Porsche (German: Porsche) is an automobile brand under the automobile factory of Porsche Holding Company under the German Volkswagen Group. Headquartered in Stuttgart, it was founded by ferdinand porsche. Porsche is mainly famous for making sports cars and participating in racing cars, and it is a brand of high-performance cars.
In the 20th century, Porsche Germany was regarded as one of the three largest sports car manufacturers in the world, along with Ferrari in Italy and Lotus in Britain (or later McLaren). As the largest shareholder, Porsche Holding Company owns more than half of the shares of Volkswagen Group, and has 100% voting rights, but it is calculated separately from the income of Volkswagen Group.
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1. Porsche has set up an office in 193 1. During World War II, he was the designer and manufacturer of the early turrets of the famous Tiger II fighting vehicle in Germany. 1September, 948, it expanded from son Ferry Porsche to automobile manufacturer, and then Ferdinand continued to engage in design work.
2. 197 1 year, although the Porsche family was still a major shareholder, it gradually withdrew from the business line. At that time, the engineer Ferdinand Pierre and the designer Ferdinand Alexander Porsche both left the company.
3. In 2005, it acquired a 20% stake in the long-established Audi AG.
4. On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2008, Volkswagen's shareholding ratio was about 43%, but in order to obtain the necessary rights in the later stage, it was decided to hold about 75% of Volkswagen's shares under the condition that it was actually equivalent to acquisition.
5.20 12 On July 5th, Audi AG reached an agreement on the acquisition of the remaining shares held by Porsche Automobile Factory under Porsche Holding Company, ending the acquisition process that lasted for nearly three years.
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