Luckily this is not the vehicle that went underwater on screen. The auction company said the car for sale, a 1979 model with a five-speed manual transmission, is one of four used in the film three for driving and close-up scenes and one so ...
It’s with great sadness that I report the second well-known tech visionary’s death today, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, otherwise known as one half of the family racing car business founder duo which also included his grandfather. Porsche’s grandfather, also named Ferdinand, designed the original Volkswagen Beetle, while the duo started the Porsche business 20 years after Read The Full Story
David McHugh, AP Business WriterFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Porsche 911, with its sloping roof line, long hood and powerful rear engine, has been a sports car-lover's fantasy for the half century since its 1963 introduction. Its creator, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of the automaker's founder, is dead at age 76.
Porsche died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria, Porsche AG said Thursday. No cause was provided.
Known as F.A. to his...
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, who designed and unveiled to the world the first Porsche 911, has died in Salzburg, Austria, a spokesman said. He was 76.
The death was announced Thursday by Matthias Muller, president of Porsche AG, who credited the late designer with establishing a "design that is a legacy."
Porsche gained worldwide recognition at the age of 27 when he unveiled the first Porsche 911 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1963...
Above Butzi Porsche and the Porsche 901, later 911. Below Official photograph of Prof F. A. Porsche. One of the great names in design, Prof Ferdinand Alexander ‘Butzi’ Porsche, the designer of the original Porsche 911 and the founder of Porsche Design, passed away yesterday. The honorary president of Porsche AG was 76, and [...]
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the designer of the 911 and the grandson of company founder Ferdinand Porsche, passed away today. The designer was 76.
F.A. or "Butzi," as he was nicknamed, was groomed to enter the family business. "Even as a small boy, he accompanied his father and grandfather Ferdinand to the engineering design office in Zuffenhausen," reported World Car Fans in an article on his 70th birthday. But in an interesting, Einstein...
From Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine:
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Grandson of the founder of Porsche, the designer of the Porsche 911, the founder of the Porsche Design studio and the architect of Porsche design culture, passed away yesterday, April 5 in Salzburg, aged 76. His desig
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a street shot! here: Porsche 911, G-Series.
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Porsche 911 classics
The original Porsche 911 (pronounced as nine eleven, German: Neunelfer) was a sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design was introduced in autumn 1963 and built until 1989.
It was succeeded by a modified version, internally referred to as Porsche 964 but still sold as Porsche 911, as are...Read Full Story
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Porsche 928, seen at the annual classic car show at the National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland.Read Full Story
For many of us born in the 1970s and early 1980s, the Porsche 928 and the BMW 8-Series were amongst the most impressive sports / GT models of their time. Sure we had posters of a Lamborghini Countach (preferably with a puffy haired and scantily dressed bomb shell spreading over the Italian beast) and the Ferrari F40 or the Porsche 959 hanging on our side of the bedroom wall, but these models were clearly a pure fantasy that only a select few could ever own. The 928 and the 8-Series, on the...Read Full Story
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4.7-litre (4664 cc) V8-engine
310 PS @ 5900 rpm
400 Nm @ 4100 rpm
top-speed: 255 km/h
0 to 100 km/h: 6.2 s
automatic-transmission
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The Porsche 928 is a 2+2 Gran Turismo sold from 1978 to 1995.
Originally intended to replace the company's iconic 911, the 928 attempted to combine the power, poise, and handling of a sports car with the refinement, comfort, and equipment of a luxury sedan to create what...Read Full Story
Toprope has added a photo to the pool:
4.7-litre (4664 cc) V8-engine
310 PS @ 5900 rpm
400 Nm @ 4100 rpm
top-speed: 255 km/h
0 to 100 km/h: 6.2 s
automatic-transmission
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The Porsche 928 is a 2+2 Gran Turismo sold from 1978 to 1995.
Originally intended to replace the company's iconic 911, the 928 attempted to combine the power, poise, and handling of a sports car with the refinement, comfort, and equipment of a luxury sedan to create what...Read Full Story