356
One shape, many identities
The 356 is a model family, not one specification. A C Coupé, Reutter Speedster, Gmünd aluminium car and four-cam Carrera share the outline but occupy different markets. Identity starts with body style and engine type.
Market value · road
USD 215,393.4–USD 404,670.77
Market value · road
USD 215,393.4–USD 404,670.77
- Engine
- 1.1 to 2.0L (air-cooled flat-four family)
- Power
- 35 to 130 PS (No. 1 to Carrera 2)
- Transmission
- 4-speed (manual)
- Layout
- Rear-engine (series cars)
- Production
- ~78'000 (Porsche factory estimate)
Market & Price
Porsche 356 price & market value
The Porsche 356 reference estimate is USD 215,393–USD 404,671 (Sept 2026). The file contains 291 documented road sales and 1 documented competition sale, with individual specifications recorded separately. Actual prices depend on specification, condition and provenance; this range is not an offer or a confirmed sale price.
Model forecast · 16 Jul 2027
12 months from the model baseline
- Lower · P10
- USD 223,856.09-22.1% vs baseline
- Median · P50
- USD 292,362.61+1.7% vs baseline
- Upper · P90
- USD 381,834.14+32.8% vs baseline
Model data: Jul 2026 · 291 documented sale anchors. Modeled history between documented sales.
How to read this forecast
P50 is the model median. The outer shading spans P10–P90; the darker band spans P25–P75. These are model quantiles, not verified probabilities or observed sale prices. The calculation extends the modeled trend and volatility; it does not include new listings, vehicle condition or transaction costs.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | -1.9% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | -1.3% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | -10.3% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | USD 238,958.53 | USD 289,886.32 | USD 351,668.03 |
| +12M | USD 223,856.09 | USD 292,362.61 | USD 381,834.14 |
| +24M | USD 204,169.31 | USD 297,378.85 | USD 433,141.42 |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
292 of 292 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
The 356 market is a hierarchy of identities. Body style, coachbuilder, pushrod or four-cam engine, matching numbers and restoration accuracy matter before headline condition.
Floor
USD 215,393.4
Typical
USD 287,430.99
Ceiling
USD 404,670.77
Estimate band for good road cars. 243 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. The band is not suitable for Gmünd, Carrera, America Roadster or documented competition cars.
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
Only one directly verified public sale is included; it has a later, enlarged engine and is not an originality benchmark.
Overview
Porsche expected to sell 500; the line lasted seventeen years.
The aluminium 356 No. 1 received its operating permit in Gmünd on 8 June 1948. It remained a mid-engine one-off, while the 356/2 established the rear-engine layout used by the production family.
Porsche built 52 aluminium-bodied Coupés and Cabriolets in Austria. Production moved to Stuttgart at the end of 1949, where Reutter supplied steel bodies and volumes grew beyond the original plan.
The A, B and C series changed structure, glass, bumpers, brakes and engine choices while keeping the same basic architecture. Production ended in 1965 after just under 78'000 cars.
- Built
- ~78'000
- First permit
- 8 Jun 1948
- Series
- Pre-A · A · B · C
- Bodies
- Coupé · open
- Cylinders
- Four
Reference
Technical specifications
Model line
- 356/2 and pre-A
- 1948 to 195552 Gmünd cars; later Stuttgart production used steel bodies
- 356 A
- 1955 to 1959included Speedster and four-cam Carrera variants
- 356 B
- 1959 to 1963T5 then T6 body development
- 356 C
- 1963 to 1965four-wheel disc brakes on series cars
- Factory total
- Just under 78'000Porsche also publishes 77'361 in its US historical chronology
Reference specifications
- 356 No. 1
- 1'131 cc · 35 PS · 135 km/hmid-engine one-off; factory figures
- 356/2
- 40 PSrear-engine Gmünd series cars
- 356 A 1600 Super Speedster
- 1'582 cc · 75 PS · 175 km/hfactory-published reference specification
- 356 B Carrera 2
- 2.0L four-cam · up to 130 PSCarrera specification; body and tune varied
- Brakes
- Drums, then discs356 C introduced four-wheel discs to the series line
HICON BID
Buying interest, silently.
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Porsche 356 file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
Open a file on yours.
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
One badge, 4 executions
The register separates the 356 into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
Pre-A01
Speedster024 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The cars
The 356 register
Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.
82 documented · public records
24 of 82 shown