Porsche Quiz

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Porsche Quiz

1. Who were the founders of the automotive manufacturing company Porsche KG?

2. What was the first engine type penned/designed solely by Ferdinand “Ferry”

Porsche after WW2 and when?

3. What was Ferdinand

“Ferry” Porsche’s favourite car?

4. The first five 356s were sold to a dealer in which company?

5. Porsche KG produced two water-cooled front engine 4-door prototypes for which American carmaker in the early 1950s?

6. Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche designed the 911 and what other Porsche type that went into production?

7. When Ferdinand “Butzi”

Porsche was forced out of the company in 1972 what did he do?

8. Which model went into production first and where, 924 or 928?

9. What was unusual about the V8 engine fitted to one of the 928 prototypes presented to the public in 1977, and what was its story? 10. What was the most expensive Porsche model sold by Porsche in the early 1990s?

11. When were welding robots introduced to the

Zuffenhausen factory body-in-white production facility?

12. In which model year were all Porsche 911 models fully robot-welded except for seam motorsports homologation welding?

13. Which carmaker did

Porsche AG engage as a consultant to help redesign its production line?

14. Which Porsche model was the first to exceed 20,000 units in a single model year and in which year did this occur?

15. In model year 1998 three

Porsche types shared the same production line at the Zuffenhausen factory.

What types were they?

16. In which model year was a portion of 986 Boxster production started in

Valmet Finland?

You will find the answers to these stumpers on page 60. No cheating now.