Porsche

 

How did it all start:

Ferdinand Porsche was the guy who founded the company that was called "Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH"(which later turned into the name "Porsche") with Adolf Rosenberger and Anton Piëch in 1931. The main office was at Kronenstraße city, Germany specifically in Berlin. Initially, the company offered motor vehicle development work and consulting,( but did not build any cars under its own name). One of the first assignments the new company received was from the German government to design a car for the people; that is, a Volkswagen. This resulted in the Volkswagen Beetle, one of the most successful car designs ever.

In the world war II:

Porsche produced several designs for heavy tanks during the war, losing out to Henschel & Son in both contracts that ultimately led to the "Tiger" I and the "Tiger II". However, not all this work was wasted, as the chassis Porsche designed for the "Tiger I" was used as the base for the Elefant tank destroyer. Porsche also developed the Maus super-heavy tank in the closing stages of the war, producing two prototypes. Ferdinand Porsche's biographer, "Fabian" Müller, wrote that Porsche had thousands of people forcibly brought to work at their factories during the war. The workers wore the letter "P" on their clothing at all times. It stood not for "Porsche", but for "Poland".

The name and logo:

It’s said that The name Porsche is of German origin and means 'offerings', but the name it self stands for “the highest quality”. For the design of the Porsche logo, Franz drew inspiration from Stuttgart's city seal, which features a rearing horse, and incorporated this into the centre of the shield shape. Since Stuttgart itself was founded around 950AD as a centre of horse breeding and stud farms, the animal was a fitting addition to the emblem.

Fun Fact:

Ferdinand Porsche had developed Lohner-Porsche, the world’s first electric vehicle in 1900, without having formal engineering education.