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Ferdinand Porsche: Engineering for Empires and Beyond

Ferdinand Porsche: Engineering for Empires and Beyond

Aaberg, Aaron

Paperback

Biographies GeneralTechnology & EngineeringAutomobiles

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ISBN10: 1923545043
ISBN13: 9781923545045
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 30 2025
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Across six turbulent decades Ferdinand Porsche sketched, soldered and strategised his way from a Bohemian tinsmith's shop to the boardrooms that powered monarchies, dictatorships and global brands. His wheel-hub motors dazzled the Paris Expo of 1900; his super-charged Kompressor cars ruled inter-war racing; his design for the KdF-Wagen became the Volkswagen Beetle; and his forced-labor tank projects darkened the Eastern Front. After 1945 the sawmill workshops of Gmünd birthed the 356 coupé, the 550 Spyder and, ultimately, the 911-machines that rewrote the grammar of speed while financing a consultancy whose fingerprints now span Formula One turbos and dual-clutch road cars.

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