| When the 356 became first available you could only | | | | much more practicle windscreen it was a little taller |
| get it in the coupe and the cabriolet but the they | | | | and they decided that glass side windows along with |
| came up with the speedster which was pretty much | | | | comfortable seats would make the driving experience |
| a lightened convertible but then in 1965 it was | | | | a lot better and would appeal to a lot more people. |
| withdrawn. The most desirable models of the 356 | | | | The Porsche 356 coupe and the cabriolet were still |
| where the Carrera which would often be sold for | | | | be ing made right up to the year of 1965 and with |
| over £100,000 the Super 90 and the | | | | the last of the 356B Roadster rolling off the |
| Speedster. In the latter part of the 1950's the normal | | | | production line in 1963. The last 356 model to be built |
| selling price was around the £3000 mark for a | | | | was call the 356C this came fitted with disc brakes |
| Porsche. | | | | amd Porsche had also installed their most powerful |
| In the United States there was only one importer of | | | | Push rod engine so far which was producing 95 break |
| the Porsche and his name was Max Hoffman the | | | | horse power!! |
| trouble was the States were after a lower cost but | | | | Porsche released the 911 in 1964 the trouble with the |
| yet more of a track version and because of the size | | | | 911 was that it was a little bit out of the Americans |
| of the American market Porsche jumped right on in | | | | price range and they started to complain in fact it |
| with two feet and came up with the 356 | | | | was almost double the price of the 356 once again |
| "Speedster" which the Americans just loved and | | | | decided that they should listen and they started |
| because it came with a small windscreen which they | | | | producing the 912 this had the engine from a 356 in it |
| could take off if they wanted to race at the | | | | so it was using a powerful pushrod engine of the |
| weekends it also came with bucket seats that | | | | time and so the American market was satisfied once |
| appealed to the market at the time. The 356 | | | | again, The 912 sold from the year 1965 right through |
| Speedster was such a popular edition to the Porsche | | | | till 1969. |
| that even to day it is still loved and a lot of them are | | | | 56 years later and the 356C made it into the top 10 |
| fetching over £80,000 but not only that they | | | | list of Sports cars of the 1960's and even to this day |
| are being used in films one of the famouse films was | | | | the 356 is a well respected sports car among |
| Top Gun with Tom Cruise. | | | | Porsche enthusiasts and collectors. The 356 was |
| By 1957 they had sold 1,171 cars which is quite an | | | | definiatly a car that will live on and time has proven |
| astounding figure really but in 1959 its replacement | | | | that Porsche got it right with the 356. |
| was the convertible D model. The D Model had a | | | | |