Ferdinand Porsche
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Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Un
Porsche in 1940
Birth house of Ferdinand Porsche in Vratislavice nad Nisou
The Lohner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid
Adolf Hitler laying the foundation stone of the KDF-Wagen (Volkswagen) factory near Fallersleben (Wolfsburg) on 26 May 1938. Ferdinand Porsche at far right.
Volkswagen Beetle
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The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a small family car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. A global cultural icon known for its bug-like design, the Be
Ferdinand Porsche
…automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. 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. An important contributor to…
1965–1966 Volkswagen Käfer
Two KdF cars on the Reichsautobahn, c. 1943. Since the KdF was never delivered to the public, it is likely that this was an advertisement photo.
Sand-coloured VW Type 82E — a Wehrmacht Beetle on the Kübelwagen's underpinnings.
The Porsche 64 (pictured in 1981) was largely derived from the Beetle.