Origins
Stuttgart, 1948. Ferry Porsche cannot find a sports car to buy that matches the one he wants to drive, so he builds it himself. The 356 — VW running gear, aluminium body hand-rolled in a Gmünd sawmill — becomes the foundation of the entire brand. From the 356 to the first 911 prototype, the company invents itself in two decades.
Part of Porsche
5 moments in this segment.
- — Porsche Historic Footage – Porsche 911 Prototype and Premiere at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show. The 901 prototype, the lawsuit from Peugeot over three-digit names with a zero in the middle, the rename to 911. The shape that has held since 1963.
- — Porsche Historic Footage – 1950s-2000s Race Cars. part of the origins of Porsche.
- — A Tribute to F. A. Porsche | A Sonderwunsch 911 born from legacy.. Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche III on designing the 911 silhouette that the company has refused to abandon for six decades.
- — Hand-Built in Austria: The Story of the Porsche 356/2 Gmünd Coupe. part of the origins of Porsche.
- — The VERY First Porsche: Exploring the Legendary 356/1 Prototype (1948). ) — part of the origins of Porsche.
