Biography of the car factory

Ferdinand Piech remained almost the only representative of the Porsche clan, who continued the traditions of his grandfather. But in his personal life, Piech is a perfect opposite to the ascetic Ferdinand Porsche. Its author is the grandson of the legendary designer Ferdinand Porsche, who created not only the “same” high -speed elite car, but also the most massive in the history of the automotive model "Volkswagen - Zhuka".

Ferdinand Piech - and a very talented engineer -designer and manager himself. For many years, he headed the German concern "Volkswagen". His book is full of interesting details and unexpected revelations that allow you to see the history of the development of the German automobile industry in a new way to get acquainted with its "cuisine". An iron manager with a difficult character of this dry, according to a tired person, with a living, attentive face, sharp folds on the cheeks and on the high, with bald patches, forehead, is called the "iron manager", in the veins of which is not blood, but gasoline.

However, the reader is not a tough and soulless “production commander”, but a demanding person, first of all, to himself, with a clearly difficult character, but with hard principles. The book is surprisingly a lot of personal. True, even when we are talking about the childhood and youth of Ferdinand, the main theme remains the main topic. This is also evidenced by the name: “Auto.

This is the name, and not the designation of the genre. The epigraph to the book could be the following recognition of Ferdinand for the scribes:“ The most interesting in life is the process of achieving the goal. As soon as I see that the goal has been achieved, that everything has already worked out, I am starting to miss. Joy and satisfaction from the fact that the goal has been achieved does not last long.

I feel some kind of inner void and looking for how to take myself up. "Such different projects of the photo: AP Ferdinand Piech, who graduated from the Polytechnic University in Zurich in the year, had taken the first Porsche model to the traditional races in the French Le - Mans, and she won his five -cylinder diesel engine. For the new "Mercedes" and "Audi". He managed to simultaneously engage in such different projects as the creation of a low -profile with an engine volume of one liter and a fashionable Lamborghini with a thousands of engine.

Photo: AP in the 93rd year, when Ferdinand Piech headed the Volkswagen concern, he was, to put it mildly, not in the best condition. But in just a few years, the revolution of the concern has doubled under his leadership. Pijah was practically painless to integrate such different brands as “Skoda” and “Rolls -Roys”, “Bentley”, “Bugatti” into the Volkswagen family. What traditions did Piech continue?

Among journalists, it is considered a common place to emphasize that Piech inherited his incredible determination and ambition from his grandfather the legendary designer Ferdinand Porsche. However, Piech himself believes that the only thing he owes to his grandfather is the passion for cars and the rationalizer "scum", which allows you to accurately predict what exactly needs to be improved.

Ferdinand Piech remained almost the only representative of the Porsche family clan, who continued the traditions of an outstanding designer. Professional traditions. Because in personal life, Piech is a perfect opposite of his ascetic grandfather. He has twelve children from four different women. Even at a young age, he married the corona von Plant. After several years of marriage and five children, a stormy romance followed with the wife of a cousin of a Marlene.

But although Marlena gave birth to two children to him, like another passion, Ferdinand Piech did not draw up with one or another relationship. True, all the time he contained and still contains these "unformed" families. Piech married only in adulthood - at the 25 -year -old governess of his children. At one time, an affair with Marlene - the wife of the cousin Ferdinand Paw - caused understandable discontent of the entire family clan Porsche.

But the connection of the top manager with the governess was considered even more scandalous, and it had to be hidden from everyone. This burdened both, and Piech, in the end, decided: it could not continue more. A look at the future, despite almost twenty years of age difference, this marriage concluded in the year was successful. Everyone says that Piech has changed over the years for the better, that it has become easier for people that his character was softer.

Ferdinand Piech spends all his free time with Ursula and children. They make long bicycle walks, go on ski hikes and are engaged in sailing. Support of his wife Piechu is very necessary, and he openly talks about it in his book.Its manner to look for non -standard and often radical solutions to production problems, whether it concerns purely technical issues or reduction of production together with jobs provided him with a powerful army of enemies: from engineers to workers and trade union activists, from journalists to the leadership of competing firms.

This autobiography ends with a look into the future. Judging by the words of Ferdinand, I was at the age of 65, namely at this age, he decided to move away from active management, life is just beginning. Only one thing embarrasses him: in the open sea you will not meet cars. And without them, it is difficult to imagine your life.