Small engine, long reach
Porsche's first purpose-built racing car put its engine ahead of the rear axle and weighed about 550 kilograms. The 1.5-litre four-cam car won its class at Le Mans. Eighty-nine Type 550s preceded the 550A.
Market value · road
$4M–$6M
Typical $4.8M · 3 sales
Market & Price
A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.
Records: 5 documented road sales on file · 2016–2024; estimate band $4M–$6M · good road cars. recorded sale prices · mixed hammer and premium-inclusive basis.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | +19.3% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +3.7% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | -1.0% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | $4.4M | $4.9M | $5.4M |
| +12M | $4.3M | $4.9M | $5.6M |
| +24M | $4.2M | $5.1M | $6.0M |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
5 of 5 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
Floor
$4M
Typical
$4.8M
Ceiling
$6M
Estimate band for good road cars. 3 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Estimate for authentic Type 550 cars with documented identity. 550A cars, replicas and materially re-bodied cars require separate treatment.
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
Published totals are used without currency conversion. Chassis-specific history must be checked before applying a model band.
Overview
The first works 550s appeared at Le Mans in 1953, initially with closed tops required by the rules. They won the 1.5-litre class. Open Spyder bodywork followed as the regulations changed.
The original Type 550 used a ladder frame and total production reached 89. The 550A arrived in 1956 with a tubular spaceframe and higher-output engine; Porsche built 40 of that successor, so the two counts should not be combined when valuing a car.
Reference
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Porsche 550 Spyder file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
The register separates the 550 Spyder into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
550013 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The cars
Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.
01 documented · public records
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Porsche 550 Spyder.
Engine designer
Designed the Type 547 four-cam flat-four that defined the 550 and later Carrera road cars.
Body engineer
Developed the 550's compact aluminium body with Porsche's racing department.
