Waibel sport cabriolet, 1948. Built by Swiss coachbuilder Hans Waibel this car is sometimes referred to as a Porsche prototype because it is fitted with a Porsche 1500N engine. Built on a crashed VW Beetle chassis, the original owner was a Porsche sales manager from Zurich. In the mid 70's it was exported to the US since when it has passed through many owners

Porsche is a brand that provides luxury to customers, and its power makes it the best brand in the world. When some of the components are damaged or do not function properly, then it is a costly problem. To overcome these situations, you have to buy new parts, which can be more expensive when you add labor charges on top of it.

When it comes to caring for your Porsche, few things are more alarming than spotting a puddle of oil under your vehicle. If you spot an oil leak, you should visit our service department at Porsche Monmouth immediately for engine inspection and repair.

Your Porsche engine runs at a high temperature. This is due to the heat produced by combustion and the hundreds of moving parts in the engine. Your car overheating, however, can cause permanent damage to your engine if the problem isn’t fixed ASAP. Your Porsche dealership can prevent this, as we can fix any sign of overheating.

1950 Porsche “Gmünd” 356

It’s chassis number 356/2-0032 – the ‘2’ relates to the fact that it was in the first production run after the prototype ‘1’ car, a mid-engined, ally-bodied 356.

The Gmünd production run shifted the engine to the rear, like the VW Beetle on which it was so heavily based but kept the hand-beaten aluminium body panels.

This particular example was completed on 12th June 1950 and an early owner was Gert Kaiser, who gave it its first competition outing in the Rally to the Midnight Sun in Sweden. Naturally, in its 70-plus years of existence it’s been with various owners, including famous collectors in the US, before it came back to the UK in 2007.

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Schuppan 962CR Prototype, 1992. A project by Australian racecar driver Vern Schuppan to build a road-going hypercar based on the  Le Mans-winning Porsche 962 race car. It was powered by a twin-turbo 600hp water-cooled 3.3-litre Type-935 Porsche flat-6 similar to the engine that powered the 962. It was designed by Mike Simcoe (who is now General Motor's Vice President of Global Design) with a carbon fibre monocoque chassis built by Reynard Motorsport. Priced at $1.5 in 1994 it is among the most expensive vehicles ever sold new. Funding was provided by Japanese investors but the global economic recession of the early 1990s and high cost of the car's construction meant that when the financing dried up Schuppan was forced into bankruptcy. Including the prototype, 6 cars were built in all but one has been destroyed in a fire.

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