Porsche Motor Company

The German company Porsche was founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. It is one of the leading companies in the luxury car industry and is also a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Its sports cars were previously classified as the most prestigious cars from before the Institute of Welfare in New York State USA.

History of the Porsche Corporation

Early History

Engineer Ferdinand Porsche was the chief engineer of the German company Daimler Benz. In 1931 he opened his own company in Stuttgart and named it after his family, and this company was specialized in providing engineering consultancy in the field of cars at the beginning, and it was the first Volkswagen car designed by the engineer Porsche.

The first Porsche was released in 1939 and was called the Porsche 64, which is a sports coupe that was equipped with a 4-cylinder petrol engine with a capacity of 1.0 liters that could generate power up to 40 horsepower, and a top speed of 140 km / h, and this engine was related four-speed manual transmission.

During the 20th Century, 1939-2000

Porsche worked on the manufacture of military equipment during World War II, which began in 1939 and ended in 1945, and after the end of the war, the company fell into the hands of the British, and engineer Ferdinand Porsche was removed from his post, and British Major Evan Hearst was placed in the chairmanship of the Board of Directors. The Porsche Type 360 was launched in 1946, and at the beginning of the fifties, the Porsche 356 series was launched.

The company launched one of its most prominent models in 1963, the Porsche 911 model, which was equipped with a 6-cylinder petrol engine and was linked to a five-speed manual transmission. The capacity of this engine was 2 liters and it was able to generate power up to 130 horsepower and a torque of 162 Newton. Meters. Its top speed reached 210 km/h, and it is one of the models that continue to be produced to this day.

At the beginning of the seventies, the Porsche 917 was launched, which was one of the cars that had a prominent presence in many sporting events. The company also worked to launch more models and other models in this period, and by the end of the eighties, the first cars that were linked to a top automatic transmission appeared. Tronic, on the 911, and the Porsche Boxster was launched in 1996; It is one of the models whose production continues today.

During the 21st Century

A new factory for the company was opened in Leipzig in 2000, and two years later the company launched the first Cayenne, and a year later it launched the Carrera. The company continued to launch more models during this period, the most recent of which was the electric Porsche Taycan, which was launched in 2019. The company won many prestigious awards during this period and was awarded many patents.

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Porsche logo

The logo is designed in the form of a badge that is divided into four parts; Two of them contain red and black stripes, and the other two contain three black horns in each of them indicating nobility. In the center of this insignia, there is another insignia containing a black horse indicating the city of Stuttgart, and the word Porsche is engraved on the top of the badge in gold. It is worth noting that this logo consists of the golden color in all its other parts.

Technologies in Porsche Cars

Mechanical field

Active suspension management: This system continuously adjusts the suspension system to each of the wheels based on road conditions and driving style, providing passengers with more comfort in all seats, as well as increasing the car’s stability while driving.

Rear Axle Steering System: This system steers the rear wheels against the direction of the front wheels while driving at low speed; This results in a remarkably fast and smooth movement, and at high speeds; The system turns the rear wheels against the front to provide more stability.

Security field

Porsche Stability Management System: This system improves the vehicle’s stability in various conditions through the use of automatic braking and traction control system; This results in a great degree of safety and stability, as well as lightness in the movement of the vehicle.

Night vision system: This system is provided with an infrared camera, and the importance of this camera lies in knowing the different elements of pedestrians or wild animals. When the system detects one of these elements; It generates appropriate visual warnings and triggers audio warnings in the event that these elements are within the critical range of the vehicle.

Dynamic lighting: This system controls the lights and the intensity of their illumination in accordance with the driving conditions, directs the lights in the appropriate direction when cornering, and adjusts the intensity of lighting in proportion to the speed of the car, thus avoiding many accidents caused by the lack of clarity of night vision.

The Area of ​​Comfort and Information

Automatic air conditioning system: Porsche offers an automatic air conditioning system consisting of four zones, and each zone can be set separately from the other, in addition to providing separate controls for each of them as well. It provides a screen for the rear seats through which the air conditioning can be adjusted, and the company is also working on providing this system with some components that get rid of bacteria, viruses and germs.

Park Assist System: This system consists of several cameras that facilitate parking the car, and it also triggers audio and visual warnings to alert the driver to the presence of some obstacles close to the car in the front or rear.

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Porsche Corporation Awards

2019

Porsche received several awards from the Kelly Blue Book in this year, including; Best Resale Value Award in the luxury compact SUV category for the Porsche Macan model, the same award in the advanced luxury cars category for the Porsche Panamera, and it also received several J.D. Power also, one of them is the Customer Service Award, and the other is the Best Performance Car in the Advanced Medium-Sized SUV Category, in addition to the Most Reliable Porsche 911 Car Award, and the company won the Best Luxury Brand Award from US News and World Report.

2018

The company won the J.D. Power for the best performance vehicle in the advanced mid-size SUV segment which was presented to the 2018 Porsche Cayenne, as well as the Kelly Blue Book Award for Best Resale Value in the Premium Compact Car category which presented to the Porsche Macan, and the same award was also presented to the Porsche Panamera in the advanced luxury car category. The Porsche Cayman 718 and Porsche Boxster 718 each won the Car and Driver magazine award for the top ten cars, and the Porsche 911 won the Drivers’ Choice award by the MotorWeek TV program.

2017

This was a year full of awards from J.D. Power; Porsche won the Best Performance Car Award for each of the Porsche Cayenne and Porsche 911, in addition to the Porsche Macan model for every one in its class. The Boxster 718 won the Performance Car of the Year title, and the Porsche Cayman won the same award as well, while the Porsche Cayenne got the AutoPacific Award for Best Vehicle in the Advanced Luxury Crossover Category.

2016

The Porsche 911 received three awards from J.D. Power, one of them was the best performance car award in the advanced compact sports car category, and two of them were in the advanced medium-sized sports car category, which are: the highest quality car award and the best performance car award. The Porsche Macan won the same two awards in the SUV category. Compact advanced, the Panamera was awarded Best Resale Value from Kelly Blue Book, and the Porsche brand was awarded Best Luxury Brand by US News & World Report media network.

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