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Porsche 356/1 Porsche 356/2: 1944 1950 300 First Porsche factory during war times and immediately after World War II. Porsche Konstruktionen GesmbH. Not part of Volkswagen AG. VW Ipiranga Assembly: South America, Brazil: Ipiranga, São Paulo: VW Beetle VW Type 2: 1953: 1957: 0: VW's first assembly plant in Brazil. Assembled vehicles from knock ...
Škoda Auto a.s. (Czech pronunciation: ⓘ), often shortened to Škoda, is a Czech automobile manufacturer established in 1925 as the successor to Laurin & Klement and headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic.
In December 2009, Volkswagen AG bought a 49.9% stake in Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (more commonly known as Porsche AG) in a first step towards an 'integrated automotive group' with Porsche. [37] [38] [39] The merger of Volkswagen AG and Porsche SE was scheduled to take place during the course of 2011. On 8 September 2011, it was announced that ...
The Škoda 14T (also called Porsche and Elektra) is a five carbody section uni-directional low-floor tram, developed by Škoda Transportation for the Prague tram system. The 14T is the first low-floor tram purchased by the Prague Transport Company . [1] The vehicle's body was designed by Porsche Design Group. The 14 T has six axles, and the low ...
Porsche SE is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg and is majority owned by the Austrian-German Porsche-Piëch family. [a] [5] The company was founded in Stuttgart as Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche GmbH in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951) [6] and his son-in-law Anton Piëch (1894–1952).
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 ...
1978 Škoda 120 GLS. In the early 1970s, Škoda had originally intended to produce their successor to the S100/110 as a front-engined front-wheel drive model. However, because of the lack of funding (Škoda had even applied for license in Moscow to produce their new car with a front-engine and front-wheel drive), Škoda was refused a licence and was forced to update the earlier S100/110 saloon ...
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.