Porsche 356 – First Production Car for Porsche

The Porsche 356 is regarded by many car enthusiasts to be one of the finest sports cars ever to be created. Ferdinand Porsche, the son of the founder of the Porsche business, concluded that it would be more pleasurable to drive a small car with more power than a large car with more power, which is the basis of the Porsche 356.

The car swiftly developed a reputation for its aerodynamics, handling, and quality craftsmanship, with initial projections of sales amounting to 500 vehicles blowing out to over 76,000 units. Of the 76,000 that were produced, about 50% were imported to the U.S. with 40% of these going to California alone. Natural attrition has seen the remaining supply of U.S. cars to perhaps only 20,000, which combined with demand has kept prices high. Throughout the production of 1948 -1965, the Porsche 356 was available in 5 main types: 356/2 (“Gmünd”), 356 (‘pre-A’), then the A (1955-1959), B (1959-1963), and C (1963-1965/66) types until production ceased to make way for the Porsche 901.