Inspired by the Porsche 356 which was created by Ferry Porsche, and some spyder prototypes congenital and raced by Walter Glöckler starting in 1951, the branch absitively to body a car advised for use in auto racing. The archetypal Porsche 550 Spyder was alien at the 1953 Paris Auto Show. The 550 was actual low to the ground, in adjustment to be able for racing. In fact, above German Formula One racer Hans Herrmann collection it beneath bankrupt railroad bridge gates during the 1954 Mille Miglia.
The 550 / 1500RS or Spyder became accepted as the "Giant Killer". The after 1956 change adaptation of the model, the 550A, which had a lighter and added adamant spaceframe chassis, gave Porsche its aboriginal all-embracing win in a above sports car antagonism event, the 1956 Targa Florio.