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After the loss of the contract to the Tiger I Porsche recycled his design into a. During, production turned to the military version of the Volkswagen Beetle, the, 52,000 produced, and, 15,584 produced. Porsche produced several designs for during the war, losing out to in both contracts that ultimately led to the and the. However, not all this work was wasted, as the chassis Porsche designed for the Tiger I was used as the base for the. Porsche also developed the in the closing stages of the war, producing two prototypes.

At the end of World War II in 1945, the at fell to the British. Ferdinand lost his position as Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen, and, a British Army Major, was put in charge of the factory. (In Wolfsburg, the Volkswagen company magazine dubbed him 'The British Major who saved Volkswagen'.) On 15 December of that year, Ferdinand was arrested for war crimes, but not tried. During his 20-month imprisonment, Ferdinand Porsche's son,, decided to build his own car, because he could not find an existing one that he wanted to buy.

He also had to steer the company through some of its most difficult days until his father's release in August 1947. The first models of what was to become the were built in a small sawmill in, Austria. The prototype car was shown to German auto dealers, and when pre-orders reached a set threshold, production (with aluminium body) was begun by founded by Ferry and. Many regard the 356 as the first Porsche simply because it was the first model sold by the fledgling company. After the production of 356 was taken over by the father's Dr. Porsche GmbH in Stuttgart in 1950, Porsche commissioned a Zuffenhausen-based company, Reutter Karosserie, which had previously collaborated with the firm on Volkswagen Beetle prototypes, to produce the 356's steel body.

In 1952, Porsche constructed an assembly plant (Werk 2) across the street from Reutter Karosserie; the main road in front of Werk 1, the oldest Porsche building, is now known as Porschestrasse. The 356 was road certified in 1948. Company logo •. 1952 Porsche 356 K/9-1 Prototype In post-war Germany, parts were generally in short supply, so the 356 automobile used components from the Volkswagen Beetle, including the engine case from its,, and several parts used in the. The 356, however, had several evolutionary stages, A, B, and C, while in production, and most Volkswagen-sourced parts were replaced by Porsche-made parts. Beginning in 1954 the 356s engines started utilizing engine cases designed specifically for the 356. The sleek bodywork was designed by, who also had designed the body of the Beetle.

Porsche's signature designs have, from the beginning, featured air-cooled rear-engine configurations (like the Beetle), rare for other car manufacturers, but producing automobiles that are very well balanced. In 1964, after a fair amount of success in with various models including the, and with the 356 needing a major re-design, the company launched the: another, sports car, this time with a six-cylinder. The team to lay out the body shell design was led by Ferry Porsche's eldest son, (F. The design phase for the 911 caused internal problems with Erwin Komenda, who led the body design department until then.

The 356 and 912 serial number database site has been online continuously since October 2000, and currently provides information on 356, 912 and 912E models. Over the years there have been a great number of factory options available for Porsche cars. When you buy a previously owned Porsche it is nice to know what options the car has. Fortunately Porsche equips all cars with two stickers listing the option codes for all of the options on the car. The first sticker is affixed to the.

Porsche complained Komenda made unauthorized changes to the design. Company leader Ferry Porsche took his son's drawings to neighbouring chassis manufacturer Reuter. Reuter's workshop was later acquired by Porsche (so-called Werk 2). Afterward Reuter became a seat manufacturer, today known as. Porsche 911 (991) In mid-2006, after years of the Boxster (and later the Cayenne) as the best selling Porsche in North America, the 911 regained its position as Porsche's best-seller in the region. The Cayenne and 911 have cycled as the top-selling model since. In Germany, the 911 outsells the Boxster/Cayman and Cayenne.

In May 2011, Porsche Cars North America announced plans to spend $80–$100 million, but will receive about $15 million in economic incentives to move their North American headquarters from, a suburb of, to, a new mixed-use development on the site of the old adjacent to. Designed by architectural firm, the headquarters will include a new office building and test track. The facility will be known by its new address, One Porsche Drive. Relationship with Volkswagen. Combined badging of the European 914 The company has always had a close relationship with, initially, the (VW), and later, the (which also owns ), because the first was designed. The two companies collaborated in 1969 to make the, whereby the 914-6 had a Porsche engine, and the 914 had a Volkswagen engine. Further collaboration in 1976 resulted in the E (US only) and the, which used many Audi components, and was built at Audi's factory.

Were also built there, although they used far fewer Volkswagen components. The Cayenne, introduced in 2002, shares its chassis with the and the, which is built at the in,. Corporate restructuring. A 911 () in front of the factory in which it was assembled, Porschewerk Stuttgart (right), and the manufacturer's central dealership, Porsche Zentrum Stuttgart (left).

Porsche SE was created in June 2007 by renaming the old Dr. Porsche AG, and became a holding company for the families' stake in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH (50.1%) (which in turn held 100% of the old Porsche AG) and Volkswagen AG (50.7%). At the same time, the new Dr. Porsche AG ( Porsche AG) was created for the car manufacturing business. In August 2009, Porsche SE and reached an agreement that the car manufacturing operations of the two companies would merge in 2011, to form an 'Integrated Automotive Group'. The management of Volkswagen AG agreed to 50.76% of Volkswagen AG being owned by Porsche SE in return for Volkswagen AG management taking Porsche SE management positions (in order for Volkswagen management to remain in control), and for Volkswagen AG acquiring ownership of Porsche AG.

As of the end of 2015, the 52.2% control interest in VW AG is the predominant investment by Porsche SE, and Volkswagen AG in turn controls brands and companies such as,,,,,,, Porsche AG,, VW Commercial Vehicles,,, as well as Volkswagen Financial Services. Porsche AG (which stands for Doktor Ingenieur Ferdinand Porsche ), as a 100% subsidiary of VW AG, is responsible for the actual production and manufacture of the Porsche automobile line. The company currently produces, and sports cars, the and Macan and the four-door. Subsidiaries Porsche AG has a 29% share in German engineering and design consultancy and 81.8% of. Wholly owned subsidiaries of Porsche AG include Porsche Consulting GmbH.

Production and sales The headquarters and main factory are located in Zuffenhausen, a district in, but the Cayenne and Panamera models are manufactured in, Germany, and parts for the SUV are also assembled in the factory in, Slovakia. Boxster and Cayman production was outsourced to in Finland from 1997 to 2011, and in 2012 production moved to Germany. In 2015, Porsche reported selling a total of 218,983 cars, 28,953 (13.22%) as domestic German sales, and 190,030 (86.78%) internationally. The company has been highly successful in recent times, and indeed claims to have the highest profit per unit sold of any car company in the world. Table of profits (in millions of euros) and number of cars produced. Figures from 2008/9 onwards were not reported as part of Porsche SE.

On May 11, 2017, Porsche built the one millionth 911. An Irish green Carrera S was built for the celebration, and it will be taken on a global tour before becoming a permanent exhibit at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. For details on a Porsche 911-based all-electric car, see. In 2010 Porsche launched the and announced the, and launched the hypercar in 2014, which also features a hybrid system. Also a plug-in hybrid model called the was released in October 2013 in the United States and during the fourth quarter of 2013 in several European countries. Porsche developed a prototype electric called the Boxster E in 2011 and a hybrid version of the 911 called the GT3 R Hybrid, developed with in 2010. In July 2014 Porsche announced the launch by the end of 2014 of the a, which will displace the Cayenne S Hybrid from the line up.

The S E-Hybrid will be the first plug-in hybrid in the premium segment and will allow Porsche to become the first automaker with three production plug-in hybrid models. In July 2017, Porsche installed its first 350kW, 800V charging station, which the upcoming will use. As of 2017, the Porsche charging station is the fastest electric vehicle charging station in the world, being able to charge a Porsche Mission E up to 80% within 15 minutes. Porsche is also currently working with other manufacturers to make Porsche charging stations compatible with other electric vehicles. Aircraft engines See. Retrieved 31 August 2016. Vettraino (23 December 2008)...

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