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Ferdinand Porsche ~ Born 3 September 1875 in Maffersdorf, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (current Vratislavice nad Nisou, Czech Republic). Died 30 January 1951 (aged 75) in Stuttgart, West Germany. Automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company. He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner-Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.

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THE GREATEST GERMAN SPORTING car in automotive history was designed and built by a genius who wasn’t even born in Germany. Not only that, but Ferdinand Porsche, the patriarch of the family engineering dynasty, had his hand firmly in the worlds of truck and tank design, aviation, Grand Prix racing, agricultural equipment, and more. He…

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How Ferdinand Porsche’s Great-Grandson Is Gearing Up to Disrupt The Sports Car Market

In 1948, Ferdinand Porsche—the famed Austrian automotive engineer and designer of the original Volkswagen—and his son, Ferry, started building sports cars for the first time under their family name. Seven decades later, the Porsche brand is synonymous with some of the most significant performance automobiles ever built. Today another member of the extended Porsche family […]

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