Porsche Coupe in chronological order
Porsche 356 Coupe "Ferdinand" '1950Produced in a single copy
- Porsche employees present this coupé to Prof. Ferdinand Porsche on September 3, 1950 in the occasion of his 75th birthday.
- After Prof. Porsche’s death in January 1951, the coupe clocks up almost 400,000 kilometres as a test vehicle.
- All Porsche test cars are given names and this specific vehicle goes down in history as “Ferdinand”. The car features the first anti-roll bar and radial tyres and, for a while, is the first 356 to be powered by a Carrera engine.
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