Porsche Vision 357: a prototype to celebrate 75 years of building sports cars

Porsche Vision 357 prototype front

Last midnight and almost without warning, Porsche surprised both the motoring press and his followers with the presentation of a sports car prototype. She has named it Vision 357 and it is the material form with which the Stuttgart house wants to celebrate its 75th anniversary as a car manufacturer "on the street", that is, outside the world of competition.

The design of the vehicle in question is inspired by the Porsche 356, which would be the first production tourism of the German brand. debuted in 1948 and was developed by Ferry Porsche, son of company founder Ferdinand Porsche. He was responsible for the "Type 1" project, the original Volkswagen Beetle that mobilized Germany and much of the planet during the past century.

Porsche Vision 357 prototype rear

The Vision 357 not only pays homage to this model, with which Porsche began its journey in the automobile market, but also to an entire career as a builder of aspirational vehicles., with high performance and suitable for driving on roads open to traffic. The company has been installed in this industry for 75 years. His business, although it has suffered ups and downs and went through a great crisis in the 1990s, has not stopped reaping commercial successesIn addition to becoming a international reference.

Built on the basis of a Porsche 718 cayman GT4 RS (it has most of its mechanical components, including its 500 CV gasoline engine), one of the most recent launches of the Bavarian firm, the tribute will remain exhibited at the DRIVE Forum of the Volkswagen Group in Berlin, from January 27 to early March. Then he will travel to Austin. It has been announced that will visit several countries in different events throughout 2023.

"We have created a very special birthday present with the Porsche Vision 357. We took the 356 as the basis for underline the importance of our DNA", has declared Michael Mauer, head designer of the brand. This concept is an attempt to combine the past, present and future with coherence, using proportions that recall its historical archetype and details that anticipate the prospects for tomorrow."

Source - Porsche


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