As Porsche only had small capacity road and racing cars in the 1950s and 1960s, they scored many wins in their classes, and occasionally also overall victories against bigger cars, most notably winning the Targa Florio in 1956, 1959, 1960, 1964, and every year from 1966 to 1970 in prototypes that lacked horsepower relative to the competition, but which made up for that, with reliability, low drag, low weight and good handling.
Durante os anos 1950 e 1960, como Porsche só tiña coches de estrada e de carreiras de pequena cilindrada, acadaron moitas vitorias nas súas clases, e ocasionalmente tamén vitorias na xeral contra coches máis potentes, sobre todo gañaron a Targa Florio en 1956, 1959, 1960, 1964, e todos os anos desde 1966 ata 1970 con Prototipos que carecían de potencia con respecto á competencia, pero que compensaban, con fiabilidade, baixa resistencia, baixo peso e bo manexo.