Porsche
Type 754 T7 prototype

Why it matters

The Type 754 T7 was the 1959-60 study that first showed the form of the future 911: the flat bonnet between free-standing wings, inclined headlights and A-pillars, and a shaped rear. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche's design convinced Ferry Porsche that a coupe could be recognised as a Porsche. The finished 911 differed mainly by dropping the four-seat layout.

How rare is it?

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

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

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

History

By the late 1950s the 356 was reaching its limits, and a successor was specified as an evolution rather than a revolution. In 1959 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche produced a model of a coupe, and the 754 prototype was created in 1960 as a four-seater study. Ferry Porsche rejected the four-seater and insisted on a fastback; as a compromise the 2.40 m wheelbase of the earlier design was shortened to 2.20 m.

The T8, a 2+2, and the T9, a full four-seater, were developed in parallel. Work on the fastback 2x2 coupe, the 901, started in 1962.

Technical specifications

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Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

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Identification guide

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

The 754 is distinguished from the later 901/911 by its four-seat layout and longer wheelbase, and it lacks the requested fastback. It is a coupe with a flattened bonnet between free-standing wings, inclined built-in headlights and a shaped rear section. The cached sources give no chassis details.

Sources

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   Motor1 – The link between the Porsche 356 and the 911? It's this concept Level C

   • 1 the single 754 T7 prototype, described as a unique example now in the Porsche Museum

   Accessed 2026-11-12