Porsche is a sports car manufacturer in Germany, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer made the first Volkswagen car. The company headquarters is located in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart city.
The first Porsche Porsche 64 in 1938, more use of the Volkswagen Beetle. The second Porsche 356 sports car in 1948. In 1963, after some success in the sport, the company launched 911. Currently, 911 is still being produced, became well-known model and its success. This car was the soul of Porsche.
In 1969, Porsche partnered with Volkswagen to produce VW-Porsche 914 and 914-6, and in 1976 with a Porsche 924 car used many Audi components and was produced at Audi's plant. Porsche Cayenne (introduced in 2002), shared with the VW Touareg body (in-house production e'koda in Bratislava). Both Audi and e'koda are subsidiaries of VW. The model is the most expensive Porsche Carrera GT price of 450,000 Euro introduction in 2004.
In sports, Porsche also reap significant success in the Le Mans 24 hours (with 16 victories), Paris Dakar. Porsche has been taking part in F1 from 1958 to 1964 but only once at the French Grand Prix victory in 1962.
Porsche returned to F1 in the position of the engine supplier for McLaren in 1983. The vehicles equipped with the Porsche has brought two-time champion for the manufacturer in 1984, 1985 and the third individual title of the 1984, 1985, 1986. In 1991, Porsche again step into F1 (also with nominal supply engines) but failed and retreated since then.
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