1939 Porsche Type 64, the precursor to the 356, is going to auction [UPDATE]
The only one to survive World War II.
Ferdinand Porsche
The VW 39 'Pretzel Beetle' prototype was a Porsche pre-production
Of the 14 built, only this example still lives.
Audi CEO's Dieselgate arrest threatens fragile truce among VW stakeholders
Scandal pits Porsche-Piech families against labor, regional interests
First-ever Porsche headed home to company museum
About 30 years before Ferdinand Porsche designed the Volkswagen Beetle, he created the Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model – or simply, the P1 – you see above. This was the first vehicle created by Porsche, and the car gets its nickname from the fact that he had stamped "P1" on many of the parts marking it as the first Porsche... sorry, Jeffrey N. Ross
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche - designer of the 911 - dies at age 76
Porsche has announced that Ferdinand Alexander Porsche – grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, son of Ferry Porsche and designer of the iconic 911 – passed away today, April 5, at the age of 76. He died in Salzburg, Austria of unknown causes.
Report: Ferdinand Piech finalizes will that protects his VW/Porsche shares from the kids
Ferdinand Karl Piëch, head of the Volkswagen Supervisory Board and grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, knows that nothing lasts forever – especially, life. The VW boss man has his mind on his money while his family has his money on their minds.
Ferdinand Porsche or an unknown Jew? New book documents the father of the Volkswagen Beetle
We all know the story of the Volkswagen Beetle: In his vision to motorize Germany, Adolf Hitler wanted a "People's Car" of sound design and quality to transport the subjects of his Third Reich around an expanding empire. The Beetle became that car. It made automotive and world history, two of Germany's biggest automakers and Ferdinand Porsche's career. But was it really his design as history recorded? New evidence suggests otherwise.
How do power-split parallel hybrids work?
Over the past decade, if there is one word that has become synonymous with green motoring it is hybrid. Ever since Toyota launched the first modern commercially viable hybrid with the original Prius (above) in 1997, over one million of them have hit the roads. Of course, as is so often the case, this overnight sensation was anything but. In fact, the technology was nearly a century in the making.