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Ferdinand Porsche

* 1875 in Maffersdorf/Bohemia
+ 1951 in Stuttgart

   


Ferdinand Porsche    
Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company.
He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner-Porsche),
the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing car, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK,
several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.

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