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Porsche 906/8 Coupe (1966)

Another four factory 906s received an air-cooled eight-cylinder boxer engine of the type 771, which was already used in the 904/8.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 906 LH Coupé (1966)

For the 1966 Le Mans 24h race, long-tail LH ("Langheck") versions were made and now the standard 906 were called as 906 K ("Kurz", short in German)

Porsche Cayenne 955 (1st Gen)

Porsche Cayenne Cabriolet Concept Car (2002)

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 906 Spyder (1965)

The 906 Spyder was the first Porsche racing car built under Ferdinand Piëch's orders and there could be only a person as determined as Piëch to use Lotus parts on a Porsche.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 904 Bergspyder (1965 – 1966)

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche Carrera GT Concept (2000)

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 904/8 Carrera GTS (1964 – 1965)

Three factory 904 race cars were fitted with a flat eight-cylinder power plant derived from the 1962 804 F1 car

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche C88 (1994)

Porsche's Attempt At Creating The Chinese People's Car

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 904/6 Carrera GTS (1964 – 1965)

In 1965, the 904’s second and final production year, some examples received a version of the 911’s 2.0-liter flat-six. This version was dubbed the 904/6.

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche Boxster Concept (1993)

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche 989 (1991)

A four door performance sedan concept that maintained the iconic shape of the 911 Carrera

Model In Depth

Porsche 356 B Carrera GS/GT ‘Dreikantschaber’ (1963)

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 904 Carrera GTS (1963 – 1964)

The Porsche 904 debuted late in 1963, for the 1964 racing season. The 1965 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS variant to compete in the FIA-GT class

Porsche 356 B

Porsche 356 B 2000 GS/GT Carrera (1962 – 1963)

After a long absence of a Carrera model in the 356 model lineup, Porsche made another version with the intro of a 2.0L engine.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 718 GTR Coupé (1962 – 1963)

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 718 W-RS Spyder (1962 – 1964)

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche Panamericana (1989)

When Dr. Ferry Porsche turned 80 years old, he received a 1989 Porsche Panamericana concept car as a gift.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 804 F1 (1962)

The Porsche 804 competed in Formula One (F1) in 1962. Porsche developed an 8-cylinder engine for it.

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche 969 (1988)

Intended as the successor to the Porsche 930, the car did not get past the prototype stage.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 718 RS 61 LM Coupé (1961)

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche 928 H50 (1987)

In 1987 Porsche experimented with a long-wheel-base 928 called the H50

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche 984 Concept Car (1984 – 1987)

The Porsche Junior concept car.

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche 965 (1984)

The Porsche 965 was a V8-powered 911 from 1984

Porsche 718

Porsche 718 RS 61 Spyder (1961)

The 1961 Porsche RS was one of the last Spyders made by Porsche that used the potent 4-cam engine. It was a successor to the 1960 RS60

Porsche 959 Model In Depth Porsche Concept Cars Porsche 959 Prototype

Porsche 959 Prototypes (1983 – 1986)

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 787 F1 (1961)

For the 1961 F1 season Porsche created a new car called 787.

Porsche 356 B

Porsche 356 B 1600 GS/GT Carrera Coupe (1960 -1961)

Just 49 356 B GS/GTs Produced. Built from lightweight materials and had Porsche’s most powerful racing engine of the time

Porsche 356 B

Porsche 356B 1600 Super 90 GT Coupe (1960 – 1961)

Fourteen Super 90 Coupes were ordered with the lightweight GT package for racing.

Porsche 356 B

Porsche 356B/1600GS Carrera GTL Abarth (1960 – 1961)

In keeping with FIA regulations, Porsche created a new lightweight 356 with help from Abarth

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche 959 “Gruppe B” Prototype (1983)

The idea for 959 was born as early as 1983 with this Guppe B prototype

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 718/2-05 Experimental F2 (1960)

The fifth and the last of the 718/2 F2 cars, with chassis number 718/2-05 was an experimental formula racing car

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche 917 16-Cylinder (1971)

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 718 RS 60 Spyder (1960)

Changes thanks to new regulations and a larger engine gave us the RS60

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche 916 Concept (1971)

Ferdinand Piëch saw potential for a higher-performance, luxurious version of the 914. The result was the 916.

Porsche Concept Cars

Porsche Tapiro Concept (1970)

Giugiaro's 4th prototype at Italdesign was this radical Tapiro.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 718/2 F2 (1959 – 1963)

For 1959, Porsche created a completely new Formula 2 car instead of the Mittellenker-version of the 718 RSK. Became known as the 718/2 or 718 F2.

Porsche 911

Porsche 911 2.0 Bertone (1966)

Southern California Porsche dealer Johnny von Neumann knew what his customers wanted, and a Targa top Targa 911 wasn’t it.

Porsche 356 A

Porsche 356A/1600 Super GT Speedster (1958 – 1959)

Porsche 356

Porsche 356 A 1600 GS Carrera GT (1958 – 1959)

Sold alongside the Carrera de Luxe, the GT was lightened and prepared for racing.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 718 RSK Mittellenker (1958)

For 1958, the 718 RSK Spyder was modified to compete in FIA Formula racing events. Gone was the conventional two-seat layout now replaced with a single seat in the middle.

Porsche 356

Porsche 356 A 1500 GS Carrera GT (1957 – 1958)

The fastest street-legal automobile offered by the still-small German automaker in 1957

Porsche 718

Porsche 718 RSK Spyder (1957 – 1959)

The Porsche 718 RSK Spyder was the culmination of years of competition racers by Porsche

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 550A RS Spyder (1956 – 1957)

The 550A was based on Porsche’s first purpose-built racing car, the mid-engined RS 550 Spyder.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 550 RS Spyder (1954 – 1956)

The giant killer

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 645 Spyder, Solitude 1956, Richard von Frankenburg

Porsche 645 Spyder (1953)

Planned as a successor to the Porsche 550, the car was discontinued in favor of the revised 550A and the Porsche 718. Single example was destroyed in a spectacular crash.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 550 Prototype Spyder (1953)

Only 15 prototypes (including coupes) were made until regular production began in 1954 of the Porsche RS Spyder.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche 550 Prototype Coupé (1953)

The first two Porsche 550s (Chassis #550-01 & #550-02) were coupes

Porsche 356 Pre-A

Porsche-Glöckler 356 Roadster (1952)

Successful VW Dealer and sporstcar racer, Walter Glöckler built this special car for the German Car Championship

Porsche 356 Pre-A

Porsche 356 SL Gmünd Coupe (1951)

In 1950, eleven remaining Gmund chassis were assembled after the factory returned to Germany and converted to SL racing spec

Porsche 356 Pre-A Model In Depth Porsche 356

Porsche 356 SL Roadster (1951)

Before the 1952 races at Torrey Pines, von Neumann had Emil Diedt remove the coupe's roof, creating in effect the first Carrera Speedster.

Porsche Race Cars

Porsche Type 360 Cisitalia (1948 – 1949)

The Cisitalia Grand Prix is a single-seater car for the postwar 1.5-litre supercharged Grand Prix class, built by Italian sports car manufacturer Cisitalia and introduced in 1949.

Porsche Type 64