PORSCHE

PORSCHE 356B / 1600 CABRIOLET

· Generation

Source and record

Swiss Typenschein type approval (pre-1985)

Official source: ASTRA (Federal Roads Office), type-approval overview table (pre-1985)

: Brand and model come from the official catalogue.

Data as of: 2026-08-01

This page describes a vehicle configuration (type/variant/version), not an individual vehicle.

Original document

Open PDF in a new tab · Official scan of the type approval. Source: FEDRO (Federal Roads Office), served from our archive holdings.

Vehicle stock in Switzerland

15 actively registered

Colours

  • Red5
  • White4
  • Grey3
  • Beige1
  • Green1
  • Black1

Cantons

  • 6
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1

First registration by year

  • 19604
  • 19613
  • 19625
  • 19633

Vehicle category

Most common value in Swiss registrations

  • Passenger car

Fuel

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Petrol

Body form

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Offen mit Verdeck / Hardtop · No official English label

Drivetrain

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Rear-wheel drive

Gearbox

  • Manual

Axles

  • 2

Cylinders

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • 4

Postcodes

  • 64..
  • 80..
  • 81..
  • 12..
  • 18..
  • 30..
  • 45..
  • 56..
  • 85..
  • 87..
  • 89..
  • 94..

VIN prefixes

  • 153...
  • 155...
  • 156...
  • 157...
  • 158...
  • 88...
  • 89...
  • 154...

Key data

Marke
PORSCHE
Marke und Typ
PORSCHE 356 B 1600 CABRIO
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Hubraum
1582
Zylinder
4
Leistung kW
0
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
176
Antrieb
H
Bestand in Verkehr
15
Bestand ausser Verkehr
21

Field labels are the German originals of ASTRA's overview table (pre-1985); no official translations exist for this corpus ("Lien RT" is the official French label of the French scan).

Typenschein – all fields

TG
3197B
Link TG
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Lien RT
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Erstellung
vor / avant 10.03.2004
TG-Format
1. Generation
Marke
PORSCHE
Marke und Typ
PORSCHE 356 B 1600 CABRIO
Markencode
4124
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
176
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Leistung kW
0
Hubraum
1582
Zylinder
4
Antrieb
H
Sitze von
2
Bestand in Verkehr
15
Bestand ausser Verkehr
21