I am seeing more and more Porsche vehicles on the road.  I think I want one!
wow i want drive one so bad!
The first one was developed in 1939 and was somewhat patterned after the Volkswagen Beetle.  I LOVE the new styles.
Ferdinand Porsche, the eponymous founder of the company, made the world’s first hybrid electric vehicle…in 1899.
Beetle.
During World War II, Volkswagen production turned to the military version of the Volkswagen Beetle, the Kübelwagen, 52,000 produced, and Schwimmwagen, 15,584 produced. Porsche produced several designs for heavy tanks during the war, losing out to Henschel & Son in both contracts that ultimately led to the Tiger I and the Tiger II. However, not all this work was wasted, as the chassis Porsche designed for the Tiger I was used as the base for the Elefant tank destroyer. Porsche also developed the Maus super-
All of these models had rear mounted, air-cooled engines.
Volkswagen controversy.
Both Adolf Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche were influenced by the Tatras. Hitler was a keen automotive enthusiast, and had ridden in Tatras during political tours of Czechoslovakia. He had also dined numerous times with Hans Ledwinka. After one of these dinners Hitler remarked to Porsche, "This is the car for my roads". While the book "Car Wars", quotes Hitler as saying it was "the kind of car I want for