Ferdinand Porsche dies

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Before founding the company that still bears his name, Mr. Porsche’s grandfather, Ferdinand, worked as an engineer and designer for, among other companies, Daimler-Benz, the makers of Mercedes. And during the early years of the Porsche company in the 1930s, Ferdinand and his son, known as Ferry, created the prototype of the Volkswagen at the direction of Adolf Hitler





Ferdinand Porsche, designer of the classic 911, dies

 

[Chas]

Tremendous loss to the world, was a brilliant man.