German automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951) was an automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company. At a young age, he had an affinity for technology, and was especially intrigued by electricity. Porsche worked as a successful vehicle engineer from the late 1800s to 1931, when he founded his own firm. In 1934, Porsche and his son, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909-1998), collaborated to develop the first designs of the Volkswagen car.
Porsche left Daimler in 1931 to form his own firm, which he named "Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH, Konstruktionen und Beratung für Motoren und Fahrzeuge," according to Commercial Register documents from April 1931. In 1934, Porsche became deeply involved in Adolf Hitler's "people's car" project. That year, while working on the project with son Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche —also known as Ferry—he developed the first designs for the Volkswagen car. From that point on, father and son worked together.
During World War II, Porsche and his son were tapped by Hitler to produce a heavy tank for the Tiger Program. Porsche submitted a prototype with an advanced drive system that was superior on paper but not on the battlefield. Prone to breakdowns and crucial design flaws, a competing company (Henschel & Sohn) got the contract to produce the Panzer tanks. Ninety to one hundred Porsche Tiger chassis were produced and later some converted into tank destroyers (Panzerjäger) called Ferdinand. Mounted with a Krupps turret and 88 mm anti-tank gun, the long-range weapon could take out enemy tanks before they reached their own range of effective fire.
When the war ended in 1945, Porsche was arrested by French soldiers (for his Nazi affiliation) and forced to serve a 22-month prison sentence. While he was incarcerated, Ferdinand Anton oversaw the creation of a new racing car, the Cisitalia, a Porsche-company product. To his son, upon his return, Porsche reportedly said, "I would have built it exactly the same, right down to the last screw." The father-son team went on to make history in 1950, when they introduced the Porsche sports car.
Porsche visited Henry Ford's operation in Detroit many times where he learned the importance of productivity. There he learned to monitor work. He was also surprised at how the workers and the managers treated each other as equals; even he, as a visiting dignitary, had to carry his own tray in the cafeteria and eat with the workers.
Porsche left Daimler in 1931 to form his own firm, which he named "Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH, Konstruktionen und Beratung für Motoren und Fahrzeuge," according to Commercial Register documents from April 1931. In 1934, Porsche became deeply involved in Adolf Hitler's "people's car" project. That year, while working on the project with son Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche —also known as Ferry—he developed the first designs for the Volkswagen car. From that point on, father and son worked together.
During World War II, Porsche and his son were tapped by Hitler to produce a heavy tank for the Tiger Program. Porsche submitted a prototype with an advanced drive system that was superior on paper but not on the battlefield. Prone to breakdowns and crucial design flaws, a competing company (Henschel & Sohn) got the contract to produce the Panzer tanks. Ninety to one hundred Porsche Tiger chassis were produced and later some converted into tank destroyers (Panzerjäger) called Ferdinand. Mounted with a Krupps turret and 88 mm anti-tank gun, the long-range weapon could take out enemy tanks before they reached their own range of effective fire.
When the war ended in 1945, Porsche was arrested by French soldiers (for his Nazi affiliation) and forced to serve a 22-month prison sentence. While he was incarcerated, Ferdinand Anton oversaw the creation of a new racing car, the Cisitalia, a Porsche-company product. To his son, upon his return, Porsche reportedly said, "I would have built it exactly the same, right down to the last screw." The father-son team went on to make history in 1950, when they introduced the Porsche sports car.
Porsche visited Henry Ford's operation in Detroit many times where he learned the importance of productivity. There he learned to monitor work. He was also surprised at how the workers and the managers treated each other as equals; even he, as a visiting dignitary, had to carry his own tray in the cafeteria and eat with the workers.
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| Mr Ferdinand Porsche |
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| Ferdinand Porsche was born. It bore the number 201 |
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| 1900 Lohner-Porsche was the first front-wheel drive car |
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| 1900. First 4-wheel drive car in the world. Ferdinand Porsche sitting next to the driver of a Lohner-Porsche Electromobile |
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| 1901 Porsche Semper Vivus |
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| 1903 Lohner-Porsche Mixte hybrid driven by F. Porsche |
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| 1910 Prince Heinrich Race won by F. Porsche |
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| 1910 Prince Heinrich Race, F.Porsche |
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| 1926 German GP at Avus, Rudolf Caracciola wins with Porsche |
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| 1926, The SS continued a design that had been started in 1926 with the Mercedes 'K' series cars. Power was supplied by a Ferdinand Porsche designed 6.3-liter |
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| 1931 Zündapp Type 12 |
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| Type 12 for German motorcycle company Zundap in 1931 |
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| 1933 Porsche type 32 NSU |
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| 1934 Brno GP at Masaryk-Ring, F. Porsche with Hans Stuck and Auto-Union |
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| 1934 P52 or “Type 52” |
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| 1934 Type 32 |
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| 1935 V2 Prototype car |
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| 1936 Auto Union P52 Supercar plans |
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| 1936. Ferdinand Porsche with Porsche Type 22 |
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| 1937, Ferdinand Porsche with his son Ferdinand Anton Ernst "Ferry" Porsche |
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| 1937, Ferdinand Porsche, Volkswagen prototype of the series W30 |
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| 1938, designer Ferdinand Porsche had arrived at the shape that would define the Beetle |
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| 1938, The purpose-built headquarters for Porsche company |
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| 1938-41-The first type 64 in front of the Porsche villa in Stuttgart |
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| 1939 Berlin Rom Wagen Type 64 |
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| 1939 T80 had a tuned Daimler-Benz aircraft engine |
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| 1939 The DB-603 aircraft engine was removed during the war while the vehicle was moved to safe storage in Kärnten, Austria |
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| 1939, Ferdinand Porsche Design - Berlin Rom Wagen |
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| 1940-1945 a total 50.435 Porsche designed VW Kübelwagens were made |
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| 1941-1944 a total of 15,584 Type 166 Porsche designed VW Schwimmwagens were produced |
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| 1944 Porsche type 205 Panzerkampfwagen VIII "Maus" |
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| 1947 Porsche 356 |
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| 1947, After the war, the "PORSCHE"-sign was put up in Gmünd |
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| 1948 Porsche 356 |
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| 1948 Porsche Type 64, a-prototype built by Dr Ferdinand Porsche in 1938-39 |
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| 1950, Porsche 356 Coupé “Ferdinand” |
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| 1950. Ferdinand Porsche standing next to the 356 "Gmünd Coupé" |
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| 1953 Porsche 550 Spyder |
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| 1953 Type 540 America Roadster |
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| 1954 Hans Herrmann swings this 1954 Type 550-1500 RS Spyder |
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| 1954 Porsche’s Type 550 RS at the start of the 1954 Carrera Panamericana |
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| 1955 August Veuillet and Zora Arkus-Duntov won first in class at Le Mans in 1955, driving 2,053 miles in twenty four hours. |
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| 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder |
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| 1957 Porsche 356 |
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| 1958 Porsche 597 |
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| 1963 Porsche 356 B 2000 GS Carrera 2 Coupe |
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| Porsche in 1963 with a type 901, which became the 911 after a complaint about |
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| Janis Joplin's 1964 Porsche 356 C 1600 SC |
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| Janis Joplin's 1964 Porsche 356 C 1600 SC |
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| 1966 Porsche 911 |
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| Mr. Porsche in 1968 with a model of the 911 S Targa |
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| 1973 Porsche 917 30 Can-Am Spyder |
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| 1990 Porsche 962C Coupe |
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| 1994 Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6 S Flachbau |
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| 1998 Porsche 993 3.8 Cup RSR |
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| 2011 Porsche Cayenne |
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| 2015 Porsche 911 Targa |
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| 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster |
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