Other subsidiaries and operating divisions include Porsche Consulting, Porsche Engineering, Porsche Design Group, Mieschke Hofmann und Partner ( 81. 1 %) and Bertrandt ( 25 %).

Porsche Engineering Group ( PEG ) has for many years offered consultancy services to various other car manufacturers.

Audi, Mercedes, Opel, Studebaker, SEAT, Daewoo, Subaru, Zastava Automobiles and others have consulted Porsche Engineering Group for their cars or engines.

Dyson Racing purchased a Richard Lloyd Racing / GTi Engineering 962 monocoque for use in their Porsche 962 DR-1 chassis.

In August 2009, Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG reached an agreement that the two companies would merge in 2011, to form an " Integrated Automotive Group ".

The company has always had a close relationship with, initially, the Volkswagen ( VW ) marque, and later, the Volkswagen Group ( which also owns Audi AG ), because the first Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

In late 2005, Porsche took an 18. 65 % stake in the Volkswagen Group, further cementing their relationship, and preventing a takeover of Volkswagen Group, which was rumoured at the time.

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.

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

There has been some tension and anxiety amongst the Volkswagen Group workers, who fear that a Porsche takeover might signify a hardened production efficiency control, rejection of demands for payment rises or even personnel cuts.

One day later Porsche sought to allay fears it would attempt to force a merger with Volkswagen Group.

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 supervisory board of Porsche finally agreed to a number of arrangements whereby the Qatar Investment Authority would inject a large amount of capital, and Porsche would be merged with Volkswagen Group.

In 1967 the 912 contributed to Porsche factory rally history when independent driver Sobiesław Zasada drove a factory-loaned 912, race No. 47 and plate 6177 KR, to capture the European Rally Championship for Group 1 series touring cars.

Group 4 Grand Touring Cars and Group 5 Special Production Cars became the premier form of " sports car " racing from 1976, with prototypes going into a general decline apart from Porsche 936 domination at Le Mans and a lower-key series of races for smaller two-litre Group 6 prototypes.

In Europe, the FIA adopted the ACO GTP rules virtually unchanged and sanctioned the Group C World Endurance Championship ( or World Sportscar Championship ), featuring high-tech closed-cockpit prototypes from Porsche, Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Jaguar and others.

The city is also home to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, InterContinental Hotels Group, IBM Internet Security Systems, Northside Hospital, Porsche Cars North America and Saint Joseph's Hospital.

Other European OEM standards are from General Motors ( dexos ), the Ford " WSS " standards, BMW Special Oils and BMW Longlife standards, Porsche, and the PSA Group of Peugeot and Citroën.

The crash also showed that the track's distances were too long for regular fire engines and ambulances, even though the " ONS-Staffel " was equipped with a Porsche 911 rescue car, marked ( R ).

Porsche also may have feared that the U. S. government would soon ban the sale of rear-engined cars in response to the consumer concern over safety problems with the rear-engined Chevrolet Corvair.

This model is also sometimes referred to as the " Ferry Porsche Edition " because his signature was embroidered into the front seats.

Porsche also developed the Maus super-heavy tank in the closing stages of the war, producing two prototypes.

With 12. 8 percent of the Porsche voting shares, he also remains the second largest individual shareholder of Porsche AG after his cousin, F. A. Porsche, ( 13. 6 percent ).

Porsche 944s were also built there, although they used far fewer Volkswagen components.

Ferdinand Piëch and his cousin, Wolfgang Porsche, also seemed to be on a collision course.

Volkswagen will initially take a 49. 9 percent stake in Porsche AG by the end of 2009, and it will also see the family shareholders selling the automobile trading business of Porsche Holding Salzburg to Volkswagen AG.

In the late 2009 VW ( which also owns Audi ) bought the controlling rights to Porsche.

Porsche also decided to re-introduce the 924 to the American market with an initial price tag of under $ 20, 000.

Jeff May was also one of the founding members of Porsche Club Great Britain.

In addition, Porsche installed manually adjustable lightweight Recaro racing seats rather than the standard power-operated leather buckets ( also manufactured by Recaro ), a revised suspension system optimized and lowered by 20 mm for possible track use, 17-inch wheels ( also slightly wider to accommodate wider tyres ) rather than the 16-inch as found on the Coupe and wider tires, 225 front and 255 rears rather than 205 and 245 respectively.

The 968 was also the last Porsche sold with a four-cylinder engine ( Final year 1995 ).

To bring 912 pricing close to the 356, Porsche also deleted some features standard on the 911.

In January 1968, Porsche also made available a Targa ' Version II ' option (' hard window Targa ') with fixed glass rear window, transforming the Targa into a coupe with removable roof.

Sold to the public for street use, the Porsche 912 has also proven successful as a race car, from production years to current vintage events.

Valmet Automotive also manufactured Boxsters under contract to Porsche at a facility in Uusikaupunki, Finland.

Paul was also associated with Bill Freeman ’ s established Porsche racing team which allowed both Paul and Bill to compete in S. C. C. A.

The American Le Mans Series also runs a " GT-Challenge " class, which currently only uses Porsche 911 GT3 Cups but will open to other cars next year.

The model was a success with just over 150, 000 produced ( from 1977-1988 ), and it not only helped to take Porsche out of financial ruin, but created the revenue stream needed to continue building and developing the 911.

Many believe the introduction of the Boxster helped save Porsche from acquisition.

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.

As Porsche helped to popularise this body style, they took out a trademark for the Targa name and manufacturers sought for alternative names for their removable tops.

The development work from the Turbo S LM-GT helped Porsche in creating the 993-generation 911 GT2 in 1995, which would be mass produced and sold to racing customers.

Kinnunen won the Nordic Challenge Cup in 1969, the Interserie from 1971 – 1973, and helped Porsche to take the World Sportscar Championship for manufacturers in 1970 ( drivers championships were not awarded until 1981 ).

Other victories at the Nürburgring, Spa, Mosport and Sandown helped Bellof claim the World Sportscar title by eight points from Jochen Mass, and also helped Porsche secure the manufacturer's title for the year ; the make taking all but one victory in the season.

The transmission was located at the rear of the vehicle and joined to the engine by a flexible driveshaft that rotated at engine speed, an arrangement similar to that used by the C5 Corvette, Porsche 944 and Alfa Romeo 75, and helped to facilitate a desirable 50-50 front-rear weight distribution.

The Porsche family contribution were instrumental in the evolution of Porsche cars, while the Italian designer Bruno Sacco helped create various Mercedes Models from the 1960s till the 1990s.

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