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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG Headquarters in Stuttgart Company type Public Traded as FWB: P911 DAX component ISIN DE000PAG9113 Industry Automotive Founded 1931 ; 94 years ago (1931) in Stuttgart, Germany Founder Ferdinand Porsche Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany Area served Worldwide Key people Wolfgang Porsche (chairman) Oliver Blume (CEO) Products Automobiles Production output 321,321 vehicles ...
Ferdinand Porsche [a] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG.He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.
1983 Porsche 911 SC, the last production year of the SC Henri Toivonen at rallye des 1000 pistes in 1984 on a Porsche 911 SC/RS. In 1978, Porsche introduced the new version of the 911, called the '911SC'. Porsche reintroduced the SC designation for the first time since the 356SC (as distinguished from the race engined 356 Carrera).
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (11 December 1935 – 5 April 2012), also known by the nickname "Butzi", was a German designer whose best known product was the first Porsche 911. He is the son of Ferry Porsche , and the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche .
Porsche SE was created in June 2007 by renaming the old Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, and became a holding company for the families' stake in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH (50.1%) (which in turn held 100% of the old Porsche AG) and currently is the major shareholder in Volkswagen AG (31.3%) and holds the majority voting rights (53.1%).
The Sudeten German surname Porsche can be traced to the 18th century in the area of Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic). [4] The surname originates with the German word Bursche ("boy, young man, apprentice, farmhand") and is on record in northern Bohemia in various spellings (Porsch, Borsche, Borsch, Bursche, Bursch, Pursch, Pursche, etc.) from the early 17th century.
The 356 was created by Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche (son of Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the German company), who founded the Austrian company with his sister, Louise.Like its cousin, the Volkswagen Beetle (which Ferdinand Porsche Sr. had designed), the 356 is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car with unitized pan and body construction.
1963–1989 Porsche 911—a sports car was awarded fifth place as Car of the 20th Century; 1964–present Ford Mustang—the pony car that became one of the bestselling cars of the era; 1966–end of the 20th century Fiat 124—an Italian car that was produced under license in many other countries including the Soviet Union