圖文閱讀:汽車王國之PORSCHE

高貴、永恆、經典、魅力、專業之PORSCHE

Ferdinand Porsche, was born in Reichenberg (in what was then North Bohemia, later Czechoslovakia) in 1875. The young Porsche demonstrated excellent mechanical aptitude and, at age 18, was recommended for a job in Vienna with Bela Egger (later Brown Boveri). In Vienna, he sneaked into night classes at the Technical University, the only ‘formal’ engineering education he ever obtained.

費迪南德·保時捷出生於1875年Reichenberg(當時爲北波西米亞，後爲捷克斯洛伐克)年輕的時候寶時捷在機械方面就表現了卓越的能力.18歲的時候被貝拉推薦到維也納工作(後來成爲布朗）. 在維也納,他潛入技術大學夜班上課,這是他獲得唯一的正式工程教育.

In January 1931, he launched his consulting firm, ‘Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche GmbH Konstructionsburo Fur Motern, Fahrzeug, Luftfahrzeug, and Wasserfahrzeugbau’ (‘Motors, Vehicles, Airplanes, and Boats...’). The staff was composed of men with whom the Professor had previously worked. Karl Rabe, chief engineer, was joined by Erwin Komenda (body design), Karl Frolich (transmissions), Josef Kales (motors), Josef Zahradnik (steering and suspensions), Francis Reimspiess, Han Mickl (aerodynamics), Adolf Rosenberger (business manager), and two relatives: Anton Piech (a lawyer; Ferdinand Porsche’s son-in-law and later father of Ferdinand Piech, now chairman of Volkswagen), and Porsche’s own son, Ferry.

1931年1月,他開始了自己的諮詢公司--保時捷汽車股份有限公司.公司員工由有工作經驗的的教授組成。主要工程師卡爾.拉伯，歐文.柯門達（負責車身設計），卡爾.弗裏（負責運輸），約色夫.卡拉（負責發動機），約瑟夫.尼可（操作和終止），弗朗西斯，漢.邁克（負責氣體），阿道夫(業務經理)以及兩個親戚:安東Piech（律師：保時捷的女婿,後來費迪南德.皮埃其的父親，現在爲大衆汽車的CEO）和保時捷自己的兒子Ferry.

Upon his return to the company from prison after the second world war, Professor Porsche reviewed the designs his son and his team had produced. He approved of them, commenting frequently to the workers that he would have designed both the Cisitalia Grand Prix car and the Porsche prototype the same way Ferry did.

二戰結束後捷教授曾入獄，在他回到公司後，他收到兒子以及他的團隊提交的設計。他贊同這些設計，頻繁的告訴員工他不但可以設計汽車參加國際大獎賽還可以設計他兒子提出的保時捷原型。

That winter, a Zurich car distributor ordered five Porsches and the Type 356 was put into production in the old saw mill in Gmund. Built entirely by hand, these cars adopted a more Volkswagen-like layout in order to have vestigial back seats: the engine was moved behind the transaxle. While in Gmund the little firm ultimately built and delivered 49 of the aluminium skinned 356s plus five additional chassis which were delivered to the Beutler firm in Thun, Switzerland, for fitting with their cabriolet bodies. In the Spring of 1949, Heinz Nordhoff hired the Porsche firm as consultants for further development of the VW, and contracted to pay Porsche a royalty on every car built. Porsche also became the Austrian distributor for VW.
那年冬天,一個蘇黎世汽車發行商訂購了5輛保時捷，型號356被投放到GMUND的舊廠進行生產。這些完全用手工製作的汽車採用被大衆汽車式設計是爲了增加後座:引擎在驅動橋後移動. 在Gmund這個小公司最終建成並交付了49套鋁皮加另外5個底盤到泰國，瑞士的Beutler公司，來配合蓬式汽車的裝配. 1949年春天,Nordhoff聘請保時捷汽車爲其諮詢公司爲進一步發展大衆汽車,並授權保時捷可以製造任意一輛大衆汽車. 保時捷成爲大衆在奧地利的發行商.

Today, Porsche stands alone as the last independent manufacturer of sports cars. Ferrari is part of Fiat; Ford owns Jaguar; all the other famous names are defunct. That Porsche has survived is a tribute to its cars and to the loyalty they inspire in their owners.

今天，保時捷早已經獨立成爲賽車製造商。法拉力限量許可生產.福特汽車擁有美洲虎；其他所有的牌子都已經不復存在了.保時捷至今還倖存都要歸功於他生產的汽車以及保時捷人對自己的忠誠激勵.

車標故事：
“保時捷”標誌採用斯圖加特市的盾形市徽。車標的中間是一匹駿馬，代表斯圖加特市盛產的一種名貴種馬；在車標左上方和右下方是鹿角的圖案，表示斯圖加特曾是狩獵的好地方；在車標右上方和左下方的黃色條紋代表成熟了的麥子，喻示五穀豐登，黑色代表肥沃的土地，紅色象徵人們的智慧和對大自然的鐘愛。這一切組成了一幅美麗的田園風景畫，象徵“保時捷”輝煌的過去和美好的未來。