What is Ferdinand Porsche?
{{infobox person |image= Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2005-1017-525,_Dr._Ferdinand_Porsche.jpg |name = Ferdinand Porsche |citizenship= [[Austria-Hungary]] (birth–1918), [[First Czechoslovak Republic|Czechoslovakia]] (1918–1934), [[Germany]] (1934–death) |birth_date = {{birth date|1875|9|3|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Vratislavice nad Nisou|Maffersdorf]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]<br>(current [[Vratislavice nad Nisou]], [[Czech Republic]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-26/porsche-founder-s-legacy-hits-nazi-past-in-czech-hometown.html|title=Porsche Founder's Legacy Hits Nazi Past in Czech Hometown|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=27 February 2014 }}</ref>) |death_date = {{death date and age|1951|1|30|1875|9|3|df=y}} |death_place = [[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Dr. Ing. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche |url=http://www.porsche.com/middle-east/_uae_/accessoriesandservice/classic/philosophyandclassicworld/world/tradition/ferdinand/ |access-date=2014-05-29 |archive-date=2014-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228034518/http://www.porsche.com/middle-east/_uae_/accessoriesandservice/classic/philosophyandclassicworld/world/tradition/ferdinand/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |children = [[Ferry Porsche]] and [[Louise Piëch|Louisa Porsche]] |known_for=starting [[Porsche]], [[Volkswagen]] }} '''Ferdinand Porsche''' (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was born in Austria. He was a talented and well-known car designer, especially of race cars. But he always wanted to make a small car useful for a family. Finally [[Adolf Hitler]] gave him the opportunity to make the [[Volkswagen Beetle]] in 1936. But by the time the car started production, war broke out, and the company started making army vehicles instead. After [[World War II]] he was put in a French jail for almost 2 years but never convicted of a crime. He was released, but his health had been damaged and he died not long