A code that follows in the tracks of a legend, translated for a new era. With the model change, the mid-engine sports cars will now be called the 718 model line. The tradition of the three-digit type numbers, then, continues in its classic fashion-albeit with a certain creative freedom.īut now the names Boxster and Cayman are giving way to a new number code from the legendary nomenclature-the 718. Between the internal numbers of the 911, there were also other models, such as the Carrera GT (internally, 980), the Boxster (986 in the first generation, 987 in the second, and 981 in the third), and the Cayenne (955). Then the 996, 997, and finally back to the 991. Special models within the model line additionally received their own type numbers, for example the 911 Turbo (Type 930) and the 911 SC/RS (Type 954).Ī major turning point in the history of the 911 came in 1988 with the completely redesigned 964 model series.
The B Series followed in 1969, the C Series in 1970, and so on down to the redesigned G Series, which premiered in 1973. The example of the 911 is a case in point: with the 1968 model year, the 911 model line received the internal designation A Series for the first time. The naming of all Porsche models increasingly called for flexibility. These cars, too, received their internal type numbers as their names, with the final digit 4 or 8 designating four- or eight-cylinder, respectively. With the 914, a smaller mid-engine sports car was added to the mix, and over the years the 924, 928, and 944 joined the ranks.
Thus the 0 between the 9 and the 1 was replaced with a 1, and an icon was born: the Porsche 911. But then Peugeot objected, pointing out that it had been using three-digit numbers with a zero in the middle since 1929. As the 900 range was not yet in use at the plant in Wolfsburg, the minds in Zuffenhausen opted for the project number 901 for the six-cylinder variant and 902 for a later four-cylinder version. In light of possible future collaborations with the Volkswagen plant, the new Porsche was named to be compatible with the number ranges being used there. However, Porsche dispensed with the usual typology with none other than the successor to the 356. With some new models, Porsche used the internal code as the official model name, such as the Porsche 550 Spyder in 1953. This system was to be retained by engineers from then on. On June 8, 1948, a new concept was launched: the first car bearing the official brand name Porsche. The numbers began to progress upward with each successive project. The first was the number 7: the design of a sedan for the German automotive manufacturer Wanderer. Porsche GmbH was assigned a serial number, referred to internally as the type number. Every project of the newly founded design office Dr. Ing. h.c. F. The origins of Porsche’s internal numbering system date back to 1931.
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