with a 160 bhp (119 kW) engine plus an electric tilt/removable sunroof fitted as standard.
They were lowered 10 mm (0.39 in) at the front and 15 mm (0.59 in) at the rear, and fitted with stiffer springs and gas-filled shock absorbers all round. They also had 'Sport' anti-roll bars with diameters of 21.5 mm (0.85 in) at the front but 20 mm (0.79 in), (rather than 14 mm (0.55 in)), at the rear. Wheels were ‘telephone dial’ cast alloy 6J x 15s at the front and 7J x 15s (at the rear).
ROW M-755 Paint finishes and interiors were also only offered in two colour choices - Alpine White with Ochre/Grey detailing and upholstery - or Black with Turquoise detailing and grey/turquoise upholstery.
On ROW cars there was no Le Mans logo, nor striping and the phone dial wheels didn't have colored outer rims of respectively ochre or turquoise. ROW Upholstery was the grey/ochre striped flannel cloth with ochre piping for Alpine White cars, or grey/turquoise flannel with turquoise piping for Black cars.
US market only 1988 924S SE, option code M756:
Black only paint scheme with optional SE Edition decal. Equipped with manual steering, manual windows and door locks, sunroof delete, radio delete, AC delete, cruise delete, passenger side door mirror delete, wider 15x7 phone dial alloys for the rear while retaining 15x6 in front, and the M030 package which included stiffer springs and Koni shocks.
The cars had a unique lightweight gray knit cloth upholstery (same colour upholstered doors), (no sports seats) with maroon pinstriping, and maroon carpeting. The sunroof, A/C, cruise, power steering, passenger door mirror, and radio could be added back optionally.
In addition to the already upgraded standard equipment for model year '88 (for example, electric mirrors, rear wiper, 160 hp engine with higher compression), the exclusive models were also delivered with the following extras:
Side protection strips in body color (M418); Rims painted in body color, wheel rim in turquoise or ocher (Great Britain and Japanese cars only), sport seats stock (M989), door panels in fabric (M526), removable electr. Targa roof (M650), sports suspension (M030), 4-spoke leather steering wheel 360mm (M431), splash guard corners (M360)
The M030 suspension includes Koni adjustable sports shocks, thicker torsion bars and stabilizers, adjustable springs and harder rubber mounts. The body was thus placed 10mm lower.
For England only, the "924S Le Mans" was provided with a "Le Mans" lettering on the side. celebrating the 12th LeMans victory of Porsche in 1987)
In Spain, this special model was christened "SPIRIT". Spain received 15 black and 15 white specimen.
In Germany they were called "
Less then 15 1988 Porsche 924S Le Mans came to Canada.
The 20 copies for Japan were called: "Porsche 924CS" ... "924 S Club Sport"
This Japanese limited model had some equipment different from world models, eg "bee sting" roof antenna. different front fenders, etc..
The 1988 924S SE was lighter and had better aero then the 1988 944....so it dominated in 944 spec racing...
If you can find one of these cars, buy it, a great appreciating investment and fantastic driving experience.
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