One of the World's Finest Vehicles By Brenda Williams At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

The Porsche, one of the world's finest vehicles, has been manufactured since 1931. The company was founded by Ferdinand Porsche of Austria-Hungary. Porsche also designed the first Volkswagen. The company's headquarters is located Stuttgart, Germany. The Porsche line of automobiles currently includes the 911, the Boxster, Cayman sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles. The Porsche company was named the most prestigious automobile brand in a study from 2006 by Luxury Institute of New York.

Aside from manufacturing the vehicles for everyday use, Porsche has also delved into the world of professional racing. Their main competitor in producing race cars is Ferrari. In the everyday use field, Porsche's competitors are Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW. The Boxster and the BMW Z4 and the Mercedes SLK all rival each other. The Porsche models also compete with Maserati, Jaguar, Lotus and the Chevrolet Corvette. Higher-end Porsche models compete closer with Ferrari, Pagani and Bugatti.

When Porsche was founded in 1931 it didn't immediately begin producing cars. It was first used as a consulting agency and offered motor vehicle development work. The German government asked Porsche to design a car for the people, which in German is translated into Volkswagen. The first result of this project was the Volkswagen Beetle. The Beetle is the most recognizable and most successful cars designs in the history of the auto industry. Porsche did not release its first Porsche model until 1939 when they released the Porsche 64.

Porsche's son, Ferry Porsche, built his own car in while his father was in prison for war crimes after World War II. Ferry, not satisfied with the cars on the market wound up building the 356 in an Austrian sawmill. This model was road certified in 1948. The company remains in the hands of the family as Ferdinand Porsche's grandson was chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen Group from 1993-2002. He has since worked as the chairman of the supervisory board; a position that he holds to this day.

Porsche, the world's largest race car manufacturer, has won more than 28,000 races. In 2006 they manufactured 195 race cars for a variety of international events and manufactured another 275 race cars in 2007. That number will surely increase for the 2008 year.

The most popular Porsche in North America has rotated from the 911 to the Boxster to the Cayenne but the 911 has since regained the top spot.

Porsche has also manufactured tractors. The models are the Porsche Type 110, the Porsche AP Series, the Porsche Junior, the Porsche Standard, the Porsche Super, the Porsche Master, the Porsche 312, the Porsche 108F and the Porsche R22.

Porsche, during its history, has also developed concept cars like the Porsche Boxster Concept and the Porsche Carrera GT Concept as well as prototypes to the 911 model known as the Porsche 695 and the Porsche 901.

Porsche's most known and recognizable race car is the RS Spyder (9R6). Only one of their race car models has actually never been driven in a race before and that is the Porsche LMP2000.

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