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	Ferdinand Porsche Summary
		Ferdinand Porsche was born in the village of Maffersdorf on September 3, 1875.
		Porsche was called for military duty in the Imperial Reserves around 1902, and served as a staff driver for the top-ranking officers of the Austro-Hungarian army.
		Ferdinand Porsche became involved with the construction of the factory in Wolfsburg.
	www.bookrags.com /Ferdinand_Porsche (3368 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche
		Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951) was a German automotive engineer born in Vratislavice, Czechia, who developed the original Volkswagen and a prototype of the Panzer VI tank, which he nicknamed "Tiger".
		In 1928, Dr. Porsche developed the first workable hybrid electric car, proving it to be a workable concept.
		Porsche's son was Ferry Porsche[?], the developer of the Porsche automobile, which was based on the Volkswagen design.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fe/Ferdinand_Porsche.html (81 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche
		Ferdinand Porsche was born on the 3rd of September, 1875.
		In the meantime, Ferdinand Porsche's two children were born, first his daughter Louisa, and five years later, in 1909, his son Ferdinand, later known as Ferry.
		Ferdinand Porsche died on January 30, 1952, from the effects of a stroke he had suffered earlier.
	www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au /history_ferdinand_porsche.htm (719 words)

	Porsche Overview - Edmunds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Porsche brought with him years of experience as an automotive engineer; in the '20s, while employed with Daimler, his skill was tapped to create Mercedes' iconic SS and SSK sports cars.
		Porsche has long had close ties with Volkswagen, and the first Porsche vehicles were small two-seat sports cars that were largely based on VW chassis.
		Ferdinand's first real production car was the VW Beetle, so it was no surprise that his sports cars used those components and had their air-cooled engine mounted in the rear.
	www.edmunds.com /porsche/history.html (566 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferdinand Porsche became involved with the construction of the factory in Wolfsburg.
		Ferdinand Porsche, Anton Piëch, and Ferry Porsche were arrested as war criminals on December 15, 1945.
		Porsche spent his visit chatting with Volkswagen president Heinrich Nordoff about the future of VW Beetle, which were already being produced in large amounts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinand_Porsche (1573 words)

	F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > People > Ferdinand Porsche
		Porsche began building a new range of cars and these were successful on the Prince Henry Tour, an important reliability trial of that era.
		Porsche, however, was becoming and more interested in the idea of building a small car for mass-production and in 1931 he left Mercedes-Benz and established a company called Porsche Konstruktionburo fur Motoren-Fahrzeug-Luftfahrzeug und Wasserfahrzeugbau in Stuttgart, his aim being to design engines for cars, planes and ships.
		Ferdinand Porsche died in Stuttgart at the start of 1951 as the company bearing his name began to mass produce the Porsche 356.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/cref-porfer.html (658 words)

	Porsche - Wikicars
		Porsche AG (shortened to Porsche or Porsche AG), is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Austrian, Ferdinand Porsche.
		Ferdinand Porsche's grandson, Ferdinand Piëch, was chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002.
		The Porsche 917 is considered one of the most iconic sports racing cars of all time and gave Porsche their first Le Mans win while the Group C Porsche 956/962C is one of the most successful sports prototype racers ever produced.
	wikicars.org /en/Porsche (2545 words)

	Wikinfo \| Ferdinand Porsche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ferdinand Porsche (September 3, 1875 - January 30, 1951) was a German automotive engineer born in Vratislavice, Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic), who developed the original Volkswagen and a prototype of the Tiger I tank.
		Porsche's son was Ferry Porsche, the eponym for the Porsche automobile, based on the Volkswagen design.
		After the war, in November 1945, Porsche was asked by the French to continue the design of the Volkswagen in France and to move the factory equipment to France as part of the war reparations.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Ferdinand_Porsche (991 words)

	PORCHE
		In 1948, the Porsche firm as we know it came into existence at Gmund, with the youthful Ferry Porsche acting in his father's absence (the elder Porsche had been interned by the French) to create a sports roadster, the original 356/001.
		Not the least of the 356's achievement was the generation of sufficient funds to ransom Dr. Ferdinand Porsche from the French.
		By the late 1960s, Porsche competition cars such as the RSR and RSK, and full-race variants with six- and eight-cylinder engines, were in firm control of the endurance arena.
	www.brophy.com /eodweb/htmls/designers/hd95_1.htm (1444 words)

	Porsche 928 Driver - Dr. Ferdinand Porsche
		Ferdinand Porsche was born September 3, 1875 in the village of Maffersdorf, Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia), the third of five children.
		Porsche won the Semmering Hill Climb in one of the Lohner-Porsches but was not satisfied with the performance of the stripped racing model, 37 MPH with an operating range of 50 miles on a battery charge.
		Ferdinand Porsche was 72 at the time, and his health suffered during his stay in the cold and damp Dijon dungeon.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /tanjwarrior/Beginnings/DrFPorsche/DrFPorsche.html (2542 words)

	Achtung Panzer! - Ferdinand/Elephant
		Ferdinand's design was based on Porsche's Tiger - VK 4501(P) prototype which proved to be prone to mechanical failures and was rejected in favour of Henschel's prototype.
		Ferdinands were assigned to schwere Heeres Panzerjager Abteilung 653 and 654 (each was to be equipped with 45 Ferdinands), in preparation for the Kursk offensive (Unternehmen "Zitadelle") in July of 1943.
		On the first days of action, Ferdinands were disaster due to the technical problems (few were lost because of the fuel line fires), the lack of adequate support and the most important the lack of a self-defense weapon.
	www.achtungpanzer.com /pz6.htm (1344 words)

	Ferdinand Alexander Porsche at AllExperts
		Being born the first son of sportscar company founder Ferry Porsche F.A. Porsche was nearly destined to be involved in the development of cars.
		When it came to the designworks of the bodyshell for the company's so far most successful car, the Porsche 911, F.A. was heavily involved as it was family tradition that every generation of the Porsche family took part in the genesis of a new car generation.
		The Porsche Design Chrono I was made in different versions (color of case and straps, print on dial) for several country's air forces as well as the NATO alliance.
	en.allexperts.com /e/f/fe/ferdinand_alexander_porsche.htm (1179 words)

	BIOGRAPHIES
		In 1902, with Ferdinand Porsche as the pilot, it won its class at the hill climb in Exelber, Austria.
		Porsche (as he was addressed after receiving his honorary doctorate degree from the University of Stuttgart) was certainly the most prolific designer during the first half of the 20th century.
		Porsche died in 1951 at the age of 75.
	www.voitures-d-ingenieurs.com /biography.htm (2633 words)

	European Automotive Hall of Fame
		Ferdinand Porsche could always bring a good idea to the table, no matter who he worked for.
		Porsche was born in the Bohemian village Maffersdorf, now part of the Czech Republic.
		Porsche survived the Nazi era, but after the war he was arrested and charged with collaboration.
	www.autonews.com /files/euroauto/inductees/porsche.htm (497 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		Ferdinand Porsche (September 3, 1875 – January 30, 1951) was an Austrian automotive engineer, Porsche was born to german-speaking family in Vratislavice (in German language called Maffersdorf), Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic, part of Liberec), who developed the original Volkswagen and a prototype of the Tiger I tank.
		Porsche became managing director in 1916 and received the honorary doctorate degree, "Dr. techn h.c." from Vienna Technical University in 1917.
		Ferdinand Porsche, Anton Piëch, and Ferry Porsche were arrested as war criminals on December 15.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Ferdinand_Porsche (1073 words)

	Porsche
		Porsche was born in 1875 in Mafferdorf in Bohemia.
		Porsche died on January 30th 1951, at the age of 75.
		Porsche was a true automotive legend of a supreme level.
	hometown.aol.com /kat4stevex/porsche.html (598 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche - legendary car constructor from Liberec - 06-08-2003 - Radio Prague
		Ferdinand Porsche was born 128 years ago to a German-speaking family in Mattersdorf or Vratislavice, a village which is now a suburb of the North Bohemian town of Liberec (at that time known as Reichenberg).
		"Ferdinand Porsche was born in Vratislavice in North Bohemia on the 3rd of September, 1875.
		Ferdinand Porsche died on January 30, 1951, from the effects of a stroke he had suffered earlier.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/43763 (1355 words)

	Porsche Lease Specials
		Following is some useful information about Porsche and their development as a leader in high performance automobile class...also some information about their roadside assistance program. When considering your next Lexus Lease, this may prove to be some useful information on which to base your buying/leasing decision.
		Porsche has already scored 400 victories in motor racing. The 1.5 liter 550 Spyder, driven here by Richard von Frankenberg, becomes the "shark in the pool of perch" in major races, where it competed against cars with more horsepower.
		Porsche's Roadside Assistance program is available for the duration of the New Vehicle Warranty, as well as the duration of Porsche's Pre-Owned Vehicle Warranty.
	www.autoleaseamerica.net /index_files/porsche.htm (1230 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche: modelcarsinc.com
		Ferdinand Porsche born 1875 in Maffersdorf a village near Reichenberg which was then North-Bohemia, later became Czechoslovakia.
		Porsche reveals his understanding of the importance of having the power source as close as possible to the wheels in this system instead of having very long drive shafts, which at that stage where quite a new concept.
		Ferdinand Porsche became Daimler's managing directory in 1916 and shortly after, in 1917, received one of his most honorable awards from the very same University in Vienna where he sneaked night classes.
	www.modelcarsinc.com /porsche/porsche-founder.shtml (1468 words)

	volkswagen history, Ferdinand Porsche, Erwin Komenda, kdf-stadt, strength through joy car
		The history of the Beetle really goes back to pre 2nd world war Germany when Ferdinand Porsche had a vision of a mass produced vehicle that was affordable to the average German, an idea that appealed to the young Adolf Hitler who himself could not drive, but was a car fanatic.
		Porsche had previously worked on some other small cars that used many elements later to be included in the Beetle.
		Ferdinand Porsche was not convinced that a car could be made so cheaply, but considered the project a challenge, and took it on.
	www.pre67vw.co.uk /history (719 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche
		When Ferdinand was in charge not a single car was produced strictly under the Porsche nameplate.
		Ferdinand took great interest in electricity, and though with great amounts of disregard his father noticed he was quite talented and sent him off to a night school in Reichenberg.
		Porsche had no interest what so ever in politics he was mainly in it for the challenges, development of the market, and of course the money Hitler would pay him.
	members.aol.com /kain4567/porsche.htm (880 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche (1875 - 1951) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Porsche returned to Austria in October 1929, and soon was named chief engineer at Steyr, in Vienna.
		Ferdinand Porsche GmbH (in othr words, the Porsche Bureau), on Kronenstrasse in Stuttgart.
		One Porsche model, the 914 of the early 1970s, was in fact largely VW-based.
	www.vwshowtime.com /8_history/history_e.html (790 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche
		Ferdinand Porsche, was born in Reichenberg (in what was then North Bohemia, later Czechoslovakia) in 1875.
		Porsche then harnessed Daimler’s and Panhard’s internal combustion engines to power wheel-mounted electric motors in the new ‘System Mixt.’ More speed records were won, acclaim followed, and in 1905 Porsche won the Poetting Prize as Austria’s outstanding automotive designer.
		Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche had been born in 1909 in Weiner Neustadt, Austria, the second child in the family behind a five-year older sister, Louisa.
	www.porsche964.co.uk /history/ferdbio.htm (3065 words)

	Dr. Ferdinand Porsche - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member
		Dr Ferdinand Porsche was born in 1875 in Bohemia, and early on he devoted his time to things mechanical and electric.
		When he was 15, his family was delighted to learn it had the second electrically lighted structure in town, for he had built a generator and everything else he needed, including the bulb, to light their house.
		Porsche suffered a stroke and died in 1951.
	www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1996/Dr_Ferdinand_Porsche_main.htm (300 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche
		The Porsche models of 1996 are the direct legacy of Ferdinand Porsche and his belief in what an automobile should be.
		By 1946, Ferry Porsche and his sister Louise Piech were involved in the family business, and together with their father, they renewed the plans for a sports car based on the VW design.
		Porsche died in 1951 after seeing his dream of a Porsche sports car become a reality.
	www.student.foi.hr /~molama/History.htm (780 words)

	gizmag Article: Happy birthday to Porsche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The success of Porsche is based, firstly, on efficient production methods and clear brand management, and, as the second and most important point, on decades of experience in development going far beyond the production of sports cars alone.
		At the age of just 24, Porsche quite literally hit the headlines for the first time at the Paris World Exhibition in the year 1900, presenting a vehicle with an electrically driven wheel hub motor he had built on behalf of the Lohner Coach Factory in Vienna, a purveyor to the Austrian Royal Family.
		Porsche’s Engineering Office thus became one of the most significant think tanks in automotive technology, paving the way for mass motorisation in Germany.
	www.gizmag.com /go/5568 (868 words)

	Ferdinand Porsche information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Porsche was born to a German speaking family in Maffersdorf (Vratislavice), in the Sudetenland part of former Austria-Hungary.
		Porsche's son, Ferry Porsche, is the eponym for Porsche automobiles, initially based to a large extent on the Beetle design.
		Porsche is pronounced with an audible "e" in German, "PORSH-ay", not "PORSH".
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Ferdinand_Porsche (1489 words)

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