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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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With four wheel-hub motors, the Lohner-Porsche racing car was the first ever all-wheel drive vehicle.
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1900: Ferdinand Porsche sitting next to the driver of a Lohner-Porsche Electromobile with four wheel hub engines, each rated at 2.5 hp. This vehicle was intended for competition use, and Ferdinand Porsche himself delivered it to the purchaser, E.W. Hart, who lived in Luton, north of London (England)
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Ferdinand Porsche at the wheel of the Austro-Daimler, which sped him to victory in the Prinz-Heinrich race in 1910.
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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At the Ries race in Graz, Steiermark, 1992. Ferry Porsche, in the cap with the visor, is on the right, next to the Sascha type Austro-Daimler. Behind him is his father.
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Dr. Ing. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche (at the age of 62) in his design office located at Kronenstraße 24 in Stuttgart.
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Dr. Ing. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche with his son Ferdinand Anton Ernst ("Ferry") Porsche, who began working in his father's office at a young age.
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Ferdinand Porsche with his son Ferry, 1937, who worked in his father's design office from the very start. Ferry Porsche was 25 years old when this picture was taken.
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Ferdinand Porsche travelled to America in 1937 to keep up to speed with the latest production techniques in the automotive industry, thereby acquiring new knowledge to help him plan the Volkswagen plant.
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Construction of the amphibian car was based on the Beetle. Its all-wheel design made it one of the best all-terrain vehicle of its day.
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The No. 1, the first car to have the Porsche name: An aluminium roadster with a centrally-placed engine and a weight of 585 kg. 35 HP enabled speeds of up to 135 kilometres per hour.
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356
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Grandfather Ferdinand Porsche, with his grandchildren: Ferdinand Alexander ("Butzi") Porsche (left) and Ferdinand Piëch. In their hands is a model of the No. 1.
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1949: Ferdinand Porsche shows a model of the Porsche 356 No. 1 to his grandchildren Ferdinand Piëch (right) and Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. Ferdinand Piëch was CEO of Volkswagen AG until 2002; his cousin Ferdinand Alexander Porsche runs his own design studio in Zell am See/Austria, and he also created the design of the Porsche models 718 Formel II (1960), 911 (1963) and 904 (1964).
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Porsche 911 Turbo
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911
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Turbo
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996 II
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Current Porsche 911 Turbo with VarioCam Plus technology
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911
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996 II
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Porsche 911 Turbo
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Porsche
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911
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Turbo
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996 II
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Porsche 911 Turbo
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911
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Turbo
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996 II
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Coupé
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Porsche
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911
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Carrera 4
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996 II
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Porscheplatz at the Zuffenhausen location
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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The panel of experts with the winning design from Karin Sander
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The Porsche plant in Leipzig with Customer Service Centre, administration section, production hall and run-in and test track
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The production hall is joined on to the right of the administration section
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Instrument cluster of the Boxster S
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Porsche
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718
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Boxster S
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986 I
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From 2003 in the Carrera Cup Asia: Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
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911
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Carrera
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