{"id":873960,"date":"2024-12-16T00:26:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T00:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?page_id=873960"},"modified":"2024-12-16T00:39:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T00:39:29","slug":"porsche-718-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/porsche\/porsche-718-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 718"},"content":{"rendered":"

Porsche 718<\/h1>\n

The Ultimate Guide<\/h2>\n

Built for circuit track, road and hill climb racing, the Porsche factory team and numerous customers successfully used the 718 race sports cars from 1953 to the mid-1960s. Famous racers like Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, Hans Herrmann, Graham Hill, Ricardo Rodriguez and Joakim Bonnier brought home more than 1,000 race victories with the fast and agile Porsche race cars. They really caused a sensation in motorsport thanks to their small four-cylinder flat engines which won races overall against a competition that had superior engine power (but were heavier cars).<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 718 was almost unbeatable in its class.” – This sentiment is echoed by many motorsport historians, highlighting the car’s consistent success in the late 1950s and early 1960s<\/p>\n

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The 718 laid the foundation for Porsche’s future success in motorsport.” – Many see the 718 as a crucial stepping stone to the legendary 904 and 917<\/p>\n

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Porsche 718 The Ultimate Guide Built for circuit track, road and hill climb racing, the Porsche factory team and numerous customers successfully used the 718 race sports cars from 1953 to the mid-1960s. Famous racers like Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, Hans Herrmann, Graham Hill, Ricardo Rodriguez and Joakim Bonnier brought home more than 1,000 race victories with the fast and agile Porsche race cars. 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