The Moment Before Porsche Became Porsche By the closing months of 1947, the Porsche name had already traveled farther—and carried more weight—than most automobile companies would achieve across an entire lifetime. It had appeared on electrical patents, engineering drawings, racing machines, consulting agreements, government contracts, military vehicles, invoices, and the...
A Name Without a Car On April 25, 1931, the Porsche name officially entered the automobile business. It did not enter as a badge affixed to the hood of a sports car. There was no factory assembling Porsche automobiles, no dealer network waiting to receive them, and no production line...




