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Jun 11, 2018 · History. Historians, Miscellaneous: Biographies. Ferdinand Porsche. views 1,321,376 updated Jun 11 2018. Ferdinand Porsche. Though he and his son founded the high-performance sports car firm that bears the family name, Ferdinand Porsche Sr. (1875-1951) is also remembered as the visionary who created the Volkswagen Beetle in the 1930s.
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche seized his energy from a creative restlessness which formed part of his entire life. From plumber's apprentice to engineer. The roots of Porsche's company history lie in Bohemia where Ferdinand Porsche was born on 3 September 1875 in Maffersdorf, as the third child of Anton Porsche and his wife Anna.
Gamechanger: how Ferdinand Porsche designed the first-ever hybrid car. Electromobility and Porsche goes back nearly 125 years 27 June 2023. Hybrid and all-electric cars may feel like a thoroughly modern mobility solution, but the man who founded Porsche was designing battery-powered cars at the turn of the 20th Century.
Mar 28, 1998 · Ferdinand Porsche, creator of the German sports car that bore his family name and son of the legendary engineer who designed the Volkswagen Beetle, died yesterday at his family's vacation home...
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Ferdinand Porsche bought it in 1941 as a retreat for himself and his family, and because he wanted to maintain a connection with Austria long after putting down new roots in Stuttgart. His son Ferry, the founder of today’s company and the father of Wolfgang Porsche, had discovered the farmstead back in the 1930s while driving through the mountains.
Apr 5, 2012 · Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, who designed the original Porsche 911, the snazzy, powerful sports car that became the lasting signature of the German automobile company founded by his grandfather...
Apr 6, 2012 · Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria at age 76, Porsche AG said. No cause was provided. Porsche, known as F.A. to his colleagues, was head of the Porsche design studio...
