įerdinand showed a great aptitude for technology and was especially intrigued by electricity from a young age. Porsche was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1996 and was named the Car Engineer of the Century in 1999.įerdinand Porsche was born to Anna Porsche (née Ehrlich) and Anton Porsche, in Maffersdorf (Vratislavice nad Nisou) in northern Bohemia, part of Austria-Hungary at that time, and today part of the Czech Republic. He was a recipient of the German National Prize for Art and Science, the SS-Ehrenring and the War Merit Cross. Porsche was a member of the Nazi Party and an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He is best known for creating the first gasoline– electric hybrid vehicle ( Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.Īn important contributor to the German war effort during World War II, Porsche was involved in the production of advanced tanks such as the VK 45.01 (P), the Elefant (initially called "Ferdinand") self-propelled gun, and the Panzer VIII Maus super-heavy tank, as well as other weapon systems, including the V-1 flying bomb. German National Prize for Art and Science (1938)įerdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austro-Bohemian automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. In addition to this book dedicated to the Porsche 911, his other publications include DJ Culture.Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, Tiger I, Tiger II, the Elefant, Panzer VIII Maus and the Volkswagen Beetle Poschardt has been chief editor of the German editions of both Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, deputy editor of Welt am Sonntag, and has been an integral part of other prominent publications he currently holds the title of chief editor at WELTN24. Born in Nuremburg in 1967, Ulf Poschardt is a graduate of philosophy and a prominent German journalist. Not everyone can, nor indeed should, drive a Porsche, but Porsche 911: The Ultimate Sportscar as Cultural Icon lays bare the raw driving force behind the 911 for anyone intrepid enough to discover. In this book, Ulf Poschardt sends Porsche drivers to the shrink and concludes that a little narcissim can be a healthy thing he then takes them on an engaging journey through the checkered history that defines their pride and joy. Porsche 911: The Ultimate Sportscar as Cultural Icon explains how this German car became a global phenomenon and a symbol of aspiration, freedom, and the appetite for perfection, and even more, why, around the world, the 911 continues to fascinate gentlemen, ladies, and rogue drivers. Since its launch in 1963, the 911 has built a reputation for itself as "the thinking man's sports car." Both a car and a cultural icon, it has earned a fan base that spans from young to old, East to West, connoisseur to enthusiast. The Porsche 911 was not just invented by one of the most fascinating and controversial families - it is also a technical meisterwerk. Despised by many in Germany as a set of wheels for fat cats, it is the favorite car of free spirits and intellectuals in the U.S. And now, the rest is history: Jerry Seinfeld drives it Boris Johnson admires it Steve McQueen loves it and Jeremy Clarkson hates it. When Ferdinand Porsche could not find a sports car he liked, he decided to build one himself. The Porsche 911 inspires a worldwide ripple effect. The thinking man's sports car: a symbol of the relentless desire for peak power and limitless performance.
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