06/08/2026
Today is the birthday of every Porsche ever made.
On June 8, 1948, Ferry Porsche received the operating permit for the 356 "No. 1" Roadster in GmΓΌnd, Austria β and the Porsche brand was born.
Hand-built aluminum body. A borrowed and tuned VW flat-four making just 35 hp. A steel lattice tube frame. A mid-engine layout that wouldn't survive into production. It shouldn't have worked. It absolutely did.
78 years ago today, one man decided the car he wanted simply didn't exist yet β so he built it.
The No. 1 is still alive. You can see it at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, where it holds its rightful place as the car that started everything.
Every 911. Every GT3. Every Taycan. It all traces back to this little aluminum roadster on a dirt road in the Austrian Alps.
Happy birthday, No. 1. π
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