Engine Details
The history of the Porsche automobile brand began in 1948 with the Type 356, but the groundwork for the company was laid in the design office of Professor Ferdinand Porsche. The first order book in 1930 recorded the start-up phase of a legend in the making. (1) (1)https://www.porsche.com/international/aboutporsche/christophorusmagazine/archive/379/articleoverview/article14/
Chasis and Suspension
The Porsche name has become synonymous with sports cars and racecars because that is what company founders Ferdinand Porsche and his son Ferdinand ("Ferry") set out to build when they first set up shop with 200 workers in 1948. The senior Porsche, whose engineering experience included Daimler-Benz, established an independent design and engineering firm in 1931 and designed the Volkswagen Beetle. The younger Porsche helped grow the new company and was instrumental in designing the first Porsche sportscar, the 356. Though sporting just 40 horsepower from a rear-mounted, slightly souped-up Beetle engine, the first Porsche quickly made its mark with agile handling, as well as attributes almost unknown among sportscars of the day — comfort and reliability. (2)
Interior
Porsche introduced a series of front-engine models in the 1970s, starting with the four-cylinder 924 (1976) and the unrelated 928 powered by the company’s first V-8 engine (1978). From the 924 sprang the more powerful and sophisticated 944 and 944 Turbo, and finally the 968 in the early ‘90s. Porsche retired both the 968 and 928 in 1995 to focus on development of the rear-engine 911 and mid-engine Boxster. Porsche is also synonymous with racing, and Porsche cars began competing almost immediately. To date, Porsche cars have won an estimated 24,000 auto races around the world, including more than 50 class wins at Le Mans. (2)
Exterior
In 2018, Porsche announces the official name of the first purely electric Porsche, the Taycan. Porsche debuts eighth-generation Porsche 911 in Los Angeles, California In 2019 Porsche debuts it’s first fully electric vehicle, the Taycan. They also returned the Formula E after more than thirty years (2) (2)https://press.porsche.com/prod/presse_pag/PressResources.nsf/jumppage/unternehmen-pcna-history
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