Sometimes a test car reveals its personality rather slowly and a neutral first impression is succeeded by a growing like (or dislike). The Porsche, on the other hand, has an immediate attraction for most people; several passengers expressed this feeling spontaneously before completing their first mile. Essentially its ...

Let's look back a few years: When the first Porsche appeared in 1948, it was little more than a hotted-up VW beautified by a streamlined coupe body—made of aluminum at that time—produced in very small numbers in very small workshops at Gmund in Austria. The 1131-cc, air-cooled flat-4 ...

One of the many things Porsche owners boast about is their air cooling which "neither boils nor freezes." With a Porsche Super 90 to test in the middle of winter it seemed an excellent time to see if the car is really that docile in snowy surroundings-and incidentally ...

Twelve years of Porsche progress have been little short of remarkable. We have been fortunate enough to drive every new model including the new Carrera 2=liter, summer and winter, over the twisting high= ways of Europe—and the Super 90 is the best yet. Current production concentrates on the ...

Original Porsche 356 brochure of 1953 text. You can also download the brochure itself in TBP downloads section. 8 pages of text and photos, including Porsche history facts and biographies. Porsche Model 356 - this car embodies the sum of all the technical experience gained by Prof. Porsche and ...

The 356C was made overlapping one year with 911, design was rear-engine 4-cyl 4-cycle air-cooled Boxer style engine. Power of this model varied from 75 hp for the base 1600C to 140 for the 2000GS. Top speeds were 109 mph (1600C), 115 mph (1600SC), and 140 mph (2000GS) ...

Car design was rear-engine 4-cyl 4-cycle air-cooled Boxer engine, power varied from 60 for the base 1600 to 130 for the Carrera 2. The Super 90 had 90 HP and covered 0-60 mph in 13.5 secs with a top speed of 113.5 mph. The Carrera 2 had 140+ HP and ...

356 is the Porsche's first production sportscar. Manufactured from 1948 through 1965, it was "upgraded" 4 times, so don't be surprised seing just 356, 356A, 356B and 356C models - as later in future, Porsche often upgrades it's models and sometimes, as in late 70s, it's even hard to know ...

Sometimes a test car reveals its personality rather slowly and a neutral first impression is succeeded by a growing like (or dislike). The Porsche, on the other hand, has an immediate attraction for most people; several passengers expressed this feeling spontaneously before completing their first mile. Essentially its ...