Porsche
356 B 2000 GS Carrera GT

Why it matters

The 2000 GS/GT was the competition version of the 356 B Carrera 2, built so that privateers and selected customers could race a Carrera 2 with the Type 587/2 engine. RM Sotheby's cites Jürgen Barth's research: only 27 of these engines were made for customers and about 15 complete GT cars were built at Zuffenhausen between 1962 and 1964. The GS production car existed to homologate the GT, even though the two differed in many respects, for example lightweight aluminium body panels on the GT.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Photos

Exterior, interior and detail photos with their licences.

• Porsche 356 B 2000 GS Carrera GT (Wikimedia Commons search)
  Photo: Rick W. Dryve from Berlin, Germany · CC BY 2.0
• Porsche 356 B 2000 GS Carrera GT (Wikimedia Commons search)
  Photo: Rick W. Dryve from Berlin, Germany · CC BY 2.0

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

The second-generation Carrera debuted at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show as the sportiest version of the 356 B, and public sales of the Carrera 2 began in April 1962; these were the first Porsches with standard disc brakes. Two engine types shared the "Carrera 2" name: the Type 587/1 production engine of 130 hp in the GS and the Type 587/2 competition engine in the GT, which RM puts at nearly 160 hp, rising to 180 hp in works chassis.

The aluminium-bodied racing derivative known as the Dreikantschaber finished third overall in the 1963 Targa Florio with Herbert Linge, according to Porsche, and won its GT class.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

The GT is told apart from the GS mainly by its Type 587/2 competition engine and lightweight aluminium body panels, whereas the GS has the Type 587/1 and steel panels. An engine alone does not make a GT: RM Sotheby's describes a GS coupé fitted with a 587/2 (number 98001) that was originally in a works Carrera 2 GT chassis, yet the car keeps its steel panels, headrests and chrome wheels. Engine and chassis numbers are traced through the factory Kardex and Jürgen Barth's records.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   RM Sotheby's Amelia Island 2022 – 1963 Porsche 356 B Carrera 2 2000 GS/GT 'Sunroof' Coupe by Reutter Level B

   • 15 Approximately 15 complete GT cars completed at Zuffenhausen 1962–1964 (27 Type 587/2 GT engines per Jürgen Barth)

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   1962 - 1964 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 GS 2000 Level B Ultimatecarpage.com

   • 16 Some sources suggest as few as 16 brand new Carrera 2 GTs were built in 1962 and 1964

   Accessed 2026-11-12
3. 3
   1963 Porsche 356 B Carrera 2 2000 GS/GT Sunroof Coupe by Reutter (lot r0080) Level C RM Sotheby's

   • The GT-spec engine was the competition unit (Type 587/2)
   • two distinct 2.0-liter, quad-cam, flat-four-cylinder engines
   • improved to 180 horsepower in Works chassis
   • first Porsches fitted with standard disc brakes
   • lightweight aluminum body panels

   Accessed 2026-11-12