America's appetite for Porsche sports cars was rampant, and by 1965, the final year for the 356, the U.S. accounted for nearly 75 percent of the company's worldwide sales. Seven decades on ...

Dieter Landenberger: The early Porsche 356 from the 1950s and 60s are characterized by the very typical sound of the four cylinder boxer engine. The race version, the legendary Carrera engine with ...

But he has always been fond of the 356. Now, Maltby has taken that ... on the vehicles designed and engineered in the early years of the Porsche consultancy, in the decades before 1948 when ...

Porsche started using presses to manufacture body panels, which also allowed it to produce cars at a faster rate. Today, the 356 wood frame remains as a reminder of the automaker's early days.

Owning a Porsche sports car from the 1950s or early ’60s the model known as a 356 represents an entirely different approach to collecting. Many of these charming coupes and convertibles ...

There’s a similar distance between each ratio – shift up too early and the engine begins ... but remains full of feel. Does a Porsche 356 feel fast today? Not so much. Rumour has it Steve ...

The name and overall look of the 357 harks back to the Porsche 356, designed by Ferry Porsche and Erwin Komenda (one of the lead designers on Ferdinand Porsche’s Volkswagen Beetle project), the first ...

People in the late 1940s/early 50s must have had very thin thighs. I know this little anthropological gem after having tried to get into a Porsche 356 Gmünd – the gap between the bottom of the ...

Porsche established its reputation as early as the 1950s, when its first car — the 356 — became a sensation for its lightweight build and nimble, precise handling. Several decades down the ...

and the fact it was parked next to two early examples of the 356 make us believe it is a modern homage to the first Porsche. It is also not clear if we are talking about an ICE-powered vehicle or ...