Porsche

Porsche is a German sports car manufacturer headquartered in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Ferdinand Porsche founded the design firm in 1931, and his son Ferry Porsche built the first car carrying the Porsche name, the 356, in 1948.

The company builds the 911, the 718 Boxster and Cayman, the Panamera and Taycan sedans, and the Macan and Cayenne SUVs. The Taycan was its first fully electric car. Porsche also builds racing cars and has a long history at Le Mans.

Porsche AG is majority owned by Volkswagen through Porsche Holding, and the company went public in 2022. It runs plants in Stuttgart and Leipzig and works with partners on others. Porsche Design sells watches, eyewear and accessories. It also sells design items and software and runs an engineering arm. Porsche has won Le Mans many times. Its customers are mostly drawn to the 911, which has been built since 1964.