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The First Porsche—Almost

Well before he set up his own engineering office, Ferdinand Porsche planned to produce a car in his own name. By 1939, he and his team had designed it—an amazing forerunner of the Carrera GT of the 21st Century.

Porsche 904 – The Story

Porsche’s Type 904, officially called the Carrera GTS because Porsche and Peugeot were in dispute over numeric designations with “0” in them, succeeded the RSK Type 718 as the last sports-racing iteration of the 356 series.