Porsche celebrates 60 years

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Ferry Porsche (centre), his father Ferdinand Porsche (right) and Erwin Komenda (left), 1948, in front of the 356 No. 1 in Gmünd Photo: Porsche

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Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1963) in front of a Porsche 901
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Ferry Porsche (1968) with 911 2,0 Coupé
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Aerial view of Stuttgart Zuffenhausen factory with Museum site
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The 911 Turbo Cabriolet, the Cayman S, the Boxster and the Cayenne GTS (2008)
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Boxster Concept shown in 1993 at the Detroit and Geneva
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Building the engine into a Porsche 356 B (1960)
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Article Summary

One of the world's best-known sportscar marques is turning 60. Created by Ferdinand Alexander “Ferry” Porsche, in a small workshop in the Austrian Alps, the first Porsche prototype identified as 356-001 received official approval for road service on June 8, 1948.

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