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Originally Posted by tabs
It would be real nice if Porsche returned to the simple no frills lite weight cars that the 550, 356 and early 911's were. In other words a drivers car.
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The 550 wasn't a driver's car it was a race car. 356 coupes and cabriolets were relatively cushy as sports cars go, with roll up windows, padded tops, sound insulation, etc. Max Hoffman had to talk Porsche into stripping them down to make a car to compete with bare bones British and Italian sports cars. The result was the Speedster, which was not popular and sold in relatively low numbers.