Assembly of the 356 in the production hall in Plant 2, where work started in 1952

Assembly of the 911 Turbo front end

Assembly of the 911 2.0 Coupe and Targa in Plant 2 in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart

Assembly shop Cayenne

At its Le Mans debut in June 1976, Porsche’s 935-002 #41 won Group 5 category with Manfred Schurti and Rolf Stommelen sharing driving duties. They finished fourth overall, covering 2,814 miles. Porsche Archiv

At Le Mans in June 1977, Bob Wollek and co-drivers J. P. Weilemans and Philippe Gurdjian drove the Kremer brothers 934 to seventh overall and first in Grand Touring class. Shown here during the 2011 Rennsport Reunion at Laguna Seca, Kees Nierop led Steve Lawrence’s 934.5 and Dennis Singleton’s Carrera RSR through the tight turn 2 hairpin. Randy Leffingwell

At Porsche, around 235,000 mÂ² of leather are processed every year

At Porsche's Leipzig plant the number of auerochses has now risen to 50.

At Porsche's Leipzig plant the number of auerochses has now risen to 50.

At speeds of 120 km/h the spoiler extends automatically

At speeds of 120km/h the spoiler extends automatically

At Österreichring on June 27, 1976, Dieter Schmidt and Karl Oppitzhauser shared driving duties in Egon Evertz’s Jagermeister 934. Fellow driver Edgar Dören warned them the 934 behaved “like a wild animal.” Porsche Archiv

At the Coliseum in New York City, Porsche showed not only its 1971 production car lineup, but it also displayed the 1970 Le Mans–winning 917 K. The New York show ran April 3–11. Porsche Archiv

At the end of February 2013, Porsche unveiled its GT3 RSR, meant for Le Mans and other classics of endurance. The World Endurance Championship series began at Silverstone in mid-April where the car first met its competitors. Porsche Presse

At the last-ever Targa, run on May 13, 1973, Porsche’s thoroughly developed Carrera RSR2.8 proved strongest of the day taking 1st overall with Gijs van Lennep and Herbert Müller sharing driving duties. The car wore a prototype “Mary Stuart collar” rear wing that widened the aerodynamic aid to full-body width. Porsche Archiv

At the Nurburgring 1,000-kilometer race two weeks after the Targa, van Lennep and Müller served notice on the Sports Racing community. In their RSR 2.8, fitted with a 3.0-liter prototype engine they finished fifth overall behind a pair of Ferraris, a Chevron and a Porsche 908. Porsche Archiv

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.

At the same time Klie worked alongside Goertz on the full-size A/B twins, he continued developing smaller scale concepts for consideration. This 1:7.5 clay model appeared on July 26, 1957, two days after he and Goertz had completed the full-size twins. Porsche Archiv

At the touch of a button: new automatic tailgate

At the Turin Motor Show in November 1967, Porsche displayed a 912 Targa, a 911S coupe in the center, and a 911 coupe at the bottom of the photo. Porsche had used this largest Italian motor show for the world debut of its Cisitalia Grand Prix car in 1949. Porsche Archiv