Ferdinand Prosche: Life And Achievements Of A Pioneer

Ferdinand Prosche: Life And Achievements of A Pioneer


      German engineer Ferdinand Porsche is certainly one of the most important

figures - if not the most imporant and influent-in the history of automobile

making. This outstanding Teuton was born on September 3rd, 1875 in Mafferdorf,

Germany. One of the most remarkable accomplishments of his carrer was that his

work was not limited to one factory, but instead he worked in many of the most

renowned car-making factories of the time.


        His life as an engineer started early, at the age of 22, when he

designed an electric engine. In 1900 he was hired by a carmaker of the time,

Lohner. He installed one of his engines on a Lohner and showed it in the Paris

World Fair. The car was the show-stopper of the event, and later obtained

positive results in several races.


       Other less important events happened between 1900 and 1923, when he was

hired by the most important carmaker of the time, Daimler Motoren A.G. (Which in

1926 would join Benz to form Daimler-Benz A.G.) During this time, first with

Daimler and then with Daimler-Benz, he became member of the board of directors,

and designed the famed S (Sportlich) and SS (Super Sportlich). Prizes and

university degrees did not take long to appear, and in the same year he joined

Daimler, 1923, he was named Sir Ferdinand Porsche by the Italian government and

recieved an Honoris Causa from the Stuttgart Technical Institute.


        Porsche worked in the design of Mercedes-Benz cars until 1928, when he

left because of disagreements the other other chief engineer of the factory,

Hans Nibel. But his last development in the factory was probably one of the most

important: The curious, exotic and fast SSKL.


        After Porsche left Mercedes, he was soon hir
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