Production Numbers -- Volume of 356s Produced by Model & Year

By Chris Borland
from original research by Dr. Brett Johnson, Restoration Editor

 The evolution of the 356 was constant throughout its production history. Changes were introduced in the middle of a model year, necessitating inspection of the manufacturing year as well as the sales model year. Below is a table of total production numbers for each manufacturing year as well as details for each of the 8 most popular models. These numbers are derived from chassis serial number ranges. Represented in these figures but not broken out are the engine types: "Normal", "Super", "S90", "Carrera" and "Carrera2". This extra info will require difficult investigation into the Kardex data on all cars.

Body Type	Mfg Year	Model Year	Total by Mfg Yr	Reutter Coupe & Cabrio		Gläser Cabrio	Speedster	Convertible "D"	Roadster	Kharmann Hardtop  &  Coupe
Pre-A	'50	'50	378	344	5	29	none	none	none	none	none
	'51	'50	221	190	7	24
	'51	'51	997	750	165	82
	'52	'51	163	60	66	37
	'52	'52	635	418	130	87
	'53	'53	1997	1537	460	none
	'54	'53	953	798	155
	'54	'54	959	815	144
	'54	'55	393	164	29		200
	'55	'55	2450	1215	201		1034
A (T-1)	' 56	'55	559	390	69		100
	'56	'56	4407	2921	430		1056
	'57	'57	3464	2480	393		591
A (T-2)	'56	'57	1540	812	149		579
	'58	'58	5990	3670	1382		552	386
	'59	'59	4663	2743	944		32	944
B (T-5)	'59	'60	2349	1320	468		none	none	561
	'60	'61	7559	4413	1617				1529
	'61	'62	5446	2826	1009				563	1048
B (T-6)	'61	'62	2799	1350	600				249	600
	'62	'63	7930	4092	1568				none	99	2171
	'63	'64	5358	2197	932					none	2229
C (T-6)	'63	'64	4674	2104	832						1738
	'64	'65	10312	3823	1745						4744
	'65	'65	1689	3	588						1098
	'66	'65	10	none	10						none
Totals			77895	41435	14098	259	4144	1330	2902	1747	11980