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The logo of the company Porsche was based on the coat of arms of Free People's State of Württemberg of former Weimar Germany had Stuttgart as its capital The same weapons were used by Württemberg-Hohenzollern 1945-1952, while Stuttgart over the years has been the capital of Württemberg-Baden adjacent Stuttgart arm was placed in the middle as inescutcheon since the cars were made in Stuttgart heraldic symbols were combined with Porsche and Stuttgart texts, which shows that it is not a shield from the heraldic achievements not specify the name of armiger or hometown armed men in the shield.
Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern became part of the present land of Baden-Wuerttemberg in 1952 after the political consolidation of West Germany in 1949, and the former design Württemberg arms now lives in the logo Porsche's January 30, 1951, shortly before the creation of Baden-Württemberg, Ferdinand Porsche died from complications following a stroke.
German post-war, the parts were generally rare, so that the components used automobile 356 of the Volkswagen Beetle, including the case of the motor of the internal combustion engine and a number of parts used in the suspension 356, however, had several evolutionary stages, a, B and C, while in production, and most internalized Volkswagen parts were replaced by Porsche parts manufactured after 1954, the 356s engines began using case engines designed specially for the 356 stylish bodywork was designed by Erwin Komenda who also had designed the body Porsche Beetle signature designs have, from the beginning, presented configurations rear air-cooled engine as the Beetle, rare for other car manufacturers, but production of cars that are very well balanced.
In 1964, after some success in motor racing with different models, including the 550 Spyder and 356 need a big redesign, the company launched the Porsche 911 another sport rear air-cooled engine car this time a boxer engine with six cylinders the team to expose the design of the body shell has been directed by the eldest son Ferry Porsche, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche FMD 911 design phase caused internal problems with Erwin Komenda, who led the body design department until then FA Porsche complained Komenda made unauthorized modifications to the head of Ferry Porsche design company took his son to the drawings in the workshop was later acquired by Porsche the neighbor called Werk 2 Reuter Reuter chassis manufacturer by Reuter later became a seat manufacturer, today known as Keiper-Recaro.
The research has given sequential numbers to all projects Show Porsche model numbers, but the designated 901 nomenclature contravened Peugeot's trademarks on all x0x names, it was adjusted to 911 Racing models adhered to the sequence correct 904 numbers, 906, 908 911 Porsche become s most famous model and iconic successful on the race track, in rallies and in terms of road car sales more than any other model, the Porsche brand is defined by the 911 It remains in production; However, after several generations of revision, current-model 911s share only the basic mechanical configuration of a rear-engine, six-cylinder coupe, and basic styling cues with the original car a reduced cost model with the same body, but with 356- derived four-cylinder engine, was sold as 912.
In 1972, the legal form of the company was changed from Kommanditgesellschaft KG, or limited partnership, to Aktiengesellschaft AG, or a company, because Ferry Porsche came to believe the scale of the company surpassed a company family after learning Soichiro Honda's not family members in the company policy at Honda this led to the creation of a board of directors with external members of the Porsche family, and a Council of largely composed monitoring family members with this change, most of the family members in the functioning of society, including FA Porsche and Ferdinand Piëch, left the company.
FA Porsche founded his own design company, Porsche Design, which is renowned for exclusive sunglasses, watches, furniture, and many other luxury items the son of Louise and nephew of Ferry Ferdinand Piëch who was responsible mechanical development and production of Porsche racing cars including the highly successful 911 908 and 917 models, formed his own engineering bureau, and developed a diesel five-cylinder Mercedes-Benz a little later he moved to Audi was a division, then a subsidiary of Volkswagen, and continued his career through the entire company, ultimately becoming president of the Volkswagen Group.
The first CEO CEO of Porsche AG was Dr. Ernst Fuhrmann who worked in the division of engine development of the company Fuhrmann was responsible Fuhrmann engine supposedly used in the 356 Carrera models and the 550 Spyder, having four overhead camshafts instead of a central camshaft with pushrods, as in derivatives Volkswagen engine series he planned to end the 911 in 1970 and replace it with the V8 engined -before 928 Sportswagon great as we know today, the 911 928 survived far Fuhrmann was replaced in the early 1980s by Peter W Schutz American manager and self-proclaimed 911 aficionado He was then replaced in 1988 by former Director of the German computer company Nixdorf computer AG, Arno Bohn who made some costly miscalculations that led to his dismissal soon after, as well as the Director of Development, Dr Ulrich Bez, who was formerly responsible for BMW's Z1 model, and today is CEO of Aston Martin.
Porsche 911 964, introduced in 1989, was the first to offer Porsche Tiptronic transmission and four wheel drive.
In 1990, Porsche has developed a memorandum of understanding with Toyota to learn and benefit from Japanese lean production methods In 2004, it was reported that Toyota has helped Porsche with hybrid technology 12.
After the dismissal of Bohn, Heinz Branitzki a Porsche long-time employee, was appointed interim CEO Branitzki served in that position until Wendelin Wiedeking became CEO in 1993. Wiedeking took over the chairmanship of the Board of Directors a time when Porsche appeared vulnerable to a takeover by a larger company during his long career, Wiedeking has transformed Porsche into a very efficient and profitable company.
Ferdinand Porsche nephew of Ferdinand Piëch, was chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002, and chairman of the Volkswagen AG Supervisory Board since With 12 8 percent of the shares with voting Porsche SE, there is also the second largest shareholder of Porsche SE after his cousin, FA Porsche 13 6 percent.
2002 Porsche Cayenne introduction also marked the unveiling of a new production facility in Leipzig, Saxony, which once accounted for nearly half the annual production of Porsche In 2004, the production of 456 kilowatts 620 PS; 612 bhp Carrera GT commenced in Leipzig, and at EUR 450 000 440 000 in the United States, it was the most expensive production model Porsche ever built.
In mid-2006, after years of the Boxster and later the Cayenne as the best-selling Porsche in North America, the 911 regained its position as the best-selling Porsche in the region The Cayenne and 911 have cycled as the top selling model from Germany, the 911 outsells Cayman Boxster and Cayenne 13.
In May 2011, Porsche Cars North America announced plans to spend 80 100 million, but will receive approximately 15 million economic incentives to move their North American headquarters to Sandy Springs suburb of Atlanta Aerotropolis Atlanta new development mixed use on the site of the former factory Ford Hapeville next to the Atlanta airport 14 Designed by the firm of architects HOK headquarters building will include a new track and test Office 15 16 17 installation will be known by his new address, a Porsche Drive.
The company has always had a close relationship with, initially, the Volkswagen VW and later the Volkswagen Group which also owns Audi AG, because the first Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche.
The two companies collaborated in 1969 to the 914 and 914-6 VW-Porsche in which the 914-6 had a Porsche engine, and the 914 had a Volkswagen engine in 1976 a more successful collaboration in the Porsche 912 E US only and the Porsche 924, which used many Audi components, and was built at the factory Porsche 944s Audi Neckarsulm were also built there, 18 although they used far fewer Volkswagen components Cayenne, introduced in 2002 , shares its chassis with the Volkswagen Touareg and the Audi Q7 is built on the Volkswagen Group plant in Bratislava, Slovakia.
A 911 991 in front of the factory where it was assembled, Porschewerk Stuttgart right, and manufacturer's central dealer Porsche Zentrum Stuttgart left.
Porsche was created in June 2007 by renaming the former Dr. Ing hc F Porsche AG, and became a holding company for the participation of the families Porsche GmbH Zwischenholding 50 1 100 who held the old Porsche AG and Volkswagen AG 50 7 19 20 the same time, the new Dr. Ing hc F Porsche AG, Porsche AG was created for the car manufacturing business.
In August 2009, Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG reached an agreement that car manufacturing operations of the two companies would merge in 2011 to form an integrated automotive group 21 22 Management of Volkswagen AG agreed to 50 76 Volkswagen AG is owned by If Porsche in exchange for Volkswagen AG taking management of Porsche SE executive positions for Volkswagen management stay in control, and Volkswagen AG for the acquisition of ownership of Porsche AG.
At the end of 2015, 52 2 controlling interest in VW AG is the predominant investment in Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG in turn controls the brands and companies such as Volkswagen Audi SEAT Škoda Bentley Bugatti Lamborghini Porsche AG, VW Vehicles Ducati commercial, Scania MAN and Volkswagen Financial services 23.
Dr. Ing hc F Porsche AG which means Doktor Ingenieur causa Ferdinand Porsche Aktiengesellschaft as 100 subsidiary of VW AG, is responsible for the actual production and manufacture of automotive line Porsche The company currently produces 911 24 Sports cars Boxster and Cayman, Cayenne sports utility vehicles and Panamera four-door and Macan.
Porsche AG has 29 units of German engineering and design consultancy and bertrandt 25 26 81 8 27 Mieschke Hofmann und Partner.
Wholly owned subsidiaries of Porsche AG include Porsche Consulting GmbH.
The headquarters and main factory are located in Zuffenhausen, a district of Stuttgart, but the Cayenne and Panamera models are manufactured in Leipzig, Germany, and parts for SUVs are assembled in the factory Volkswagen Touareg in Bratislava, Slovakia 28 generation Boxster and Cayman has been assigned to Valmet Automotive in Finland 1997-2011, and in 2012 the production moved to Germany 29.
In 2015, Porsche has reported the sale of a total of 218.983 cars, 28 953 13 22 German as domestic sales and 190030 86 78 30 internationally.
The company has been very successful in recent times, and in fact claims to have the highest profit per unit sold of any car company in the world 31 Table profits in millions of euros and the number of cars produced figures from 2008 from 9 are not reported as part of Porsche SE 32.
The Martini Racing blue and green psychedelic delivered on 917K 1970 This car raced at Watkins Glen in 1970.
Porsche is the most successful brand in motorsport scoring a total of more than 28,000 victories, including a record of 16 outright victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche is currently the largest race car manufacturer in the world in 2006 Porsche built 195 race cars for various international motor sports events in 2007, Porsche will build no fewer than 275 dedicated race cars 7 RS Spyder LMP2 prototypes, 37 spec 911 GT3 RSR GT2 and 231 GT3 Cup 911 63.
According to the family name of the founder Ferdinand Porsche company name is pronounced pɔʁʃə German, corresponding to p ɔːr ʃ ə porsh -ə in English, 64 homophone with the feminine name Portia However, in English, it is often wrongly pronounced as one syllable per ɔːr of porsh without ə final word-final e German spelling is not silent, but rather a schwa freely.
In a survey conducted by the Luxury Institute in New York, Porsche received the title of the most prestigious automobile brand five hundred households with annual gross income of at least 200,000 and a net worth of at least 720,000 have 65 participated.
Porsche won the J D Power and Associates Initial Quality IQS in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2014 66.
A Canadian study in 2011 found that 97 percent of 4 Porsches the last 25 years are still on the road 67.
In 2014, the Cayman and Boxster have made the list of reports for consumption for the most reliable vehicles on the road 68.
911 s was officially appointed by the Technischer Überwachungsverein Technical Control Association in the most reliable car in Germany 69.
CNBC even doubtful to-the-time foray into the SUV market with the Cayenne in 2003 could not affect the credibility Porsche 70 In 2009, the journalist Andrew Times, Frankel says on one level, it is the best 4x4 of the world; on another, it is the cynical exploitation of a glorious brand that risks long-term damage to the very identity of this brand in pursuit of easy money 71 with his verdict being Great car, if only it was not t a Porsche 71.
In 2015, US News has ranked as the best Macan compact luxury SUV in its class 72.
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