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The Most Famous Porsche

September 26, 2008

jamesdeanhollywoodstart.jpgIt’s been a week of fantasy and celebrity here at 993C4S.com We started the week with a quest to fill our dream garage full of Porsches and quicly moved on to those Porsche cars that held starring roles in the movies. To round out the week we want to know what is the most famous Porsche?

Before answering the question, let’s first set some ground rules and define what we mean by famous. We all know there are lots of famous Porsches. There is the Gmund No. 1 that started everything; the 917 Pink Pig (one of my personal favorites); any of the recent winning Spyders at Sebring and other races; the Porsche 959 (possibly the worlds first every day supercar), etc. etc. What we’re interested in are Porsches that have jumped from relative obscurity (known by a select group of Porsche lovers and aficionados) and landed squarely in the public eye.

Two cars come immediately to mind. It’s our opinion that for anyone over 50 years old (and for most Porschephiles) that the Porsche 550 Spyder (made famous by the crash that killed James Dean) would take top honors. For the younger generation, and the general population as a whole, the award just might go to the Porsche 928 made famous by none other than Tom Cruise in the movie Risky Business.

James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder

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The Risky Business Porsche 928

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Which one is it? Let us know your thoughts by participating in the poll below. If you think we’ve missed one, drop us a line in the comment fields.

Which Porsche is the Most Famous?
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6 Responses to “The Most Famous Porsche”

  1. Etienne Botes on September 27th, 2008 10:55 am

    Neither. The most famous one will be the Porsche 901 that will star in the movie made of Kevin Gosselin’s book after Hollywood has purchased the movie-rights!
    :-D

  2. 993C4S on September 27th, 2008 11:48 am

    @Etienne,

    I know Kevin hopes you are right!!!! It was a great book and I would love to see it on the big screen. :-)

  3. Lasse Hansen on September 29th, 2008 6:24 am

    Personally I would say the 911 S used by Steve McQueen in 24hr LeMans

  4. canuck on September 29th, 2008 3:17 pm

    dean’s 550 epitomizes the Porsche mystique. I hope to be the guy who finds it, someday.

  5. Gary Grant on September 30th, 2008 8:46 am

    Canuck,

    Not that I’m overly superstitious, but I’m not sure I would want that cursed and twisted lump in MY garage!

  6. Paul Chenard on September 30th, 2008 7:30 pm

    “Cursed and twisted” sounds like my minivan …

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