True, the early 924 & 944 have lots of VW part numbers, mostly 1303 & Golf I (Rabbit). The car was originally designed by VW and was going to be a VW until it got too expensive to sell with the VW nameplate. The suspension is basically 1303 with a Rabbit steering rack and components. Most of the electronics are Rabbit also. When looking up part numbers for a 924/944 anything that starts with 113 is a 1303 part, 171 is a Rabbit part, and those that start with a 9 are Porsche parts (that were designed by VW). Most of the Porsche hard core 944 owners don't consider the 83-85 944 a true Porsche, as it isn't. In '86 the car was redesigned by Porsche; changing the engine (early engines were actually Audi engines), dash, suspension, and electronics.