The Boxster was Porsche's biggest volume seller from its introduction in 1996 until the company introduced the Cayenne sport utility vehicle in 2003.

Porsche's company logo was based on the coat of arms of Free People's State of Württemberg of former Weimar Germany, which had Stuttgart as its capital and became part of Baden-Württemberg after the political consolidation of West Germany in 1949.

Porsche's 2002 introduction of the Cayenne also marked the unveiling of a new production facility in Leipzig, Saxony, which once accounted for nearly half of Porsche's annual output.

Porsche then formally announced in a press statement that it did not intend to take over Volkswagen Group ( it would set its offer price at the lowest possible legal value ) but intended the move to avoid a competitor taking a large stake, and to stop hedge funds dismantling Volkswagen Group, which is Porsche's most important partner.

It took over the entry-level position in Porsche's lineup from the 944, with which it shared about 20 % of its parts.

For the 1970 model year the 914 superseded the 912 as Porsche's entry-level model ; a Porsche-Volkswagen joint effort vehicle which Porsche had thought would be less expensive for them to manufacture and sell than the 912.

BMW had now 3 wins compared to Porsche's two, which meant that Porsche had to win the final two races.

Porsche had announced in June 2008 that the Boxster and Cayman models would be manufactured by Magna Steyr from 2012, but this contract was cancelled in December 2009 and transferred to Karmann, a German car assembly company which had recently been taken over by Porsche's parent company, Volkswagen.

Scarfiotti entered the 1968 Targa Florio, but wrecked his Porsche 907 (# 230 ) on the first day of qualifying and was forced to race with Porsche's T-car which did not last the 720 km long road race.

Like the Porsche Cayenne SUV ( which has become the marque's best-selling vehicle ), the Panamera upset many Porsche purists, since it was seen as an attempt to broaden Porsche's appeal beyond that of hardcore fans.

This # 49 camera car, which can be briefly seen in the starting grid covered with a black sheet ( at approximately 17: 51 ) and again at just before the 79 minute-mark ( at 1: 18: 42 ) racing past the starting line, was driven by Porsche's Herbert Linge and Jonathan Williams.

Built to comply with the championship's new Group C regulations which were introduced in 1982, the car was a replacement for Porsche's successful 936 model which competed in the previous Group 6 category of the World Championship.

Under pressure from new cars from Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, in 1987 Porsche again brought in a new engine, a more durable and powerful 3. 0 L unit which powered the car to an overall win at the 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche's record seventh consecutive victory at the race.

VW Schwimmwagens were both produced by the Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben / Wolfsburg, as well as by Porsche's facilities in Stuttgart ; with the bodies ( or rather hulls ) produced by Ambi Budd in Berlin.

In order to ensure that the platform could make the most of the higher power output, a revised suspension, larger brakes and stronger gearbox became part of the package, although some consumers were unhappy with Porsche's use of a 4-speed whilst a 5-speed manual was available in the " lesser " Carrera.

Various alternatives were considered during the car's development, including a water-cooled version of the traditional flat-six and two variants of Porsche's Indy V8 engine.

Derek Bell, a 5-time Le Mans winner, drove the 962 to 21 victories between 1984 and 1987, remarked that it was " a fabulous car, but considering how thorough ( Norbert ) Singer ( the designer of the 962 and head of Porsche's motorsport division at the time ) and the team were, it was really quite easy to drive.

The Boxster is Porsche's first road vehicle to be originally designed as a roadster since the 550 Spyder.

It was based on Porsche's 911 " Carrera Cup " race car and harked back to the 2. 7 and 3. 0 RS and RSR models.

The 911 has become Porsche's most well-known and iconic model – successful on the race-track, in rallies, and in terms of road car sales.

In October 2008, Porsche announced its intent to raise its stake in Volkswagen AG to 75 % during 2009, and on 7 January 2009, Porsche's holding in VW AG was raised to 50. 76 %.

Despite Porsche's direct involvement in the Ibiza's engines, it was only after paying a royalty of 7 German marks per car sold back to Porsche that SEAT gained the right to put the ' System Porsche ' inscription on the engine blocks.

Surprising interest in the vehicle and an influx of revenue provided from the Cayenne helped Porsche decide to produce the car, and development started on a road-legal version that would be produced in small numbers at Porsche's new manufacturing facility in Leipzig.

By the mid 1990s most of the sanctioning bodies of road racing had placed severe limitations if not outright bans on the use all-wheel drive systems, due in part to Audi's earlier success in campaigning their various 4WD sedans in touring car races around the globe, to Porsche's 959 and its racing version the Porsche 961, and in part to the Nissan Skyline.

Porsche's more recent VarioCam Plus combines variable valve timing with two-stage lift on the intake side.

* Elefant — " Elephant "; a heavy Panzerjäger ( tank hunter or tank destroyer ) built on the chassis of Porsche's unsuccessful prototypes for the Tiger tank, and mounting the 88mm L / 71 PaK 43.

However, Henschel was unable to make the 88 mm main gun fit in a turret, and used Porsche's turret design on all of their tigers.

This flat nose ( also known as the slant nose ), with headlights in the front spoiler, became the distinguishing feature of the 935 and was later offered on the roadgoing 930 as the Flachbau, or " flatnose ", part of Porsche's Sonderwunsch, or " special wish " program.

The New Zealander's Cooper slid by on lap 57, and soon after, Gurney began losing power in the Porsche's engine.

An electronically controlled 5-speed automatic transaxle ( Tiptronic ) was also available on the S ( A87. 21 ) and the non-S version ( A87. 02 ) ( The 2009 models replaced this option with a seven-speed " PDK ", Porsche's dual-clutch robotic manual transmission ).

Porsche's project becomes the-005, although work never starts on it.

Harm Lagaay in an interview in German, on Porsche's convex and concave curves mastery, 2004

As of July 5, 2012, Volkswagen is to acquire the 50. 1 per cent in Porsche's capital that it doesn't already hold from holding company Porsche SE for € 4. 46 billion plus one Volkswagen share.

Ferdinand Porsche's grandson, Ferdinand Piëch, was chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002.

Porsche's move comes after the European Union moved against a German law that protected Volkswagen AG from takeovers.

Porsche dismissed the bid as a mere formality, since it is Porsche's intention to keep the corporate structure of the Volkswagen Group.

Volkswagen Group expected the move, and welcomed Porsche's investment.

Porsche SE owned 50. 8 percent of Volkswagen Group as of 5 January 2009, and has said it plans to lift the stake to 75 percent before the end of 2009, at that level they could bring VW AG's cash onto Porsche's books.

The project was canceled after two days of testing for the first car, in mid-1999, mostly due to Porsche's wish to build the Cayenne SUV with involvement from Volkswagen and Audi, thus requiring engineering expertise to be pulled from the motorsports division.

It was ultimately unsuccessful, leading to the resignation of Porsche's chief executive and financial director and to the merger of Porsche into Volkswagen.

Moreover, the little Steyr offered better seating and luggage space than Porsche's Volkswagen with shorter overall length, a large sheet metal sliding roof and was available with hydraulic brakes ( instead of the early Volkswagens ' cable-operated ones ).