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...
It was created by Dr. Ing. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche and a handful of his close associates in 1937-38 and, despite the hideous wartime destruction, is still alive and well today, a distinguished septuagenarian. Yet important though it is, not much has been seen or heard of the Type 64 or,...
We have partnered with Sports Car Digest to republish some of their Porsche-centric mcontent on Stuttcars for our members to enjoy. This piece was originally published on May 11, 2021 on Sports Car Digest. In many circles, the term airhead applies to someone who is silly or lacking in intelligence....






