What does Porsche mean?

Question

I love the car but then figured out it was German or something and now I would like to know what it means. Any help?

Answer 1

it means ""small sausage"

Answer 2

Porsche is the family name of the designer of the Porsche cars. Ferdinand Porsche was the founder of the company. He designed the original Volkswagen for Hitler, prior to WW II. The first Porsche production cars were very sporty cars based on the original Volkswagen design; a uni-body construction with an air cooled 4 cylinder engine (no radiator) located aft of the rear wheels, 2 doors and very lightweight.

Porsche cars have evolved over the years, but they are still known for their light weight (though much heavier than the old 356's), superior handling and most of all they are fun to drive. The Porsche 911 has been around since around 1963. A look alike, named the 912, had a 4 cylinder engine vs the 6 cylinder in the 911. In 1999, Porsche changed the 911 engine to a water-cooled version (996). Many Porsche enthusiasts think this was the worse thing for Porsche. I believe it helped make Porsche 911's more reliable and easier to maintain. The majority of Porsches have a flat 4 or flat 6 engine (except the 924, 944, 928, 968 and the Cayenne). This engine is known as a boxer engine and has the advantage of a low center of gravity. Subaru engines use this configuration also, however there is no comparing a Subaru to a Porsche.

I hope this helps.

Greg

Answer 3

The car company is named for the family that started it. The name Porsche would most likely be derived from the Roman family name Porcius, which means pig... and in the grand scheme of things, Porsche makes a much better name for a sports car than does pig!

As for some of the other comments here: Ferdinand Porsche and Ferry Porsche are not the same person; the later is the son of the former. The Porsche family are not German, they are Austrian. The Porsche company did not build tanks in WW2 as the company was not founded until after WW2 (Ferdinand Porsche did design tanks among many other commisioned works for the German government).

Answer 4

Named after the designer and his son.

The first Porsche, the Porsche 64 of 1938, used many components from the Volkswagen Beetle. The second Porsche model and first production automobile, the Porsche 356 sports car of 1948, was built initially in Gmünd, Austria, the location to which the company was evacuated during war times, but after building forty-nine cars the company relocated to Zuffenhausen. Many regard the 356 as the first Porsche simply because it was the first model sold by the fledgling company.

Ferdinand Porsche worked with his son, Ferry Porsche, in designing the 356. Not long afterward, on January 30, 1951, Ferdinand Porsche died from complications following a stroke.

The 356 automobile used components from the Beetle including its engine, gearbox, and suspension. The 356, however, had several evolutionary stages, A, B, and C, while in production and many VW parts were replaced by Porsche-made parts. The last 356s were powered by entirely Porsche-designed engines. The sleek bodywork was designed by Erwin Komenda who also had designed the body of the Beetle. Porsche's signature designs have, from the beginning, featured air-cooled rear-engine configurations (like the Beetle), rare for other car manufacturers, but producing automobiles that are very well balanced.

Answer 5

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, often shortened to Porsche AG, or just Porsche, is a German sports car manufacturer, founded in 1931 by then Austrian Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who also created the first Volkswagen.

Picture of Ferdinand Porsche:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ferdinand_Porsche.jpg

Answer 6

The auto manufacturer is named after Dr. Ferdinand Porsche who was actually Czech, not German. After the War, his son Ferry took over the company while his father was still captive in French prisons. He built the 356 in 1948 and so it began...
Porsche: There is no Substitute.

Answer 7

Porsche is German and the last name of the founder of the company. They are well known for their quality with performance cars. What most people dont know is they made tanks for the Germans during WW2!

Answer 8

There is also the grandson Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche. He designed the 911 and has branched off with his own company called Porsche Design.

Answer 9

It's a name, as in Doctor Porsche who started his own car company after WWII.

It the name also conjures up jealousy from men who have stereotypical views(usually from blue-collar arm-chair warriors) who balk Porsche's(but of course secretly lust for it), since they are unwilling to go past a GED or HSD to obtain their goals in life.

Its like the plain-Jane girls who back-bite at an obviously beautiful drop-dead gorgeous girl, and without even knowing her, they say she is a s l u t, or something like that.

I find, the harder I work, the "luckier" I get.

Answer 10

French????

Ferdinand Porsche was german, and the cars he made were named after him.

Answer 11

100% Porsche means ' Sports car ', ' Speedster ' or ' Exotic ' and I don't really like this car, I like McLaren, Ferrari and Lamborghini. Actually Aston Martins good to!