First Porsche

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Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche AG, normally abbreviated as Porsche AG, is a German car manufacturer specializing in luxury, high-end sports cars, SUVs and sedans. Porsche AG is owned by the Volkswagen Group, 1 which in turn is majority owned by Porsche Automovil Holding SE. It was founded in Stuttgart in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche and his son Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche.

He was born in Maffersdorf (then in Austria, today in the Czech Republic), on September 3, 1875 and was the third of the 5 children of Anton Porsche, engineer and entrepreneur. As a teenager he was interested in experimenting with electric energy. In 1893 he went to work at Brown Boveri, Vienna, a company in the electricity sector. It proved to be a great professional and quickly rose. By 1898 he became part of the car division of Jacob Hans Bonza Lohner, also in Vienna. At the 1900 universal exhibition in Paris, the Daimler-Porsche electric car was introduced, powered by 4 electric motors integrated in the car's wheels.

Ferdinand piloted his own designs in races at the beginning of the 20th century, obtaining some victories. In 1906 he became technical director of Austro-Daimler. Porsche won in 1910 the Prinz-Heinrich Fahrt with an Austro-Daimler, occupying another of his cars in the 2nd place. Later he was promoted to general manager. In 1922 the Sascha won the famous Targa Florio in its class (4-cylinder, 1.1-liter engine).

Mercedes-Benz SSK.
In 1923 he is hired by Mercedes as technical director. There he is responsible for developing the brand's compressor engines, winning in 1924 the Targa Florio in the absolute classification. Merits that made him be named honorary doctorate in engineering by the Technische Hochschule of Stuttgart. Porsche left its mark on Mercedes-Benz for the whole story, as it was responsible for the design of the magnificent Mercedes-Benz S, SS and SSK.

The project office
After a brief step by Steyr, he created his engineering and design office on April 25, 1931 in Stuttgart. The first project was named # 7 because they did not want it to be known to be the first. His first relevant assignment was that of Auto Union for a single-seater grand prix with a 16-cylinder engine: the Auto Union P-Wagen (Porsche type 22), which won one in two races in which he participated.

Porsche had long thought about building a quality and po[CENSORED]r car, which was not a toy version of traditional saloons. This desire could be realized thanks to the commission received by the Nazi administration during the year 1934. In this way, the first Volkswagen test prototype called “V 1” was born in the Zuffenhausen project workshop, this was followed by others prototypes such as the "V 3" and finally the "VW 30". Then the year was 1938 and the war was about to break out, so the plans to mass produce the Volkswagen Type 1 were parked, making a military version of it in 1940.

Porsche Ferry
Ferry Porsche was born on September 19, 1909, was his father's collaborator since he opened his own project office in 1931 and acquired responsibilities. Ferry was responsible for the research and development department in the Volkswagen project. Ferry along with Karl Rabe and Erwin Komenda begin in 1947 the study of a two-seater sports car on the Volkswagen, the project No. 356 that would become the first Porsche 356, the first in the history of the brand. The original Porsche is a two-seater roadster with central motor and aluminum body. The engine was Volkswagen, but modified to give 35 hp at 4000 rpm. This first 356 was very different from the subsequent 356 series. This prototype left Porsche's workshop in Gmünd (an old sawmill).

For reasons of cost and practicality, the prototype was modified to give the 356 coupe with rear engine, marking a tradition in Porsche until today. In 1948 the production of 356 in Austria was slow because everything was missing. From 1949, and after returning to Stuttgart, the pace of production improved, so he asked for the participation of the German bodybuilder Reutter, 14 years later Porsche would buy all the shares of Reutter Gmbh. The Porsche 356 coupe and cabrio were presented for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in 1949.

 

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