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We at Porsche: The autobiography of Dr. Ing. h.c. Ferry Porsche

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As an enthusiast of the Volkswagen Beetle, I found this autobiography fascinating because even though Ferry Porsche's father, Ferdinand and his staff created, designed and tested the prototypes and final versions of the Beetle, his son, Ferry was there to witness and participate in all of that firsthand. To my knowledge, Ferdinand Porsche never wrote an autobiography so what his son shares is as close to the VW facts as we are going to get.

Furthermore, Ferry was fully involved in the testing and later development of the Beetle and also the design and development of VW related wartime vehicles such as the Kubelwagen and the Schwimmwagen as well as various German tanks. Father and son worked closely together on many projects in prewar Germany as well as during wartime.

His take on Hitler and the Nazi party members and their inevitable march to defeat is most fascinating as it is all firsthand - He was there.

Very interesting.

Book about passion for cars and engineering but not only. Gives a good political and historical perspective about european small industries after the ww2.