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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.
Sep 23, 2018 · As a top Porsche engineering executive, Komenda guided the Stuttgart firm into its next generation, supervising body fabrication for the Type 901, which ultimately became the 911 and supplanted the 356.
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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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Austrian car body designer Komenda worked for Ferdinand Porsche and was responsible for the appearance of the original Volkswagen and many Porsche sports car designs from the late 1940s onwards.
Sep 21, 2022 · Erwin Komenda (center) working at Porsche alongside Ferry Porsche (left) and Head of Construction Karl Rabe (right). Porsche. Komenda was still employed by Porsche as a designer when the 911...
Working at the Cisitalia offices in Turin, Erwin Komenda prepared initial layouts for two types of passenger car in the latter half of June 1947. Two models, a three- and a five-seater, would be mainstream passenger cars with rear engines overhung behind the rear wheels.
Apr 6, 2023 · Top: Erwin Komenda, left, with Ferry Porsche and Ferdinand Porsche and the first Porsche 356. Early in his career with Porsche, he designed the body of what would become the Volkswagen Beetle. He also played a primary role in the design of the Auto Union Type P racing car and the Cisitalia race car.
