Ferdinand Porsche, 911 sports car designer, dies FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The Porsche 911, with its sloping roof line, long hood and powerful rear engine, has been a sports car-lover's fantasy for the half century since its 1963 introduction. Its creator, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of the automaker's founder, is dead at age 76. Vale Ferdinand Porsche - designer of the Porsche 911 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Grandson of the founder of Porsche, the designer of the Porsche 911, the founder of the Porsche Design studio and the architect of Porsche design culture, passed away yesterday, April 5 in Salzburg, aged 76. His design credo was that "design must be functional and functionality has to be translated visually into aesthetics, without gags that have to be explained ... Sports car designer Ferdinand Porsche dies at age 76 FRANKFURT, Germany - He designed Porsche's classic 911 sports car - the sleek model that evokes power, wealth and envy among aficionados - cementing his grandfather's name into the modern psyche Legendary sports car designer Ferdinand Porsche dies Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, who designed the first 911 sports car and went on to found a consumer products design firm that also carried the Porsche name, died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria. He was 76. Ferdinand Porsche Dead: Designer Of The Classic 911 Sports Car Dies At 76 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria at age 76, Porsche AG said. No cause was provided. Porsche, known as F.A. to his colleagues, was head of the Porsche design studio in the early 1960s when the company developed the 911 model that remains its brand-defining product. Ferdinand Porsche: Sports Car Designer Dead at 76; No Cause of Death Announced Ferdinand Porsche, the man who designed the iconic 911 sports car, died on Thursday in Salzburg, Austria, at age 76. Porsche AG confirmed the death with to the media but did not announce a cause. Legendary sports-car designer Ferdinand Porsche dies at 76 LOS ANGELES — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, who designed the first 911 sports car and went on to found a consumer-products design firm that also carried the Porsche name, died Thursday Ferdinand Porsche, designer of 911 and grandson of car company's founder, dies at 76 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche designed Porsche's classic 911 sports car -- the sleek model that evokes power, wealth and envy among aficionados -- cementing his grandfather's name into the modern psyche. He died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria at age 76, Porsche AG said. No cause was provided. Ferdinand Porsche passes to great racetrack in the sky It's with great sadness that I report the second well-known tech visionary's death today, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, otherwise known as one half of the family racing car business founder duo which also included his grandfather. Porsche's grandfather, also named Ferdinand, designed the original Volkswagen Beetle, while the duo started the Porsche business 20 years after Read The Full Story Ferdinand Porsche, sports car designer, dies Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the design chief credited with the classic 911 sports car and grandson of the automaker's founder, has died at age 76.
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