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Porsche356/1

1948 – present Germany passenger car 1 production year
Production1948 – present
Recorded originGermany
Classpassenger car
Background

The Porsche 356/1 was the first real car created by Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche. This prototype car was a two-seater open roadster with a mid-mounted, air-cooled flat-4 engine of 1,131 cc displacement that produced 40 horsepower (30 kW). While the body was an original design, most of the mechanicals were derived from the Volkswagen Beetle which Ferry's father, Ferdinand Porsche, had designed.

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Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1948–open

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

rdw ↗1 year
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1951–1952

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗2 years