Monterey Car Week: Porsche 356 Celebrates 70 Years of Awesomeness
More Porsche goodness to see at Monterey Car Week, this time featuring the past and future of the company.
All of us here Team Speed have stretched out our legs and got a few foot massages so we can all go back out and bring you amazing coverage of Monterey Car Week. Whether it’s Jaguars, Lamborghinis, or Porsches, we know you want it, and we’re here to deliver.
Speaking of Porsche, did you know this year is the automaker’s 70th anniversary? Throughout 2018, the crew from Stuttgart have celebrated their major milestone with gatherings at Goodwood, their HQ, even your nearest Cars & Coffee. Now, Porsche has brought the party to Monterey with a display featuring one of their first cars, and a preview of the company’s motoring future.
On one side of the display, we’ve got a Porsche 356 wearing its finest silver paint, which carries through into the dash. The look is complemented by a mostly red interior, including the two leather buckets and the red dash inserts holding a few gauges between them. It was the 356 that started Porsche on the path to greatest when the first one was registered on June 8, 1948.
On the other side facing the 356 is Porsche’s future. Soon to roll into showrooms as the Taycan, the Mission E Concept is the company’s first foray into fully electric cars. Porsche has spent around $1.2 billion on this wonder of engineering, and it shows. The Mission E can charge up to 80 percent in 15 minutes, and can charge from zero to 62 mph in 3.5 seconds with 600 electric ponies on tap.
We love seeing how our favorite automakers have grown and changed over the decades they’ve been with us, and we love it more when their histories are right before our very eyes in one display. May Porsche enjoy another 70 years of motoring awesomeness.
Photos for Team Speed by Nolan Browning
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