When the 356 was available before you could only get in the coupe and convertible, but came with the Speedster, which was pretty much a lightweight convertible but was withdrawn in 1965. The models of the 356 most sought out the Carrera, which often sell more than £ 100,000 of the Super 90 and the Speedster. In the second half of 1950 the normal retail price was about £ 3,000 for a Porsche.

In the U.S. there were onlyThe importer of Porsche and his name was Max Hoffman, the problem of the Member States, have to lower costs, but more of a track version, and because of its size in the U.S. Porsche right ON jumped with both feet and came with the 356 "Speedster "that the Americans and their families because they could go out with a small windshield that run when the weekend with sitting on the market called the moment came equipped wanted. The 356 Speedstera popular edition of the Porsche in the day is still loved and many of them try to charge more than £ 80,000, but not only that it was used in a film by the famous movie Top Gun starring Tom Cruise.

In 1957 they sold 1171 cars, a number that is surprisingly very true, but in 1959 his successor, the D-model convertible. The Model D had a much more practicle windshield was a little "higher and have decided that the side windows withcomfortable seats make the driving experience much better and more attractive for people.

The Porsche 356 Coupe and Cabriolet ING nor right up to the year 1965 and with the last 356B Roadster was done by the band in 1963. The latest model 356 was built up, was the 356C which came with disc brakes installed AMD Porsche named their strongest push rod engine had so far that produces 95 hp break!

Porsche911, in 1964 the issue published with the 911 was that it was a bit "out of the price range was and the Americans began to complain, in fact, was almost twice as expensive as the chosen 356 again, that listening to it and have begun to produce them to the 912 engine had a 356 in it was such a powerful engine of the time, and then bind the American market is satisfied, once again, the sold 912 by the year 1965 right through 1969.

56 years later and356C is in the top 10 sports cars of the 1960s and today the 356 sports car is a respected among fans and collectors of Porsche. Definiatly was 356, a car that will live on 356 and has shown that Porsche got it right with.

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