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Ferdinand Porsche
* 1875 in Maffersdorf/Bohemia
+ 1951 in Stuttgart
Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and
founder of the Porsche car company.
He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid
vehicle (Lohner-Porsche),
the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing car, the
Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK,
several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.
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