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1900: The Lohner- Porsche Electric Car at the Paris Expo. The wheel hub motors devised by Ferdinand Porsche, then a young engineer and test driver, made the name Porsche famous worldwide.
1928: As Daimler Technical Director and Board member, among other things, F. Porsche developed the now legendary new Mercedes SS and SSK supercharged sports car.
1931: Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche Engineering Office in Stuttgart. He thus laid the foundations for Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche AG today.
1933: Commissioned by NSU, the Type 32 was designed, a predecessor of the Volkswagen.
1936: In spring, extensive test runs are carried out with the first VW prototypes. Starting from a backyard garage of Porsche's villa in Stuttgart.
1938: Under the direction of Ferdinand Porsche, the first assembly lines for Volkswagen are erected in Wolfsburg. The finishing touches have been put to the Type 60, which is ready for series production. But the Second World War got in the way. A jeep was created on the basis of the type 60. It was not until 1946 that the Volkswagen went into series production.
1947: Under Ferdinand Porsche Jr. A Grand Prix racing car is created in Gmünd, Austria on behalf of Cisitalia. The engineering office had been moved and now used Stuttgart in 1944.
1948: Under the direction of Ferry Porsche, a sports car is built in Gmünd based on Volkswagen parts: the 356. On June 8, 1948 the first sports car bearing the name Porsche is born. A roadster of light metal.
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