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It was difficult to manufacture in post-war Europe because of the shortages caused by the war. Porsche and his team built the car in an old factory with only limited tools and materials. The first 365 prototype had an aluminum body, built entirely by hand and was completed on June 8, 1948. Porsche and a small band of mechanics built the car.
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1948 Porsche introduces the aerodynamic "356," named for its design project number. Through 1949, the company hand-builds the first 52 cars in a small garage in Gmund, Austria. 1950 Porsche leases space in the Reutter body factory in Zuffenhausen, a Stuttgart suburb. Reutter builds bodies for the 356 and production reaches 369 for the year. Sportsc...
1956 10,000thPorsche built. Top performance road car is 100-hp Carrera. 1958 10,000th356 built. Porsche outsources body production as demand grows. 1962 Porsche establishes independent distribution network in Europe. 1963 Successor to the 356 first shown — the 911 powered by an all-new 2.0-liter, 130-hp six-cylinder engine. Porsche takes over its f...
1964 911 production begins and the new model is an instant hit. US price: $5,500. 1965 10,000th356 production ends after 17 years and 77,361 built. Porsche quickly responds to demand for new entry model with the 912 — the 911 body with the former 356 four-cylinder engine. US price: $4,000. 1966-1970 Porsche expands the 911 range quickly, adding an ...
1975 Porsche introduces 911 Turbo supercar in North America as a 1976 model. The 911 Turbo combines exotic car performance with luxury and everyday usability. 1976 Porsche replaces the 914 with the 924, a front-engine sports coupe. The car is powered by an Audi engine and built by Audi and features a rear transaxle for optimal weight distribution. ...
1990 Porsche introduces the all-wheel drive 911 Carrera 4 and the rear-wheel drive 911 Carrera 2. The cars share just 15 percent of their parts with the previous 911. New Tiptronic automatic transmission available for the Carrera 2 provides choice between fully automatic shifting and clutchless manual shifting. 1993 Dr. Wendelin Wiedekin, head of p...
1997 Boxster introduced with mid-mounted 201-horsepower, 2.5-liter engine. Porsche quickly responds to worldwide demand by establishing a second Boxster assembly site in Finland. 1998 Ferry Porsche dies at age 88. Porsche introduces the first 100-percent all-new 911 model since the first one in 1964. The new car breaks with 911 tradition by using a...
2001 The Porsche 911 GT2 debuts with top track speed of 195 mph. Carrera engines increased to 320 horsepower. Adopt the 911 Turbo headlight design and receive a newly shaped front end, widened rear end panel, and redesigned oval exhaust tailpipes. 2002 Porsche announces plans to produce the Carrera GT with a six-liter V10 engine. An all new 911 Tar...
May 18, 2019 · 10 min read. The Type 64 – the first Porsche ever built is heading for auction with the price set to exceed £20m. The early history of Porsche is less straightforward than that of many other car manufacturers. The reason is simple: although Porsche was founded in the 1930s, and its creator had started work in the motor industry around the ...
The Professor’s Book. The history of the Porsche automobile brand began in 1948 with the Type 356, but the groundwork for the company was laid in the design office of Professor Ferdinand Porsche. The first order book in 1930 recorded the start-up phase of a legend in the making. It sits unremarkably in a gray safe in a climate-controlled room ...
Feb 24, 2023 · He didn’t have enough money, so he went to Mercedes.”. When, in 1930, Porsche decided to set up a company of his own, car making was still on his agenda. To a colleague he wrote, in September ...
Porsche worked closely with Daimler-Benz AG on this project, with the latter contributing the 1080 HP, water-cooled 12-cylinder inline engine, the Type DB 509. A full scale wooden mockup of the “Maus” was presented to Hitler in May. The first prototype was completed in late December and underwent an unofficial test run.
The 70s. +1970. At a basic list price of less than DM 12,000, the VW-Porsche 914 soon became a best-seller. 12,312 units of the four-cylinder, 1.7-liter engine version were sold in 1970 alone. Priced at DM 19,980, the premium-positioned Porsche 914/6 was powered by the Porsche 911 T’s 2-liter, six-cylinder engine, giving it impressive road ...
