PORSCHE

PORSCHE BY: MARTERIUS BOYD

Jed Paine is the author, and it was published by Mason Crest, It's part of a collection by Mason Crest, they have a wide range of books on vehicles, from vintage motorcycles to Harley's to super bikes

This book tells the story of how Mr.Ferdinand Porsche created the famous Porsche...

...and how it became "The Largest Sports Car Producer In The World"

2 PORSCHE 911 TURBOs (930)

Porsche is a German brand, and in 1931 Mr.Ferdinand founded "Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH"

PORSCHE 911 TURBO

Mr.Ferdinand's first project was to design a 1.7-liter six-cylinder engine with 35bhp...

THE 300BHP 3.0 LITER 6-CYLINDER ENGINE TURBO

..he labeled the first Porsche, Type 7 to prevent anyone from doubting him..seeing how he didn't have much experience...

INTERIOR OF THE 911 TURBO(930)

He continued to name his cars that followed in that consecutive order..

PORSCHE CARRERA

Wanderer, returned and asked Mr.Ferdinand to create a 2.0-liter six-cylinder with 40bhp..Adolf Hitler announced 2 new programs: The People's Car & A state sponsored racing program.

911 turbo (930)

Mr.Ferdinand ended up creating the Volkswagen Beetle, and a 16-cylinder 1653-Ib Auto Union P racing car, which set 3 world records in 1934, and was the most successful racing car of the inter-war era

911 TURBO (930)

The Auto Union provided Porsche with another opportunity, the money would be needed to keep the company afloat...Porsche became deeply involved in designing military vehicles leading up to WWII, The type 166 became one of the most numerous mass produced amphibious vehicles, +14,265 were manufactured

911 TURBO

He was then later asked to redesign the Beetle in a "more French" style, there were disagreements between the French government and the car manufacturing firm led by Jean Pierre Peugeot. Mr.Ferdinand was later arrested

911 GT3

January 30th, 1951 he died at the age of 75. His son drove the company after his fathers death

PORSCHE 911GT3 R (most successful car in gt history)

All in a nutshell, the last passed 6 decades has been really successful for Porsche. the cars have excelled in Hillclimb events, Endurance races, Rallying, and even Formula 1. Porsche has obtained over 28,000 victories, including 16 constructor wins in 24 Hours of Le Mans, 18 wins at the Daytona 24-Hour, 11 wins at Targa Florio, and 17 victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring. Porsche started a winning streak, and won 24 Hours of Le Mans for 7 consecutive years after 1981, and the have acheived many more class wins such as "Longest Winning Streak"

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