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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Nick Heidfeld
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Porsche
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911
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GT2
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996 II
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Nick Heidfeld and his longtime companion Patricia Papen
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Porsche
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911
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GT2
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996 II
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Porsche Boxster
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Porsche
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911
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Boxster
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986 I
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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With the help of a package drawing, the optimal arrangement of all essential components in the vehicle can be inspected
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Porsche
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911
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986 I
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Permanent four-wheel drive: The Porsche Traction Management (PTM) feeds 62 per cent of the engine power to the rear and 38 per cent to the front wheels in the basic mode.
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Cayenne
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S
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E1
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Design engineer and company founder Prof. Dr. Ing. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche, born 3rd September 1875 in Maffersdorff, deceased 30th January 1951 in Stuttgart.
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1935. Ferdinand Porsche, born on September 3, 1875 in Maffersdorf (now Vratislavice) near Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic), died on January 30, 1951 in Stuttgart, laid to rest in the Schüttgut Chapel in Zell am See, Austria
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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The Lohner-Porsche electric car, powered by wheel-hub motors, caused a sensation at the Paris world trade fair in 1900.
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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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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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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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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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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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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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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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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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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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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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Current Porsche 911 Turbo with VarioCam Plus technology
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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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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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Porsche
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911
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Turbo
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996 II
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