{"id":341749,"date":"2018-10-09T12:56:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T12:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=341749"},"modified":"2024-12-09T03:34:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:34:29","slug":"history-of-the-porsche-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/history-of-the-porsche-911\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate History of the Porsche 911"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1>The Story of the Porsche 911 &#8211; A Timeline<\/h1>\n<h2>Porsche Prepares To Evolve Beyond The 356<\/h2>\n<p>By the early 1960\u2019s, with the commercial success of the 356 (in all of its variants) over the past decade, Porsche had garnered a reputation for building quality, high-performance vehicles that handled equally well on-and-off the race track. At the same time, Ferry recognized that the 356, for as much as it had evolved, was fifteen years old, and was due for a major redesign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero.jpg\" alt=\"1956 Porsche 356\" width=\"1087\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1956-Porsche-356-Speedster-0-Hero-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1087px) 100vw, 1087px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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At the same time, Ferry recognized that the 356, for as much as it had evolved, was fifteen years old, and was due for a major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":341750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,3766,11272,16906,18207],"tags":[545,17140,89,20710,6564,18837,17143],"class_list":["post-341749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-history","category-members-only","category-porsche","category-special-feature","tag-history","tag-members-only","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-featured","tag-porsche-history","tag-porsche-911","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>History of the Porsche 911<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No other car has a history as colorful or interesting as the Porsche 911. 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