1905, he was appointed as the technical manager of Daimler Austria branch, and won his first medal for successfully designing the "Moho" car. 19 10, he successfully designed a more perfect "Duke" brand car. After World War I, in the face of the sluggish German economy, he suggested that Daimler's boss develop civilian cars, but the other party failed to adopt them. 1926, Daimler merged with Mercedes-Benz, and 1929 resigned because many of his views were different from those of his boss.
After his resignation, Mr. Porsche founded his own company-Porsche Automobile Design and Research Institute on 1930. He intends to make some achievements in sports cars and racing cars first. 1934, from a brand-new angle (the front of the car accounts for about 1/3, the rear of the car accounts for about 2/3, the weight ratio between the front and rear of the car is 1: 1, and the fuel tank is placed in the middle of the car-no matter how much oil, it will not affect the center of gravity of the car. This car with novel appearance and excellent performance has performed well in many competitions in the future, becoming the only car that can compete with the already famous "Mercedes-Benz". It broke eight world records and won the championship in track, cross-country, mountaineering and other events. The German people devoutly named this racing car "Silver Arrow" and expressed their infinite respect for it. Because of its excellent performance, the shape of "Silver Arrow" has determined the basic shape of international ring racing since then.
The great success in designing and manufacturing racing cars has not made Mr Porsche forget his ideal of developing civilian cars. Starting from 1935, he led the design team to develop and design Volkswagen according to the three principles of "firmness, reliability, economy and practicality, and comprehensive technology maturity". 19361June 12, three Volkswagen "V- 1" cars were successfully developed and passed the technical appraisal. 1937 In May, Volkswagen was founded. The first Volkswagen cars were produced in August 1939. However, due to the influence of World War II, his dream of producing civilian cars was dashed. All the 265,438+00 Beetle cars produced before the war were equipped with German officers. After World War II, Volkswagen accelerated the production of the Beetle car previously designed by Porsche. Because this car occupies the largest market of civilian cars, it has achieved extremely brilliant results, with the cumulative production and sales exceeding 2,654,380+million. During World War II, Mr. Porsche participated in the development of German tanks. After the war, he was accused as a war criminal by the allied forces and put into a French prison.
1948, after his release, Porsche returned to its old business. Porsche Design Co., Ltd., which he founded, carefully designed and manufactured 50 Porsche 356 (named after 356 design changes) sports cars with a power of 30 kW and aluminum bodies. Because the car unexpectedly defeated many famous cars in Europe and America in a major competition, it became a hero known to all women and children overnight, and Porsche's status was confirmed. 1952 65438+1October 30th, just when Porsche 356 sports car began to win glory for the company, Mr. ferdinand porsche died of illness at the age of 77.
In the history of automobile development for more than one hundred years, ferdinand porsche is one of the most outstanding automobile design masters. This is not an exaggeration. Mr. Porsche's outstanding contribution to cars is mainly reflected in his superb product design level and the design concept of popularizing cars.