| Most auto connoisseurs consider the Porsche | | | | its founder started designing automobiles, |
| 64 which is also sometimes known as the VW | | | | Porsche is still popular, the result of |
| Aerocoupe, Type 64 and Type 64K10 as being | | | | offering a cure for a mid-life crisis similar |
| the first automobile made by Porsche. It was | | | | to owning a Harley - Davidson motorcycle. |
| manufactured mainly from parts from the Model | | | | Porsche's lineup now features four model |
| 64 VW Beetle and that is where the model | | | | lines: the incredibly sexy and popular |
| number comes from. The Porsche 64's flat-four | | | | Boxster, the enduring 911 models, the |
| engine produced fifty b.h.p. and gave the | | | | relatively new Cayenne SUV, and the |
| vehicle a top speed of 160 km/h. The body was | | | | stunningly opulent Carrera GT, and if you |
| designed by Porsche Burro after wind tunnel | | | | can't afford their cars, Porsche also offers |
| tests made for the Type 114, a V10 racer that | | | | watches, luggage, and tennis rackets bearing |
| never saw the light of day as a production | | | | its name. The company is still controlled by |
| car. Dr. Porsche planned to enter the | | | | descendants of the founding family and it has |
| roadster in the 1939 Berlin to Rome race | | | | enlarged its area by offering consulting |
| event. The bodywork specialist company | | | | services to other industries not only on the |
| Reutter made three cars from shaped aluminum. | | | | automotive industry but in furniture, |
| Out of the three, one was totaled in the | | | | construction, and engineering as well. Form |
| early years of World War II by a VW | | | | its early years of operating in the red, |
| bureaucrat. The two cars that remained were | | | | Porsche has evolved into a winner as one of |
| used by the exclusively by the Porsche | | | | the most profitable car makers on the planet |
| family. Towards the end of World War Two, | | | | while many other automakers are having to lay |
| they put one of the vehicles in storage and | | | | off workers, offer cash incentives, and |
| used the other one. American troops | | | | strategize how to deal with the upcoming |
| discovered the one put in storage in May | | | | Chinese market. Porsche consistently releases |
| 1945, cut the top of it off and took it | | | | startling new products and has quadrupled |
| joyriding for a few weeks until the engine | | | | annual vehicle sales in less than ten years |
| went and it was junked. Farina restored the | | | | in spite of costs and the risks involved. The |
| only remaining Porsche 64 in 1947, as it was | | | | most recent additions of the Boxster and |
| owned and driven by Ferry Porsche. In 1949, | | | | Cayenne are doing very well and continue to |
| the Austrian racer Otto Matte bought the car | | | | be examples of the popularity of Porsche as |
| and raced it, winning the Alpine Rally in | | | | the company continues to move forward. |
| 1950 in it. Now nearly a hundred years after | | | | |