80 years of Porsche designs
Porsche
Engineering - pioneering technology and trailblazing innovations
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has been the leading
manufacturer of premium sports cars for more than six decades. However,
the historic roots of the Porsche brand go back much further than that.
When Ferry Porsche built the legendary Type 356 in 1948, he and his
engineers were able to look back on a wealth of comprehensive
technological experience. Back on 25th April 1931, Ferdinand Porsche
founded and registered a design bureau named "Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Konstruktion und Beratung
für Motoren- und Fahrzeugbau" in Stuttgart.
Since then, the Porsche company
has experienced many highs and lows and has grown from a small design
bureau to a world famous manufacturer of sports and racing cars. This
success story is based on decades of development experience, stretching
far beyond just building sports cars. Over an 80 year period, Porsche
has built up a reputation as one of the best known and multi-faceted
engineering service providers in the world. The tradition of customer
development started by Ferdinand Porsche in 1931 is still successfully
continued today by Porsche Engineering Group GmbH, based in Weissach.
Porsche Engineering carries out development work on behalf of car
manufacturers and suppliers, as well as companies from other sectors,
combining the skills of Porsche as a series manufacturer, technology
company and engineering service provider and making these available to
third parties.
The 80th anniversary of the founding of the Porsche design bureau in
1931 is one of this year's central themes for the Porsche Museum in
Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. From 21st June to 11th September 2011 the
special exhibition entitled "Porsche Engineering - 80 Years of Porsche
Designs" will honour the most important and interesting customer
developments from the last eight decades. It will display around 20
special examples ranging from whole vehicle developments, through
engines and gearboxes to extraordinary industrial projects in the
present. The ten vehicle customer developments on display include a
Wanderer Limousine from 1931, the legendary Auto Union Grand Prix
racing car and the Audi Sport Quattro S1 with Porsche dual clutch
gearbox (PDK). The Porsche Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from
9 am to 6 pm. Further information is available on the internet from
www.porsche.com/museum
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