The term speedster, as it applies to automobiles, comes from the race cars of the first days of the automobile industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Those vehicles were stripped of any ...

Back in 1954, Porsche importer Max Hoffmann convinced the folks in Stuttgart to create a stripped-down, low-cost, “purist’s” version of the 356 America. Porsche responded with the 1500 Speedster, ...

Roadsters have been a part of Porsche history since its earliest days—since before even the Speedster. Jonny Lieberman had the chance to drive one of these proto-Speedsters alongside the latest and ...