beschr nkter haftung industry automotive founded salzburg austria 1949 founder louise pi ch ferry porsche headquarters salzburg austria area served worldwide key people alain favey ceo rainer schroll johannes sieberer hans peter sch tzinger 1 services automobile distribution and financial services owner volkswagen ag 100 % number of employees 31 846 2 parent volkswagen ag website http www.porsche holding.com en porsche holding formal name porsche holding gmbh also known as porsche holding salzburg is the largest car distributor in europe . in 2011 the company was sold by the porsche family and porsche se to volkswagen ag . contents 1 history 2 motorsport 3 recent developments 4 see also 5 references history edit porsche 360 cisitalia porsche 356 2 the first rear engined porsche 356 aluminium bodied 1948 porsche 356 made in gm nd porsche holding gmbh headquartered in salzburg austria was founded by louise pi ch and ferry porsche daughter and son of ferdinand porsche in 1947 as porsche konstruktionen gesmbh in gm nd austria . after porsche 360 grand prix racing car was designed by ferry porsche with help from the engineers of his father s design office for cisitalia in 1947 the company started manufacturing porsche 356 starting with the prototype porsche 356 1 and then 356 2 in 1948 at the factory located in a saw mill in gm nd and later at a factory in salzburg . 3 after ferdinand porsche was released from a french prison after the war the production of porsche 356 was taken over by dr. ing . h. c. f. porsche gmbh in stuttgart germany and the facility in salzburg became home to porsche konstruktionen as the austrian importer of volkswagen and porsche products in 1949 . ferry porsche joined his father s company in stuttgart while the austrian operation was left with anton pi ch and louise pi ch who managed it to become the largest car dealership chain in austria by 1957 . 4 by the 1960s porsche konstruktionen became one of the largest distributors of volkswagen and porsche products in europe . motorsport edit porsche 908 03 of vic elford kurt ahrens jr. winner of the 1970 1000km n rburgring entered by porsche salzburg porsche 917 kurzheck 4.5 l of hans herrmann richard attwood winner of 1970 24 hours of le mans entered by porsche salzburg in the late 1960s porsche entered many sports cars in races and to support the factory effort then calling itself porsche system engineering external semi factory teams were set up to share the work load . in 1969 porsche salzburg became such a de facto second works team sponsored by porsche konstruktionen . early in the season at the n rburgring cars were entered as salzburg porsche konstruktionen but later at austria s sterreichring it became porsche salzburg for short . porsche salzburg became an entrant in the 1969 world sportscar championship season and 1970 world sportscar championship season representing porsche in motorsport . in 1970 the team of john wyer was the designated factory partner . the porsche factory itself did not compete anymore focussing on development but salzburg continued . usually two cars were entered for vic elford and hans herrmann . salzburg operated the winning porsche 908 3 in the 1000km n rburgring for that year and the winning porsche 917kh at the 1970 24 hours of le mans . after 1970 the name of porsche salzburg disappeared from entry lists as martini racing took over as the second factory backed team besides wyer . recent developments edit in january 2009 porsche se became the largest shareholder of volkswagen ag and in march 2011 porsche se as well as the porsche and pi ch families sold the ownership in the austrian company which had been reorganized into porsche holding gmbh porsche holding salzburg to volkswagen ag . today porsche holding salzburg is the largest car distributor in europe representing volkswagen group brands including porsche in wholesale as importer retail through its dealers and in the after sales business service in 21 countries in europe as well as in south america and in china . 5 see also edit porsche disambiguation references edit management board . facts & figures key business figures employees . a brand is born . from gmund to salzburg . profile . v t e porsche road car timeline 1948 1990s next type 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 roadster & sports cars 912 912e 924 boxster 986 356 914 944 968 911 series 911 911 930 911 964 911 993 911 996 gt 928 supercar 959 911 gt1 stra enversion retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title porsche holding & oldid 674277640 categories porscheporsche in motorsporthidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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