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Sep 30, 2020 · Ferdinand Porsche (right), his son Ferry Porsche (middle) and 356 body designer Erwin Komenda (left) next to Porsche 356 No. 1 in Gmünd, Austria, where Porsches were initially built. , Corporate ...
Sep 22, 2022 · The family of former chief designer Erwin Komenda would like a word. By Alex Lauer. September 22, 2022 4:21 pm. This Porsche 901, from 1963, eventually became the iconic 911 when it hit the market. ullstein bild via Getty. The Porsche 911 is an automotive icon that has actually earned that overused honorific.
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Aug 7, 2020 · A dramatic display at the Max Hoffman showrooms designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on New York’s Park Avenue around 1954/55. (Photo: Porsche Archiv, Porsche 911) ... Erwin Komenda was the recognized ...
Sep 23, 2018 · That same year, Komenda joined the team, part of a founding coterie of brilliance that also included Karl Rabe and Franz Reimspiess. Their first contract was designing a mid-priced straight-six car with swing axles for Wanderer. Along with Audi, DKW and Horch, Wanderer became a component of the new Auto Union conglomerate created in 1932.
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Born on September 19, 1909, of Austrian descent, Ferry Porsche kept the Porsche flame alive when his father was imprisoned in France. Ferry Porsche was one of the first employees to work in his father’s design engineering office, but it is his mark on the company while his father was away that made a huge difference. His realization of a small sports car based on the Volkswagen in collaboration with the head design engineer Karl Rabe (1895-1968) and the body design engineer Erwin Komenda (190...
Ferdinand (Ferry) Anton Ernst Porsche, the second child of Ferdinand and Aloisia Porsche, was born on 19 September 1909 in Wiener Neustadt. His sister Louise (1904-1999) was already five years of age. At the time of his birth, his father was employed as a Technical Manager at Austro-Daimler in Wiener Neustadt. Ferry Porsche was one of the first emp...
Erwin Komenda (6 April 1904 - 22 August 1966) was a Porsche employee, and a lead contributor to the design of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars. He was born in Weyer, a little village in Upper Austria near Steyr. From 1926 to 1929 he worked as a car-body designer in the Steyr factories.
Erwin Komenda (6 April 1904 - 22 August 1966) was an Austrian automobile designer and Porsche employee, and a lead contributor to the design of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars . Erwin Komenda was born on 6 April 1904 in Jauern am Semmering. His father, Franz Komenda, was the technical director of the first power ...
