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The 1948 Porsche 356 1 roadster. Only one was ever built.

911, and it would be utilized by the German state of Baden Wurttemberg, where it would patrol the autobahn for speeders. Still, the police could not be blamed for wanting to level the playing field. Porsche AG has had a long and proud tradition of designing and producing high-performance vehicles exclusively for the sports car market. The First Million The first sports car to carry the Porsche name, the 356, was built in 1948, in Austria. Production was quickly moved to the suburbs of Stuttgart a " er the first fi " y examples were manufactured, and over the next fi " een years, approximately 77,000 356 coupes and convertibles were delivered to customers around the globe. The 356 was replaced in 1963 with the vehicle that defines the Porsche legend: the 911. Over one million units of the 911 and its derivatives have been produced to date, and it remains one of the most desired of automotive conveyances. From 1969 to 1975, the company made 118,000 Porsche 914 mid engined cars, which, because of their powerplants, were looked

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