The Porsche 356 was the company's aboriginal assembly automobile. It was a failing and active administration rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2 aperture sports car accessible in auto auto and accessible configurations. Design innovations connected during the years of manufacture, accidental to its motorsports success and popularity. Assembly started in 1948 at Gmünd, Austria area about 50 cars were built. In 1950 the branch relocated to Zuffenhausen, Germany and accepted assembly of the 356 connected until April 1965, able-bodied afterwards the backup archetypal 911 fabricated its autumn 1963 debut. It is estimated about bisected of the absolute assembly of 76,000 356s still survive.