Erwin Komenda was an Austrian automobile designer and Porsche employee, and a lead contributor to the design of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars.
Erwin Komenda was a lead designer for the Porsche Type 60 V3 prototype for the German "Volkswagen" (or KDF-Wagen, as called later)
The Porsche 356 is a rear-engine sports car, and the first-ever production Porsche model.
Erwin Komenda
…Union racing car and Cisitalia racing car. As early as 1946 Komenda began work on the body of the first Porsche sports car. He developed the body of the Porsche 356, various following types and the Porsche 550 Spyder. As a responsible Porsche engineer, he led the Stuttgart-based company into the next generation…
1953 Porsche 356, with the V-shaped windshield
Nationale oldtimerdag Zandvoort 2010, 1956 PORSCHE 356A 1500 GS CARRERA, AL 42 19 pic 2
Nationale oldtimerdag Zandvoort 2010, 1963 PORSCHE 356A 1600, AH 41 45 pic 1