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In this book, readers will learn about the history of Porsche, and details about innovations the company has made throughout the years.
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Passage: Ferdinand Porsche, Jim Marshall, and Thomas Kinkade
This segment of Sunday Morning is about three notable figures and pioneers in their respective fields of automotive, musical accessories and the arts: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Jim Marshall, and painter Thomas Kinkade.
Streaming Video
Porsche still ticking
Butzi, the son of the sports car maker's founder, Ferry Porsche, was a fan of wristwatches. The studio will issue a watch -- the [euro]4,911 ($5,600) Porsche Design 911 Chronograph Timeless Machine Limited Edition -- to celebrate the launch of the eighth-generation 911. Only customers who bought the car could opt to pay over $11,000 for a matching wristwatch in the same color trim pattern, an identical number plate linking the two.
Journal Article
Ferdinand Porsche made electric car in 1898
As News.com.au reports, while the famous automobile company didn't actually come into existence until 1931, its founder manufactured the electric car, known as the Egger-Lohner electric vehicle C.2 Phaeton model or the P1 for short, when he was 22 years old.
Trade Publication Article
Ferdinand Porsche, Creator of the Sports Car That Bore His Name, Is Dead at 88
Mr. Porsche, known as Ferry, and his father, also named Ferdinand, were symbols of the ambitious breed of German industrialists who thrived under the Nazis and then rose phoenix-like from the ashes of wartime defeat. A younger generation fought so much among themselves, however, that the family's sports car company stumbled badly. But Mr. Porsche lived just long enough to see his business regain financial health. Porsche A. G., founded by Ferry's father, who was a close friend of Adolf Hitler, grew rich on military contracts until Allied bombs obliterated the factories that turned out its designs. In the aftermath of World War II, Ferry Porsche decided to defy conventional wisdom and build a luxury sports car in a nation so prostrated that its inhabitants could barely afford motorcycles. Within a few years, his sports car reached the pinnacle of the automotive trade, and has remained there in the eyes of many discerning critics. With recognition came immense wealth: The Porsche family fortune is estimated at more than $3 billion. But sibling rivalry flared among the third generation of Porsches. Their business feuds and extramarital affairs earned them a reputation in the tabloid press as the ''Ewings of Germany.'' Their bickering grew so intolerable that Ferry Porsche, who had become the company's supervisory board chairman, expelled them from management of the family company.
Newspaper Article
Intelligent, efficient Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid race car hits the track this summer
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 11 /CNW/ - One hundred ten years after Ferdinand Porsche developed the world's first car with a hybrid drive system, the Lohner Porsche Semper Vivus, Porsche AG is introducing his visionary drive concept in a production-based GT race car. The Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid will debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, opening a new chapter in the history of the racing 911 - a car that has amassed more than 20,000 racing wins in 45 years. After its debut in Geneva, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid will be tested in a number of long-distance races on the famous Nrburgring racetrack in Germany. The highlight of this test program will be the grueling 24 Hours on the Nordschleife on May 15-16. There, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid will work as a \"racing lab,\" spearheading hybrid technology on the track, generating data and providing know-how on the subsequent use of hybrid technology in road-going sports cars.
Newsletter
911 was not the favourite son
While still in his mid-20s, [Ferdinand \"Butzi\" Porsche] penned the 911 and launched it at the Frankfurt motor show of 1963. But why was the evergreen 911 not the favourite of its creator?
Newspaper Article
Porsche's 2009 Boxster spoils you for anything else
For maximum handling, the PSM can be set to standby while the car is still in \"Sport\" mode. For safety, it is set to intervene automatically only when ABS assistance is required on both the front wheels. A key component of the Sport Chrono Package is the swivel-mounted timer in the centre of the dashboard with analogue and digital display. In combination with [Ferdinand Porsche] Doppelkupplung (PDK), the Sport Chrono Package offers two additional functions that are activated by the \"Sport Plus\" button. Second is what Porsche terms the \"motorsport-derived gearshift strategy\". Using this, PDK is geared up for maximum shift speed, the shortest possible shift times and optimum shift points for maximum acceleration, ideal for the racetrack. All this sounds very technical, I know, the payoff is felt the second you hit \"Sport\". The Boxster S differs from the base car primarily by engine and transmission plus some upgraded interior trim bits. Where the base Boxster has a 2.9-litre horizontally opposed or \"boxer\" six-cylinder engine producing 265 hp and 221 ft/lb of torque, the Boxster S gets an enlarged 3.4-litre version of the classic Porsche boxer engine that is up in power from 295 hp and 252 lb/ft of torque to 310 hp and 266 lb/ft for 2009. Standard transmission is a six-speed transaxle.
Newspaper Article
Porsche's Boxster 'spoils you for anything else'
Where the base Boxster has a 2.7-litre horizontally opposed or \"boxer\" six-cylinder engine producing 245 hp and 201 ft/lb of torque through a five-speed transaxle, the Boxster S gets an enlarged 3.4-litre version of the classic [Ferdinand Porsche] boxer engine producing 295 hp and 252 lb/ft of torque through a six-speed transaxle. Porsche's tiptronic automatic transmission with tiptronic manual shift mode is an option. I've never liked these systems because (as I've said many times), I can never remember what gear I'm in and I don't like taking my eyes off the road to hunt for some illuminated gear number on the dash. Luddite I may be, but putting hand to shifter is I all need to know where I'm at.
Newspaper Article
Porsche's Boxster 'spoils you for anything else'
Where the base Boxster has a 2.7-litre horizontally opposed or \"boxer\" six-cylinder engine producing 245 hp and 201 ft/lb of torque through a five-speed transaxle, the Boxster S gets an enlarged 3.4-litre version of the classic [Ferdinand Porsche] boxer engine producing 295 hp and 252 lb/ft of torque through a six-speed transaxle. Porsche's tiptronic automatic transmission with tiptronic manual shift mode is an option. I've never liked these systems because (as I've said many times), I can never remember what gear I'm in and I don't like taking my eyes off the road to hunt for some illuminated gear number on the dash. Luddite I may be, but putting hand to shifter is I all need to know where I'm at.
Newspaper Article