Probably being one of the rarest automobiles in the world, the Porsche 916 never made it to production reality. Only 11 of its fantastic prototypes were ever built and only one, the original one, was sent to Brumos Porsche in the United States of America with an A/C.

The Porsche 916 was basically a 911S powered automobile and had a fixed roof unlike that of the Porsche 914 which came with the famous ‘targa’ (semi-convertible car body style with a removable roof) top. The bumper panels were painted to match the color of the car and it had flared out fenders as well but the thing that separated it from all the other Porsche models of that time was the fact that it was the fastest sports car that Porsche had ever built! It also had a top speed of 145 mph which was pretty impressive back in those days.

When it was being developed the Porsche 916 was planned to have a retail price of $14,000 which would have made it the most expensive Porsche ever built. Yes it sounds like a really low number today but, when you compare it to the price of the best Porsche 911 of the day at $10,000 you quickly see that the 916 was 40% costlier.

And that was the problem.  The 916 was designed to be a competitor to the Ferrari 246 Dino but, because of a decline in overall Porsche sales around the world the Porsche 916 was dropped and only the 11 prototype models were actually produced.

It’s a real shame too because the 916 was a better, stronger and faster car than the 914.

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