In 1953 the Porsche 550 was born and this was their first competition car that Porsche had built. What made the 550 so special was that it weighed very little due to the aluminum body and a tubular frame but what’s more it was open top.

The only team that Porsche were racing against where the Volkswagen team and in their class at the Le Mans they finished first and second in the 1500cc class. Then Porsche had a other win in the famous Pan Americana Mexican road race!

The 550’s were on a winning streak and because of this Porsche began to dominate the motor racing scene worldwide. The 550 was such a good racing car because it was such a manoeuvrable car but not only that it was quick in fact it was extremely quick and because of that it wiped the floor with the competitors. The Porsche 550 was so popular on the track that it became inevitable that off the track it was popular and boy were they right every single one of this super quick perfect handling cars was sold and it became near impossible to find one that was for sale. more…