AutoPorsche celebrates 75th anniversary with Vision 357, a tribute to its first carThe concept is based on the company’s Cayman GT4 RSWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
AutoPorsche celebrates 75th anniversary with Vision 357, a tribute to its first carThe concept is based on the company’s Cayman GT4 RSWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The concept is based on the company’s Cayman GT4 RS
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Porsche)
(Image credit: Porsche)
This year marks 75 years since the first Porsche rolled off the production line. Completed on 8 June, 1948, that first car was a 356 Roadster, and to celebrate its birthday Porsche has created a concept envisioning what a new 356 might have looked like today.
Called the Porsche Vision 357 the car features a similar silhouette and stance to the original, but with the modern underpinnings of a sports car. The drivetrain is that of the current Cayman GT4 RS, meaning a 4.0-litre, six-cylinder engine producing 492 horsepower.
Although using a petrol engine instead of an electric motor, Porsche says how the concept’s engine would be designed to run on the company’s new ‘eFuel’, which is made from water, renewable electricity and carbon dioxide.
(Image credit: Porsche)
(Image credit: Porsche)
“We created a very special birthday present in the form of the Porsche Vision 357, one which uses the 356 as a basis to underscore the significance of our design DNA,” said Michael Mauer, vice president for style at Porsche, said. “The design study is an attempt to combine the past, present and future with coherency, featuring proportions that are reminiscent of its historical archetype and details that visualise the outlook for the future.”
Porsche points out how there are parallels between the two cars in their paintwork. The two-tone concept uses Ice Grey Metallic on its body and Grivola Grey Metallic around the lower portions, which the company says is reminiscent of the grey tones that became popular in the 1950s.
(Image credit: Porsche)
(Image credit: Porsche)
The car sits on a set of 20in wheels made from magnesium, with carbon fibre hubcaps and central locks that Porsche says are “aerodynamically advantageous”. Other details include the sills, which are made from natural carbon fibre-reinforced plastic, containing flax and also used on the Porsche Mission R, an electric racing car concept from 2021.
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As is increasingly common on concept cars, and even those now in production, the Vision 357 has cameras instead of wing mirrors.
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