The house in Maffersdorf (now Vratislavice) in which Ferdinand Porsche was born Description The house in Maffersdorf (now Vratislavice) in which Ferdinand Porsche was born in 1875. It was on the right bank of the Neisse and bore the number 201

Ferry and Louise Porsche, aged 6 and 11 Description 1915. Ferdinand Porsche's children, Ferry and Louise, aged 6 and 11

Austro-Daimler Landwehr-Train on a trial run on the Semmering, located south of Wiener Neustadt, in 1913.

The "Sascha" at the Targa Florio on Sicily in 1922. At the wheel we see Alfred Neubauer.

Ferdinand Porsche (right) at the Targa Florio on Sicily in 1924. The 2-liter-supercharged Mercedes-Benz racing car took first place against larger-engined cars entered by Alfa Romeo, Hispano-Suiza and Peugeot.

Ferdinand Porsche (right) and his wife Aloisia (in the rear) during an experimental run up the Katschberg Pass, Carinthia, in 1929, in a Steyr Type 30 of his own design. Description 1929. Ferdinand Porsche (right) and his wife Aloisia (in the rear of the first car) during an experimental run up the Katschberg Pass, Carinthia, in a Steyr Type 30 of his own design. The car had an 8/40-hp side-valve six-cylinder engine

Ferdinand Porsche standing next to the supercharged 16-cylinder engine of the Auto-Union racing car in 1936 Description 1936. Ferdinand Porsche examining the supercharged 16-cylinder engine of the Auto-Union racing car (the Porsche Type 22). The "750-kilogram formula" imposed no restrictions on the car's design apart from a maximum weight limit of 750 kg

Volkswagen-Prototyp W30: This car already had an all-steel body, steel running-gear components and the familiar flat-four four-stroke engine. Description Ferdinand Porsche in 1937 seen with a car from the W30 series of Volkswagen prototypes. This car already had an all-steel body, steel running-gear components and the familiar flat-four four-stroke engine. The first of this series of cars, like all the previous prototypes, was built in the double garage of Porsche's villa in Stuttgart; the remaining 29 cars were built by Daimler-Benz in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim

Ferdinand Porsche standing next to the 356 Gmünd Coupé in 1950 Description 1950. Ferdinand Porsche standing next to the 356 "Gmünd Coupé" with his son Ferry Porsche at the wheel. Behind the car is the double garage of Porsche's villa in Stuttgart, in which the first Volkswagen prototypes were built

Ferdinand Porsche (left) with Karl Rabe (1895-1968), Porsche company's chief designer from the establishment of the Dr. Porsche GmbH company in 1931 until his retirement at the end of 1965.

Portrait of Ferdinand Porsche (1950) with his signature below Description 1950. Portrait of Ferdinand Porsche, taken to celebrate his 75th birthday, with his signature below

Ferry Porsche at a gymkhana in 1921, pictured in his "toy car" that had a two-cylinder four-stroke engine and twin gears. Description Ferry Porsche at a gymkhana competition in Vienna, 1921. He is seen behind the wheel of his "toy car", built by Austro-Daimler and given to him by his father Ferdinand Porsche for Christmas 1920. The two-seater had an air-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke engine and twin gears.

Ferry Porsche and his wife Dorothea in the second Volkswagen prototype (V2), 1935 Description Ferry Porsche at the wheel of the second Volkswagen prototype (V2) on the market square in Tübingen in 1935. Beside him is his wife Dorothea (née Reitz), whom he had married on 10th January 1935. On the backseat is Hellmuth Zarges, a friend of the Porsche family.

Ferry Porsche on the "Bremen" during his journey to the USA in 1937, on which he accompanied his father.

Ferry Porsche (bottom right) with his father Ferdinand Porsche (with his hand on the drawing board) and engine constructor Leopold JÃ¤ntschke in Porsche's construction offices at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen in 1950.

(Left to right) Crown Prince Joachim of FÃ¼rstenberg, Ferry Porsche, Constantin Count of Berckheim, Prince Fritzi of FÃ¼rstenberg and Count GÃ¼nther of Hardenberg after the 1950 Midnight Sun Rally.

Ferry Porsche with his closest working colleagues in 1951: (front, l-to-r) Erwin Komenda, Ferry Porsche, Karl Rabe, Franz Xaver ReimspieÃ; (back, l-to-r) Franz Sieberer, Emil Soukup, Leopold Schmidt, Leopold JÃ¤ntschke and Egon Forst

(Left to right) Ferry Porsche in conversation with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Prof. Dr. Heinrich Nordhoff, general manager of the Volkswagen works, at the 34th International Motor Show in Frankfurt, 1951.

Ferry Porsche (right) with Fritz Huschke von Hanstein at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1953. Description Ferry Porsche (right) and Fritz Huschke von Hanstein at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1953. Baron Fritz Huschke von Hanstein (3rd Jan. 1911-5th Mar. 1996) joined Porsche in 1952 and was not only in charge of the press office and Porsche's motor racing activities, but was also a successful works racing driver, photographer and film-maker.

1954: Ferry Porsche, aged 45. Description Ferry Porsche in the yard of No. 2 plant at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, aged 45 (1954).