Porsche – a reputation built on quality without compromise

As an experienced driver, you know how important you keep your Porsche in tip-top condition. Regular maintenance will prolong the life of your car and identify defects before they are catastrophic.

Porsche has built its reputation on innovative design, performance and lightweight excellence. Booking a Porsche service is carried out with care and precision, is of vital importance in maintaining the performance of the sports car you drive.

Porsche facts you may not know

The history of the Porsche name in car design begins with Ferdinand Porsche, Sr., who as chief designer at the Austrian manufacturer Austro-Daimler. His feeling for motor sport and compact cars was demonstrated by the success on the racetrack to the test. But in 1929, after the merger of Daimler-Benz, his work was when the company decided to focus on frozen bigger and more luxurious Mercedes-Benz cars to concentrate.

Porsche left Daimler-Benz and started his own design firm in 1931, along with his son, Ferdinand junior (or Ferry) Porsche.

Ferry had associated himself with the car mechanic at an early age and had learned to drive at the age of 10. Both ran the business, employs a number of experienced designers.

It was not long before she was secured some corporate design jobs, such as with the original Auto Union Audi Company) (and Porsche, the design engine behind their cars.

In 1934, design work on a small car was supported by the National Socialist Party, which wanted to see an affordable car for working Germans. Originally named the Porsche 60, it has been officially) known as the Volkswagen AG (Auto-people.

In 1938, Ferdinand Porsche, Sr., Auto Union racing team could manage and went into the new Volkswagen plant in the production of the Volkswagen, which began in 1939. However, at Volkswagen’s plant a few cars when war was declared, and this led to the production switched production from civilian to military vehicles.

At the end of World War II, the Porsche family were asked by the government, French design and build a French version of the Volkswagen, but with political resistance and both Porsche ceased to be arrested for war crimes and respected without trial, had a strong 500,000 each demanded for their release.

Enough money for his son, Ferry Porsche, are paid release. However, senior Porsche have forced more than a year and a half, and to help Renault before his son raised the money to him, was held exempt.

Ferry Porsche to restore the design of business in Austria and received a contract for the Grand Prix racing cars for Piero Dusio design. The Porsche 360 Cisitalia was born.

Porsche successfully developed their own vehicle, the Porsche 356, which was based on the original Volkswagen, and received its first contract in 1947.

In 1949, Volkswagen had started) only to his own future (after a failed post-sale attempts, and a former senior manager at Opel, Heinrich Nordhoff, who was brought into the factory running. He approached with Ferry Porsche to help design at Volkswagen, to improve the “Beetle”. In return, would Porsche receive assistance in the manufacture and distribution of their vehicles, plus a profit participation.

Thus, in 1949, Porsche was founded back in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany. The production of the Porsche 356 has resumed and began developing a new engine – which became known as the Carrera.

These developments have established the Porsche name as an independent producer of motor vehicles.

In 1961 work began on the replacement model for the Porsche 356, a new six-cylinder engine with the body of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Ferry Porsche designed and son.

Originally called the 901, a legal challenge by Peugeot on the format of the name led to the 901 will be renamed “Porsche 911

In 1963, at the Frankfurt International Motor Show was the Porsche 911 and the production began the following year. The Porsche has remained faithful to his 911 predecessors, with an air-cooled boxer engine in the rear.

Decided in 1972, Ferry Porsche Porsche from a partnership into a corporation, Porsche GmbH, and stayed on the board until his death in 1998 to make.

Since then Porsche has continued to refine and update and the introduction of the 911 Turbo Engines, 914, 917, 924, 928, 959 and Boxter with continued success on the racetrack and in sports car enthusiasts.

With their history of engineering excellence and innovative design, along with their passion for performance, Porsche has successfully its reputation as the most successful sports car manufacturer.

Make your Porsche service with confidence

So if your next Porsche owner, you can be confident that Service A Car understands the heritage of Porsche and Porsche lead the service with passion and precision, the car’s outstanding performance deserves to receive.

Related posts

• Jaguar – All Car History Volume 12
• yellow porsche
• With a Porsche Classic, you Can be Sure That People Will Turn Their Heads
• To Keep Your Jaguar Running Optimally You Need Quality Jaguar Parts
• The Porsche Experience