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Porsche has been in the business of building impressive cars and pleasing people for more than 50 years and today they continue to build an impressive line of street cars and race cars. But one thing is for certain old Porsches never die, in fact they become more sought after than any other car.

There is no doubt that the Porsche 911 combined with the 356 its predecessor really are where the history of Porsche began. Porsche was well known for its flat 4 and flat 6 engines as well as the rear engine mount and air cooled engines that were used right up to the late 1990s.

Porsche did introduce water cooled engines and rear wheel drive from 1975 to 1994 in the 924, 944, and 968 models. These were also there first engines to be front mounted.

The 928 also saw the introduction of the V8 in 1977 and it was carried through to 1994. The 911 remained the classic Porsche throughout time. The 911 Turbo offered the four wheel drive and the 959 4WD was introduced as a rally car.

Porsche has had many highlights over the years so lets have a look at the history of the Porsche.

1948 - The first Porsche car with a 1086cc 30kW VW engine was registered in Gmund Austria.

1949 - The 356 production was started in Stuttgart Germany

1950 - Porsche builds the Cisitalia racing car with four wheel drive and a 1.5 L flat 12 supercharged engine.

1951 - A light weight 356 runs in the Le-Mans 24 hour race and the first two right hand drive Porches are built which are then imported by Hamilton to Australia.

1953 - The 550 Spyder mid engine race car is created.

1963 - The Porsche 901 which was renamed the 911 later on was first shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It had a 2 L flat 6 that was air cooled with 97kW @ 6200 rpm. ...

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