101 Facts About PORSCHE

Here are 101

facts

about Porsche that you may not know. The emphasis is because Porsche fans are obsessed with the number one. Porsche and Ferrari have the same horse in their logo, exactly the same because Porsche's logo is derived from the shield of its hometown in Stuttgart Germany, while Ferrari's horse is a tribute to the Italian fighter pilot who shot down a German plane about Stuttgart in the First World War. Number two, no Porsche has ever had a grille and before you ask, no, that's not a grille, it's a vent, the difference. These air vents are purely functional, while the grilles have the task of defining the face of the car along with its brand and as Porsche had always had its engines at the rear, they did not need one, which became part of their style number three.

Porsche hates it. when people pronounce your name so wrong that they released an official video on how to pronounce it correctly and you feel their frustration in the video because it sounds like they're explaining it to kids, but to be fair, it's mostly. kids arguing about it and yes we do intend to say it incorrectly throughout video number four when it was introduced in 1963 911 was originally called 901 but since PUO are the annoying sad cry babies that they are they decided to channel their inner Karen and threatened to sue Porsche for copyright infringement because PUO had somehow managed to protect every three-digit number that has a zero in the middle and since Porsche didn't think a single digit was worth a lawsuit, they turned the zero into a one and the 911 was legally born as number five as a way to show off the Panamera hybrid's active air suspension Porsche paired one with the gyroscopic sensor of an iPhone to do this too when the developers handed the phone to journalists their only note was don't turn the phone over, we haven't tried it yet number six, the Porsche logo always points towards the valve stem of wheel number seven, all motorsports combined, Porsche has won over 30,000 races, number eight , Porsches are known for their reliability, in fact, 2 of the 911s made in the last 60 years are still on the roads today or stored in a garage somewhere, number nine from the 60s to the 90s , the Dutch police used Porsches as their patrol cars due to their reliability in handling and speed also thanks to their rear-mounted air-cooled engines, they were excellent in chases where they had to be driven in reverse for long periods of time, which which was a real argument that the police used to convince the 10th government in 2017 of the diesel Porsche Cayenne S set. a world record by towing an Airbus A380 that weighed 285 tons number 11 the first appearance of the iconic Porsche logo was on the steering wheel of the 356 in 1952 but it took seven more years for the logo to be placed on its hubcaps and another 6 years to appear on their number 12 hoods, although driving a Porsche is not easy, it is not that difficult either, especially with all the driver assists, but that was not always the case, in fact, they were so sketchy in the 60s that Porsche Blocks of cast iron welded to their bumpers, making their cars heavier and giving them more traction, sort of like training wheels, but less effective.

Number 13, only 218 left the factory without any pain. Why save weight? 14 pounds to be the exact number. 14 Currently the best selling Porsche is the number 15 Maan, this is the 956c and it had so much downforce at 200mph that it could be driven backwards, so naturally Porsche hung it upside down in their Museum number 16, there is a very real and big problem with Porsche being stolen right now sorry for the theft of their headlights because the Panamera and the Cayenne have a design flaw that allows the headlight to be removed in a matter of seconds, the only time a German engineer decided to do the same. easy life for a mechanic and this is how they do it number 17 in the early 2000s, Porsche designed a 5.7 L V10 engine for use in their LMP racing cars, but due to new regulations they were not allowed to It allowed us to use it more, so they decided to build a car around it and that's it. why we have the Carrera GT that sounds like that number 18 Porsche made more than 120,000 tractors between 1956 and 1963 number 19 after being absent for 17 years Porsche decided to return to the Leemon 24 Hours in 2014 excited to have a playmate that Audi He decided to welcome them back in their own way, of course, but 3 years later the shoe was on the other foot and Audi was the one to walk away heartbroken and slightly hormonal.

Porsche did what would be the equivalent of holding a stereo out of Audi's window, but unfortunately Audi didn't come back and Porsche left a year later. Number 20, 9918, has the same key fob as the base model. Kion number 21. The Panamera was Porsche's first sedan, in fact it was the first to go into production since they manufactured the 989 prototype in 1988 that still seems as inbred as the Panamera number 22 Porsche designs the award-winning forklifts number 23 in 1978 Porsche tried to replace the 911 with the 928 because it thought that a front-engined sports car had more potential and the 911 had already reached its limits.

We're 46 years later, and the 24th Porsche earns an average of $177,000 for every car it sells as a benchmark. Toyota only makes $2,700 per car on number 25, for some reason Porsche has optional leather air vents that cost about $1,700, number 26 in 1945 and Porsche, the founder of Porsche, was arrested for committing war crimes in the Second World War. World War because he was a close friend of you know who and built guns and tanks for the German army, but 2 years later he was released and found innocent. Number 27 Porsche doors do not have a fixed position, meaning you can leave them at any angle and they will stay there.

Number 28 Porsche introduced the 911 taret in 1965 because they heard rumors that the United States was going to ban convertibles, so they thought they would get ahead of themselves. When making a 29th semicon convertible, almost all Porsches had the ignition key on the left side of the steering wheel because in the days of L-man racing, drivers could turn the key and start the car simultaneously, saving valuable At that time and because it was peculiar and Porsche was intrinsically theatrical, they decided to use it in their street cars as well. Number 30, the 919 hybrid Evo, holds the all-time Nurburg circuit lap record of 5 minutes and 19 seconds.

Number 31 in the late 1930s. Ferdinand Porsche designed the VW Beetle for the German government and the first was built in Ferdinand's private villa number 32. The Porsche Tyon Cross Turismo broke the world altitude record when it traveled 1,600 Mi with an altitude change of 4,800 M, which is about 3 Mi. holds the electric vehicle drift record for drifting 26 miles without stopping number 33. This cool old thing is a Porsche 9959 and, rally heritage aside, one of the most interesting things about this car is its gearbox , the galand gear, to be exact, because Porsche claims the G stuck around. for off road and since it was a rally car it made sense but many believe it was actually used to help the car pass noise regulations because with first gear replaced by G that means the car would start in second gear, which would allow it to have lower revs while starting, making it quieter, but what do you think?

Fans of the number 30 34 have considered the 9914 to be the worst Porsche ever made because, well, just look at the sad little bastard number 35, you've probably heard the words Club sport. package that's thrown out by tall, lanky guys wearing Porsche caps and Omega watches and you probably don't know what it means, well, it's a completely free package that you can order with your Porsche that gives you a six-speed bolt-on rear roll cage. driver's side seat belt, a battery kill switch and a portable fire extinguisher, but there is a problem to be eligible for this free package, you must first pay a good amount of money for the 36th bucket seats without the Cayenne Porsche would be bankrupt number 37 Talking about bankruptcy When Porsche almost went bankrupt in the 90s, they hired former Toyota engineers to reorganize their production line and supply chain to make them more efficient.

Number 38, the center wheel lugs on the driver's side of the Carrera GT are painted red while those on the passenger side are painted blue because of the difference in the directions of thread number 39 Jeremy Clarkson invented the word yeet in 1998 while pouring acid into a 911 ooh eat eat number 40 Porsche is currently working on its biofuel called e fuel which has no CO2 emissions because it is made of water and air but behaves exactly like gasoline for the engine. They also announce that their fuel will be available before 2030, which means that if all goes according to plan, Porsche can save the internal combustion engine from extinction number 41.

Some might think that the Porsche Cayman is named after the Cayman. Islands, but it's not like that, it's named after this thing that's written like this: Porsche number 42 only sells six cars, but they have 95 different models between them. Porsche number 43 has made many legendary cars over the years, but the most iconic has to be the 9917, especially since it gave Porsche its first L man victory and, by the way, it still stands out today because its most powerful version It got a facelift, 1600 horsepower from a twin-turbo V12 in 1973 and, if you're not convinced, a 917k recently. It sold for just over $14 million, making it the most expensive Porsche ever sold at auction number 44.

The first 25 Porsche 917s are known as secretary cars because when Porsche nearly fell behind in assembly, they brought in Everyone who worked in the office, including the secretaries, built the race cars on time, which they did. Porsche number 45 makes clips in the shape of the 911 and you can buy 100 of these for $20. The number 46 wing on the GT3 RS is the first production wing on a Porsche it should be higher than the roof of the number 47 car Porsche bodies were once made by ricaro because back then ricaro specialized in making car bodies and interiors and they were called reuter kroser in the 1950s, Porsche hired them to make the bodies for the 356 they did such a good job that Porsche decided to buy the body manufacturing part of the company, leaving reuter koseri alone with the manufacturing part of interiors, which was when they decided to focus completely on the interiors and change the brand to the rare number 48 when you say Porsche, immediately Think hard about Formula Drift in this case, yes, because Tyler mcor competed in a 993 GT 2 RS in 2008, he had a 3.8L twin-turbo 6-cylinder engine that made 750 horsepower and a lot of smoke.

It was also incredibly fast thanks to its number 49 porsch, the tyon was originally called mission e and had suicide doors number 50, remember when I told you that the Cayenne saved Porsche from bankruptcy, well that wouldn't have been true if they actually made this a reality concept, I don't know. why they thought someone would want a Cabriolet Cayenne but luckily no one did so they abandoned it. The 51st Porsche and seven other brands are owned by the Volkswagen Audi group, but Porsche AG acquired a majority stake in vag, which means that they owned vag until now. makes sense but what doesn't is the fact that

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and porsche AG are legally the same entity.

My head hurts number 52, since I already lost you in the last one. Might as well throw this away. Porsche and remac entered into a joint venture to combine Bugatti with remac, forming the Bugatti remac Group, of which Porsche owns a 45% stake, while remac owns the remaining 55%, but the Bugatti name comes first and Porsche is not mentioned not at all at number 53. Don't let the badge fool you, this is not a VW bus, it's a Porsche b32. It was made because Porsche needed a van to transport the spare parts for the 959 rally car, but the little VW couldn't keep up with the rally, so they threw it away.

They removed the old engine and replaced it with an engine from a 911 turbo. They also Frankensteined the 911's suspension to fit this little truck so it's drivable, but don't start looking for one just yet because they're worth around $400,000. The number 54 Porsche has the paint to try program where you can ask them to paint your car in any color you want and if you are thinking of ordering a new Porsche and you have too much money, let me give you my proposal now that we all know you are not going to do it do. you'll drive like a normal person, in fact you'll drive like a, let's be honest, so you might as well go to Porsche and ask them to show you your paint job, so when people say oh what, they're actually complimenting your paint job and you OfAnyway, just think about it, number 55, the Porsche Boxer, was designed specifically to use 9/11 parts to reduce inventory and development costs because Porsche was going through a very serious financial crisis and they couldn't afford to build the 989. to appeal to a wider audience, so it was best to make a cheaper version of Porsche number 9911 56 with carbon ceramic brakes and yellow brake calipers, while those equipped with steel brakes have red number 57 calipers.

Bootsie Porsche, Ferdinand Porsche's grandson was expelled. He left industrial design school for lack of talent, so when he later went to work for his father, the Porsche fairy, he decided to prove everyone wrong by designing the 911. , which was immediately met with criticism and rejection by Porsche's chief designer, but was not going to fall. him without a fight, so he called in a private contractor to build his 9/11 prototype and show his father what 911 could be and the rest is history. Porsche number 58 broke the slum world record in 2020 when 16-year-old race car driver Khloe. Chambers swam through 51 cones in 47 seconds number 59 Bill Gates loves two things, remote islands and Porsches, which is why he waged a lengthy legal battle when the United States wouldn't allow him to import his newly purchased 959.

His determination to drive his Porsche. resulted in the Show and Display Amendment allowing cars with a limited run of 500 vehicles or less to bypass the 25 year rule for importing non-federalized vehicles. I'm supposedly not a big fan of the 18 year old rule number 60. This is the first 918 ever made. It is known as the 918 rolling chassis prototype which was built to showcase and test the technology used in the 918 ahead of its 61st production run. It is possibly the first Porsche ever built and is called the Edgar Loner C2 Faton. It was built by Ferdinand Porsche using his solitary Porsche system when he worked in Lera.

It was also the world's first hybrid electric car as it used a combustion engine. It powers the two front-wheel-mounted electric motors that generate a combined seven horsepower. It was manufactured in 1898. 100. 126 years ago. The number 62, black and red, are the most popular colors among Porsche buyers. Number 63 Porsche is a truly enthusiast brand, but for some reason they made an Eco box for the Chinese market back in 1994 which by the way was called c88, even they didn't like it, in fact they were so embarrassed that it didn't even have the Porsche logo, but fortunately it was never marketed. production number 64 for a time Porsche made a basic 911 called the 912.

It had a smaller 1.6L four cylinder converted to a four speed manual. It was also much lighter. The 912 was in production from 1965 to 1969 and again in 1976, but was discontinued indefinitely so as not to impede the success of its 65th older brother. The first car to bear the Porsche name was the 1939 Porsche Type 64. It was built for a long-distance race from Berlin to Rome, but unfortunately it never had competition because War II became something number 66, the 1997 Porsche 944 became the first car in the United States to come standard with airbags for both both the driver and the passenger, at a time when airbags were not even mandatory.

Number 67, the Porsche 924 was originally developed by Volkswagen but Porsche ended up with the rights even though they were built in a number 68 Audi factory. This may look like an old 911, but it's not. It is a 2018 scr made by a company called Roof that was founded in 1939. They started out doing service and repair. Porsche, but then they went about making their own cars with their own VIN numbers, classifying them as roofs and not Porsches. One of the coolest cars they've made is the CTR3, which had around 800 horsepower and a top speed of 236 mph, number 69 if not. Don't like snitches, don't buy a Porsche, because they have a cool little feature called a rev counter that counts how many times the engine has revved beyond its limit, so next time you'll drive like a maniac and downshift to brake. .

Late remember that your car records everything and will give you away and you will lose money. Porsche number 70 put a small flap on the 928's gas cap that says oil is okay to remind its owners to check their oil every time they fill up, which is very German, of course, number 71, unlike other electric cars, the Tyan has a 72nd dual-speed transmission from 2000 to 2016. EA Games had an exclusive agreement to use Porsches in their games, meaning no one else could use them without sublicensing them, which is why some of the older games used roofs instead of the number 73 Porsche, both the Mercedes 500e and Audi rs2 were developed and built by Porsche on the same number 74 assembly line during the first 2 years of production of the Porsche 356, it was built in a sawmill in Gund.

Austria and those versions are highly sought after because in that period they were built with aluminum instead of the number 75 steel in the Porsche Macon, the clamshell hood, side fins and three-spoke steering wheel are specifically designed to look like the 918 which does not. I don't know about you, but I always have to look twice at a 918, so I wouldn't confuse it with a number 76 Macan. Porsche actually has Sally from the movie Cars in its museum. They also made a one-of-a-kind Sally Special 911. a tribute to the Pixar film that sold for $3.6 million at a charity auction #77 when you open the door of the newest Porsches, the windows roll up so that when you close the door the glass doesn't make a noise #78 when The son of the Porsche fairy Ferdinand heard him about Soichi Ro Honda's policy of not having family members in the company, he decided to reorganize Porsche in 1972 because he believed that the company was no longer a family business, so he brought Outsiders to the board board, basically kicking out his own family upset by the recent development at Fair's.

His son Bootsy Porsche decided to diversify and created Porsche Design in 1972. They soon became known for their high-quality watches and sunglasses, especially after creating the world's first black chronograph watch, and remained completely independent of Porsche until their acquisition in 2005, number 79 of the first. The '97 race year didn't go as well as Porsche had hoped because the car had no grip in the rear until an engineer noticed that all the dead bugs were strewn across the front of the car while the rear was squeaky clean. meaning there was no air passing through the back of the car, so they modified it by giving it a higher and longer tail, which definitely worked.

The number 80 Porsche painted the Mission number 82 we all know that pickup trucks are the coolest car of all time. What if Porsche made a leak? That's exactly what a group of engineering students in the Netherlands asked themselves and the answer is this: it's a 986 boxer modified to look like the baddest and most practical sports car of all time, in my opinion, it looks better than the Clown Shield. You can fight me in comments number 83, talking about weird and crazy builds. a 928 with a turbine engine, runs on jet fuel and has 350 horsepower and 700 pound-feet of torque, it also has a top speed of 160 mph and gets 17 m per gallon number 84.

Remember when the Party Poopers They made Porsche change the 901 name long before the change took effect. Porsche had already built 82 units with the 901 nameplate that were mainly used for testing, but some of them found their way into the hands of the public, including this Porsche 901. from 1964 that was purchased from a real barn after sitting for over 40 years in 2015, was restored and later sold for over $300,000. The 85th Porsche has made only one version of the 911 with the engine in the middle. It was a purpose-built racing car called the 911 GT1 and only 21 are road legal. Versions were sold to the public and only one of them was a GT1 Evo that had a top speed of 202 mph number 86.

This is the Porsche 550 Spider, also known as the Giant Slayer. It had a small 1.5L 4-cylinder engine that made 110 horsepower. and 80 lb-ft of torque, this little Warrior was the result of Porsche implementing the power-to-weight method and that nickname wasn't given because of how cute and delicate it was, it earned it by beating the biggest racing cars. big and powerful of the time that just goes to show that size doesn't matter, ladies number 87, this is a very special one of W 1966 bton 911 spider, it was built because a Southern California Porsche dealer named Johnny Von Newman didn't like the aim. top 9911 and he wanted to convince Porsche to make a limited production convertible by building this prototype.

It was designed by Niio Bertoni, who is the same man who designed the Mura, the Countach, the Dino and the Lan Stratos, but unfortunately Johnny was not successful in his plan to make the Bretton 911 a unique classic number 8 8 Ferdinand Porsche designed the Mercedes -Benz type 80 in 1939 to be the fastest car in the world with its top speed of 370 mph, but again due to the outbreak of World War II it was never tested number 89 since its conception in 1963 the 9911 has never been produced outside Stuttgart, Germany number 90 you can buy an LS swap kit for your 911 yes it fits the number 91 Porsche has released 23,363 official 911 nfts now worth around $1,200 each number 92 the memory option in the Newer Porsche not only remembers where your seat is placed but also remembers the air conditioning and gauge cluster configuration number 933 Porsche designed the engine for the Harley-Davidson vrod number 94 in 1967 it became the 911 the first automobile of production to receive number 95 forged aluminum wheels.

You've probably seen these disgusting-looking 911s on the Internet. Well they are all made by this guy, Akira Nakai, who founded rwb in 1997 and this particular rwb is very special because it is the first one that Akira made and still owns to this day. Number 96, it is completely original, it is called 9911 darar, which is a factory spec 4x4 rally car with 470 horsepower, has 161mm of ground clearance and can reach a top top speed of 105mph Offroad is also $ 223,000 number 97 when Jeremy Clarkson's father was in hospital in 1994, he was testing a 928 and said that if he hadn't been driving that car which could happily go 170mph, he wouldn't have been able to. to say goodbye to its parent number 98 in 2012 Porsche began a program to hand remake its vintage emblems for those looking to restore classic Porsches to preserve the authenticity of its cars number 99 Porsche has not competed in Formula 1 since 1964 number 100 can't I can access the engine bay in the 992 GT3 RS and it doesn't have any front space either.

Porsche number 101 built its last air-cooled engine in 1998 and we're done. Be sure to subscribe so you can vote for the brand that comes next.