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The VK 45.01 (P), also informally known as Tiger (P) or Porsche Tiger, was a heavy tank prototype designed by Porsche in Germany.With a dual engine gasoline-electric drive that was complex and requiring significant amounts of copper, it lost out to its Henschel competitor on trials, it was not selected for mass production and the Henschel design was produced as the Tiger I.
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG Headquarters in Stuttgart Company type Public Traded as FWB: P911 DAX component ISIN DE000PAG9113 Industry Automotive Founded 1931 ; 94 years ago (1931) in Stuttgart, Germany Founder Ferdinand Porsche Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany Area served Worldwide Key people Wolfgang Porsche (chairman) Oliver Blume (CEO) Products Automobiles Production output 321,321 vehicles ...
Boxster Bergspyder at the Porsche Museum. In 2019, Porsche revealed that in 2015, the executive board commissioned a project group from Weissach to build a sports car based on the 981, that was to be as light and minimalist as possible. 50 years ago, Porsche's engineers had built a car using similar constraints: the Porsche 909 Bergspyder. The ...
Ferdinand Porsche [a] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG.He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.
The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4.5 to 5.0 litres, the 917 was introduced in 1969 and initially proved unwieldy on the race track but continuous development improved the handling and it ...
The original Porsche 901 on display at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. The 911 traces its roots to sketches drawn by Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche in 1959. [7] The 911 was developed as a more powerful, larger and a more comfortable replacement for the 356, the company's first model, and was prsented at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show. [8]
The Porsche 956 also appeared with two different rear wing designs. The cars were fitted with a larger, high downforce rear wing for most events. For the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans however where top speed on the almost 6 km (4 mi) long Mulsanne Straight was essential, the 956 was fitted with a much lower and smaller 'low drag' wing to ...