10.000 Porsche zjeżdża z taśmy produkcyjnej.
Classic Car Catalogue
Porsche 1956
356 A
550
597
Germany 
W marcu zbudowano 10-tysięczny samochód.
4264 ex.
Speedster
GS Carrera
and Coupé
Victories:
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship entries:
| 1000 km Buenos Aires 29.01.1956 (round 1) | Results: | ||||||||
| # | Entrant: | gen. | class | ||||||
| 1 | 550 Spyder | Juhan / Lopes | acc. | S1.5 | - | ||||
| 2 | 550 Spyder | Mayol / Gobbi | fail. | S1.5 | - | ||||
| 12h Sebring 24.03.1956 (round 2) | Results: | ||||||||
| # | chassis | Entrant: | gen. | class | |||||
| 41 | 550 Spyder | Herrmann / von Trips | Porsche K.G. | 6th | S1.5 | 1st | |||
| 42 | 550 | Crawford / Linge / von Hanstein | Porsche K.G. | fail. | S1.5 | - | |||
| 43 | 550 Spyder | McAfee / Lovely | John Edgar | 7th | S1.5 | 2nd | |||
| 66 | 550 | Marshall/Brundage/von Hanstein | Porsche KG | 14th | S1.5 | 3rd | |||
| Mille Miglia 18-29.04.56 (round 3) | Results: | ||||||||
| # | chassis | Entrant: | gen. | category | class | ||||
| 033 | 356 1300 Super | Wissel / Valsecchi | 71st | T/GT1.3 | 20th | GT1.3 | 15th | ||
| 037 | 356A 1300 Super | Strähle / Greger | 23rd | T/GT1.3 | 4th | GT1.3 | 4th | ||
| 047 | 356 1300 Super | Richter | dnf | T/GT1.3 | - | ||||
| 100 | 356 1300 Super | Oesterle | 85th | T/GT1.3 | 22nd | GT1.3 | 17th | ||
| 109 | Bauer / de Bernardinis | dnf | T/GT1.3 | - | |||||
| 119 | Fantuzzi / Bevilacqua | dnf | T/GT1.3 | - | |||||
| 130 | 356 Super | Schiller / Briffaud | 65th | T/GT1.3 | 18th | GT1.3 | 13th | ||
| 140 | 356 1300 Super | Balas / Borne | dnf | T/GT1.3 | - | ||||
| 230 | 356 1500 Speedster | von Saucken / Bialas | 64th | SP | 2nd | SP1.5 | 1st | ||
| 248 | 356A Carrera 1500 GS | Nathan / Kaiser | 22nd | T/GT1.6 | 2nd | GT1.6 | 2nd | ||
| 249 | 356 | Blendl | dnf | T/GT1.6 | - | ||||
| 250 | 356 1500 Carrera | Schild / Aumas | dnf | T/GT1.6 | - | ||||
| 251 | 356 Carrera | Lissmann | 41st | T/GT1.6 | 3rd | GT1.6 | 3rd | ||
| 252 | 356 1500 | Kretschmann / Trager | 126th | T/GT1.6 | 7th | GT1.6 | 4th | ||
| 253 | 356 1500 | Lautenschlager / Fischer | dnf | T/GT1.6 | - | ||||
| 255 | 356 Carrera | Persson / Blomqvist | 18th | T/GT1.6 | 1st | GT1.6 | 1st | ||
| 257 | 356 1500 | Plaut / Zick | dnf | T/GT1.6 | - | ||||
| 258 | 356 1500 | Bochsler / Feth | dnf | T/GT1.6 | - | ||||
| 302 | 356 | Herold | dns | T/GT1.6 | - | ||||
| 419 | 550A Spyder | Herrmann / Enz | dnf | S1.5 | - | ||||
| 421 | 550 Spyder | von Frankenberg | dns | S1.5 | - | ||||
| 426 | 550 Spyder | Knoch | 87th | S1.5 | 3rd | ||||
| 429 | 550 Spyder | Bracco | dnf | S1.5 | - | ||||
| 432 | 550 | Köchert | dnf | S1.5 | - | ||||
| Nürburgring 1000 km 27.05.1956 (round 4) | Results: | ||||||||
| # | chassis | Entrant: | gen. | class | |||||
| 20 | 550 RS | #0102 | von Frankenberg / Herrmann | Porsche | 6th | S1.5 | 2nd | ||
| 21 | 550 RS | #0038 | von Trips / Maglioli | Porsche | 4th | S1.5 | 1st | ||
| 34 | 550 Spyder | #0031 | May / May | M.May | dnf | S1.5 | - | ||
| 36 | 550 Spyder | Busch / Schwaneberg | K.Busch | acc. | S1.5 | - | |||
| 40 | 550 Spyder | Helfrich / Nöcker | T.Helfrich | dnf | ser.S1.5 | - | |||
| 41 | 550 Spyder | #0015 | Seidel / Glöckler | W.Seidel | fail. | ser.S1.5 | - | ||
| 42 | 550 Spyder | #0033 | Lautenschlager / Fischer | E.Lautenschlager | dna | ser.S1.5 | - | ||
| 43 | 550 Spyder | #0018 | Kretschmann / Liebl | F.Kretschmann | 13th | ser.S1.5 | 1st | ||
| 44 | 550 Spyder | #0077 | Goethals / Rousselle | Francorchamps | dns | ser.S1.5 | - | ||
| 45 | 550 Spyder | #0041 | Hezemans / de Beaufort | G.Koechert | 24th | ser.S1.5 | 2nd | ||
| 47 | 550 Spyder | #0081 | Buff / Köchert | W.C.Buff | dnf | ser.S1.5 | - | ||
| 60 | 356 Carrera | Götze / Sauter | R.F.Goetze | dna | GT/T2.0 | - | |||
| 61 | 356A Carrera 1500 GS | Nathan / Kaiser | Max Nathan | 9th | GT/T2.0 | 1st | |||
| 62 | 356 Carrera | #55818 | Blendl / Lissmann | L.Blendl | fail. | GT/T2.0 | - | ||
| 63 | 356 Carrera | Zick / Plaut | H.G.Plaut | 15th | GT/T2.0 | 3rd | |||
| 64 | 356 1600S | Wittmann / Hampel | W.H.Wittmann | 20th | GT/T2.0 | 4th | |||
| 65 | 356 Carrera | Schulze / Nogueira | H.Schülze | 10th | GT/T2.0 | 2nd | |||
| 66 | 356 Carrera | Seiler / Wirz | E.Seiler | dna | GT/T2.0 | - | |||
| 67 | 356 1500 Super | Buess / Hammernick | Meute | fail. | GT/T2.0 | - | |||
| 68 | 356 Carrera | Persson / Kronegard | O.Persson | dna | GT/T2.0 | - | |||
| 70 | 356 | Trenkel / Niedermayr | R.Trenkel | dnf | GT/T1.3 | - | |||
| 71 | 356 | Strähle / Denk | E.Hofmann | dnf | GT/T1.3 | - | |||
| 72 | 356 | Deutenberg / Jäger | H.Deutenberg | 25th | GT/T1.3 | 10th | |||
| 73 | 356 | Jeser / Elmenhorst | J.Jeser | dnf | GT/T1.3 | - | |||
| 74 | 356 | Falk / Joch | K.Falk | 26th | GT/T1.3 | 11th | |||
| 75 | 356 | Kling / Graf | A.Kling | fail. | GT/T1.3 | - | |||
| 76 | 356 | Busch / Bös | H.Busch | 21st | GT/T1.3 | 7th | |||
| 77 | 356 | Greger / von Saucken | S.Greger | 22nd | GT/T1.3 | 8th | |||
| 78 | 356 | Oesterle / Günther | H.Oesterle | 23rd | GT/T1.3 | 9th | |||
| 356 | Günther | H.Oesterle | dna | GT/T1.3 | - | ||||
| Sveriges Grand Prix 12.08.1956 (round 5) | Results: | ||||||||
| # | chassis | Entrant: | gen. | class | |||||
| 41 | 550 Spyder | #0082 | Thirion / Dubois | ENB | 12th | PS2.0 | 4th | ||
| 42 | 550 Spyder | #0041 | Hezemans / Oebels | M.Hezemans | fail. | PS2.0 | - | ||
| 43 | 550 Spyder | #0081 | von Frankenberg / Buff | W.C.Buff | 8th | PS2.0 | 1st | ||
| 44 | 550 Spyder | #0045 | Herrmann / Kaiser | G.Kaiser | 13th | PS2.0 | 5th | ||
| 45 | 550 Spyder | #0036 | Nöcker / Seidel | W.Seidel | 11th | PS2.0 | 3rd | ||
Victories:
| 1st | Targa Florio | #84 | 550 A | Maglioli/von Hanstein |
| 2nd | Rudge Withworth Cup | #25 | 550 | Trips / Frankenberg |
Other races:
| Targa Florio 10.06.1956 | Results: | ||||||||
| # | Entrant: | gen. | category | class | |||||
| 84 | 550 A RS 1500 | Maglioli | 1st | sport | 1st | 1.1-1.5 | 1st | ||
| 24h Le Mans 28.07.1956 | Results: | ||||||||
| # | chassis # | Entrant: | gen. | class | perf. index | ||||
| 24 | RS 550 A/4 1.5 | 550A-0103 | Maglioli / Herrmann | Porsche KG | fail. | - | - | ||
| 25 | RS 550 A/4 1.5 | 550A-0104 | Trips / Frankenberg | Porsche KG | 5th | 1.1-1.5 | 1st | 2nd | |
| 26 | 356 Carrera 1.5 | Nathan / Glöckler | Porsche KG | acc. | - | - | |||
| 27 | 550/4 RS 1.5 | 550-041 | Hezemans / Beaufort | W.Seidel | fail. | - | - | ||
| 28 | 550/4 1500 | 550-0032 | Storez / Polensky | G.Olivier | fail. | - | - | ||
| 34 | 356 A/4 1.3 | 56007 | Bourel / Slotine | R.Bourel | 13th | 1.1-1.5 | 3rd | ||
Porsche 550 #41, engine: F4 2v DOHC 1496 cm³ (Hans Herrmann / Wolfgang von Trips) by Porsche K.G. at 12 Hours Sebring.
Porsche 550 #42, engine: F4 2v DOHC 1496 cm³ (Ed Crawford / Herbert Linge / Huschke von Hanstein) by Porsche K.G. at 12 Hours Sebring.
1000 km Nürburgring: Wolfgang Von Trips, Porsche 550.
The winner of Targa Florio, Umberto Maglioli in the 550 A RS 1500.
Porsche at 24h Le Mans. #24 RS 550 A/4 (#550A-0103) 1498 cm³ (Umberto Maglioli / Hans Herrmann)
RS 550 A/4 Coupé (#550A-0104) 1498 cm³ (Wolfgang von Trips / Richard von Frankenberg) at Le Mans.
550/4 RS (#550-041) 1498 cm³ (Mathieu Hezemans / Carel Godin de Beaufort) at Le Mans.
Typ 550 A Spyder prowadzony przez Hansa Herrmanna na starcie do Mille Miglia.
Porsche 550, chassis #0036, engine: F4 2v DOHC 1500 cm³ (Peter Nöcker / Wolfgang Seidel) by Wolfgang Seidel at Sveriges Grand Prix.