| Ferdinand Porsche played an important
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| | founder's grandson, with the 911.
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| role in the development of airplanes and
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| | The 911 became easily recognizable: it
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| racing cars, and the construction of
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| | had attractive sloping bonnet and what
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| tanks for the Wehrmacht. He is an
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| | later became characteristic "frog eye"
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| automobile engineer with more than a
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| | headlights, curves running from the top
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| thousand patents to his name. He was
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| | edge of the windscreen to the rear bumper
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| appointed chief engineer at Mercedes-Benz
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| | and a straight waistline. From a
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| in Stuttgart in the 1920s. Later on, he
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| | functional and technical point of view it
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| set up his own engineering workshop and
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| | was more like BMW 1500, although it
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| designed among others the Volkswagen. At
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| | retained the stylistic features of the
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| the plant where Volkswagen was made,
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| | original Porsche. The new 911 will become
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| Wolfsburg, he was chief of operations and
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| | the foundation stone of Porsche's
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| at the end of the war he was interned by
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| | identity, even though the design was not
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| the Allies.
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| | always appreciated. During the 1970`s and
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| He was released a few years later and
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| | 1980`s, the designers attempts to
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| started building his first car with his
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| | distance Porsche from its legendary
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| son, Ferry Porsche. The car was named the
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| | design brought the company to the edge of
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| Porsche 356 and it was a sports car and a
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| | disaster. The more modern 924 model, "a
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| reminiscent of the Volkswagen. It had the
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| | people's Porsche", developed with
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| same four-cylinder boxer engine that was
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| | Volkswagen, as well as the 928 were far
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| rear-mounted, just like the VW. It was
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| | from fulfilling the expectations.
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| far from being a powerful sports car,
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| | In the 1990`s, the company realized that
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| developing only 40 bhp and a maximum
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| | what for over twenty years was perceived
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| speed of 87 mph (140 km/h). First
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| | as a straitjacket, it was in fact a
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| produced as a convertible and later as a
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| | market advantage. During the 1990`s,
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| hard top it distinguished by the very
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| | Porsche became highly profitable since
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| elegant and innovative body. It was
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| | they now knew that the typical Porsche
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| developed in the workshop of Erwin
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| | features were timeless. Nearly forty
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| Komenda, a master of restrained
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| | people now worked in the design
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| streamlining who had been in charge of
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| | department on further developments of the
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| sheet metal and design techniques at
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| | long-running 911. These developments
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| Porsche since the VW Beetle. The new
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| | included the 911 GTI, a powerful
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| style of closed coupe was designed by
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| | combination of sports and racing car, put
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| Komenda and it soon became the embodiment
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| | forward by the in-house designer Anthony
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| of the sports car, thanks to its
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| | R. Hatter. In 1999, chief designer
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| fastback.
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| | proudly presented the new Boxster which
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| This tradition was continued by Komenda
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| | enabled Porshe to establish a second
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| and Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche, the
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| | independent range of models.
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