Everything about Porsche 550 totally explained
The
Porsche 550 was a sports car
automobile produced by
Porsche during the 1950s.
Inspired by a small
Porsche 356 Spyder which was created and raced by
Walter Glöckler in 1951, the factory decided to build such a car, being its first designed specifically for use in
auto racing. The 550 is very low to the ground, in order to be efficient for racing. In fact, former
German Formula One racer
Hans Herrmann drove it
under closed railroad crossing gates
during the 1954
Mille Miglia
The 550 became known as
Spyder or RS, and gave Porsche its first overall win in a major
sports car racing event, the 1956
Targa Florio.
Its successor from 1957 onwards, the
Porsche 718, was even more successful, scoring points in
Formula One as late as 1963. A descendant of the Porsche 550 is generally considered to be the
Porsche Boxster S 550 Spyder; the Spyder name was effectively resurrected with the
RS Spyder Le Mans Prototype.
The Porsche 550
"Little Bastard" is well known as the car in which
James Dean died.
Replicas
The 550 is among the most frequently reproduced classic automobiles, like the
Shelby Cobra and
Lotus Seven. Several companies have sprung up in the last 25 years, some of which build near-exact replicas from the ground up, including spaceframes built to exacting specs from Porsche blueprints. Some of the companies that make replicas are
Boulder Speedster,
Chuck Beck Motorsports,
Automotive Legends,
Chamonix do Brasil,
Thunder Ranch, and
Vintage Spyders.
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