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The 356 was created by Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche (son of Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the German company), who founded the Austrian company with his sister, Louise.Like its cousin, the Volkswagen Beetle (which Ferdinand Porsche Sr. had designed), the 356 is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car with unitized pan and body construction.
May 23, 2023 · The Porsche 356 paved the way for a sports car giant. Dale Miller. 23 May 2023. The iconic Speedster, the brainchild of Max Hoffman and Ferry Porsche, is much sought after by collectors. A $2995 investment in the late 1950s, it will cost you 100 times that to buy one today. Marc Urbano.
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Look at these three 356 GTs. Cam Ingram of Road Scholars schools us on a few of the ultimate 356s: a 1961 Porsche 356B Super 90 GT; a 1964 Porsche 356 SC/GT; and a 1962 Porsche 356B GT.
To make the car lighter, to have an engine with more horsepower: that was the first two-seater that we made in Carinthia. The archetypal Porsche, 356-001, a unique tube-framed aluminum roadster was introduced to journalists gathered at the Swiss Grand Prix in July 1948. It is the progenitor of every Porsche since.
Porsche 356 (1948–1965) 1950s. Porsche 550 (1953–1957) Porsche 718 (1957–1962) 1960s. Porsche 904 (1963–1965) Porsche 911 (1963–present) Porsche 906 (1965–1966) Porsche 912 (1965–1969, 1976) Porsche 914 (1969–1976) 1970s. Porsche 930 (1974–1989) Porsche 924 (1976–1988) Porsche 928 (1977–1995) 1980s. Porsche 944 (1981–1991)
The first Porsche 356 completed in Stuttgart was finished in March 1950. The 356 was built in generations. There was the original ("pre-A"), followed by the 356 A, 356 B, and finally the 356 C. To distinguish among the major revisions of the model, 356s are generally classified into a few major groups.
The Porsche 356 Story Porsche engineering company had designed cars for other companies for a long time, but it was finally in 1948 that a first “Porsche” was made under the leadership of Ferdinand Anton Ernst “Ferry” Porsche, the son of Ferdinand Porsche. At that time Porsche company was located in Gmünd, Austria. Today we call the first mid-engined Porsche roadster as 356/1 (or 356 ...
