Porsche Corporate

Six-figure donation to youth charity after court victory

Stuttgart/London, 7/7/2008 -- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, and its sales subsidiary Porsche Cars Great Britain, won their fight against the increase in the London congestion charge. The signature of a consent order by an administrative court in London has finally swept the plans of the former Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to introduce an unfair and disproportionate daily charge of £25 per driver in central London off the table. The agreement also included the award of legal costs. Porsche will donate these costs, expected to be a six-figure sum, to the British youth charity Skidz.

Dr. Wolfgang Lindheim appointed as Chief Financial Officer

Stuttgart, 6/27/2008 -- The rapid development of Porsche Consulting GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, calls for an expansion of management capacities. For this reason, the board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has appointed Dr. Wolfgang Lindheim (47) as Chief Financial Officer of the subsidiary. From August 1, 2008, Dr. Lindheim will take responsibility for the departments of Finance, Controlling, Human Resource and IT.

At the same time, Eberhard Weiblen (44), who up till now was the sole Director of Porsche Consulting, will be appointed as Chairman of the Executive Board. In future, he will be responsible for the consultancy business, the strategic development and the marketing of the Porsche subsidiary.

SPD Chairman Tours Headquarters in Zuffenhausen

Stuttgart, 6/27/2008 -- Today Kurt Beck, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Prime Minister of the Federal State of Rheinland-Pfalz, was the guest of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG at the Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart. He had accepted the invitation of Uwe Hück, Chairman of the Porsche Group’s Works Council.

Prestigious Journalists and PR Experts Join Porsche Team

Stuttgart, 6/19/2008 -- Porsche is adapting the organization of its Press Department to the new structure of the group: Anton Hunger (59), for many years Head of Press and Public Relations of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG and – since November 2007 – also of Porsche SE, will be exclusively responsible for managing the newly-created Press and Public Relations Department of the Holding from July 1. Together with him, Frank Gaube (47) will be changing over to Porsche SE, where he will head the Financial Press and Investor Relations Department, with the continued support of Frank Scholtys (47).

International Partner with Experience – Christian Boe is New Managing Director

Stuttgart, 6/18/2008 -- Porsche Deutschland GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, has sold the Porsche Center Mannheim to Penske Automotive Europe GmbH, Wiesbaden, a member of the Penske Group. From July 1, 2008, the Center will be doing business under the name of Penske Sportwagen-zentrum GmbH, Mannheim, and will be responsible for sales and service of Porsche vehicles in the Rhine-Neckar area.

Nature Conservationists Praise Commitment of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Stuttgart, 6/12/2008 -- Today Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, and his daughter Stephanie ‘christened’ two imperial eagle chicks in Stuttgart, naming them Asta and Artus. The two young birds of the species aquila heliaca, which is threatened worldwide with extinction, hatched six weeks ago in Greifvogelpark Hellenthal, falconer Horst Niesters’ sanctuary park for birds of prey in the Eifel region. This successful hatching is regarded as a sensation in expert circles.

Award for Services to the Federal State of Baden- Württemberg

Stuttgart, 6/12/2008 -- Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE and of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, has been presented with the Staufer Gold Medal by the Minister of the Interior of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, Heribert Rech. The presentation of this medal, which is the highest honor Baden-Würt­temberg can confer, took place yesterday evening at a reception held by the Porsche Board in the factory Ca­sino at the car manufacturer’s main works in Zuffenhausen, to mark Wolfgang Porsche’s sixty-fifth birthday.

The motorsport legend of Weissach is 80 years old

Stuttgart, 6/11/2008 -- Today, on June 11, 2008, Herbert Linge, former works racing driver and plant manager of the Development Center of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is celebrating his eightieth birthday. This man of many talents personally experienced and took part in shaping the development of the Porsche enterprise over the past six decades.

60 years of the sports car – a small company becomes the most profitable automobile manufacturer

Stuttgart, 5/29/2008 -- Porsche celebrates its anniversary. Exactly 60 years ago the cornerstone was laid for the family-operated industrial company, whose rise from modest beginnings to become one of the most important sports car manufacturers in the world no one back then would have ever foreseen.

Education has commenced in the new Training and Recruitment Center Asia

Stuttgart, 5/30/2008 -- Porsche Asia Pacific, a one hundred percent subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has founded the first Porsche Training and Recruitment Center Asia in the Philippines, in cooperation with the Don Bosco Technical Institute. Every year, 40 socially under-privileged young people will receive vocational training here as automotive specialists, who can be employed in future in Porsche Centers throughout the Asiatic region.

Franz Blank has died

Stuttgart, 5/29/2008 -- Franz Blank, for many years the Chairman of the Works Council and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, died on May 24, 2008 at the age of 82. Blank, who was born on September 4, 1925 in Horb, joined Porsche in 1953 as a fitter. He was soon elected as Chairman of the Porsche Works Council in 1955. He continued to hold this position until May 22, 1987.

Process improvement in medical practices

Stuttgart, 5/13/2008 -- Porsche Consulting GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, is now providing one-day seminars for doctors to help them organize their practices more efficiently in future. Under the rubric “Processes of Change in Medical Practices”, the Porsche Academy will be showing how the interplay of medical staff and practice personnel can be improved. The aim is to avoid wastage of every kind, thus reducing costs, while at the same time optimizing the care of patients. The seminars are recognized by the State Medical Chamber of Baden-Württemberg.

Eberhard Weiblen, Managing Director of Porsche Consulting, a sub-

Shareholder, Member of the Supervisory Board, Family Spokesman and Entrepreneur

Stuttgart, 5/6/2008 -- Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Shareholder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, as well as
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, is celebrating his 65th birthday on May 10, 2008. Ferdinand (‘Ferry’) Porsche’s youngest son, who was born in Stuttgart, has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the sports car manufacturer since 1978. He has also been family spokesman since the death of his father Ferry in 1998.

April Sales slightly down year-on-year

Stuttgart, 5/1/2008 -- Despite the increasingly poor economic outlook, sales by
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, in the USA and Canada in April 2008 show a good result: Deliveries of 3,099 vehicles to customers were only 5 percent below the previous year’s figure of 3,248 units.

New Head of Product and Technical Press

Stuttgart, 4/18/2008 -- Changeover in the Press Department of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG: on June 1, 2008, Hans-Gerd Bode (47) will be taking over as Head of the Product and Technical Communications Department from Stefan Marschall (51), who is leaving the enterprise at his own request, to set up in business as an independent PR consultant.

Bode is coming to Porsche from Volkswagen AG, where he had been Head of Brand and Product Communication since 2001. When working for the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer he will be cooperating closely with Eckhard Eybl (54), who has been looking after the product press since May 2007, and will be reporting to Bode in this capacity.

Porsche shows Newest Variants at Auto China 2008

Stuttgart/Beijing, 4/17/2008 -- At the automotive exhibition Auto China 2008, which begins in Beijing on Sunday, April 20, 2008, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, will be prominently represented by the newest variants over its whole model range. With these exhibits, the sports car manufacturer from Swabia underscores its expansion strategy for its biggest growth market. As well as the newest vehicles from the Porsche Boxster, Porsche 911 and Porsche Cayenne series, the prototype of the Cayenne Hybrid will be on show in Asia for the first time.

First part of building completed

Stuttgart, 4/15/2008 -- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is currently commissioning the first stage of the new spare parts center in the industrial park of Eichwald, Sachsenheim. The warehouse, which has an area of 40,000 square meters, took less than one year to build and cost 28 million Euros.

The new spare parts warehouse is characterized by the transparent structure of the building, which creates a pleasant working environment with plenty of light in the storage area. The building materials used meet the latest environmental standards. A large proportion of the building’s energy and space heating requirement is covered by an environmentally friendly combined heat and power (CHP) plant.

Stuttgart sports car manufacturer announces “Supplier Awards 2008”

Stuttgart, 4/4/2008 -- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, named Bose Automotive GmbH as Supplier of the Year yesterday evening at the Development Center in Weissach. The Esslingen-based company has been working with the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer and making an impression, particularly with its outstanding achievements in the development and manufacture of sound systems for all vehicles in the sports car manufacturer’s range, since 2001.

New Porsche Cayenne remains a favorite

3/3/2008, Stuttgart -- In February 2008, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, held its own in the USA and Canada in a very difficult market environment. At 1,841 vehicles, the number of deliveries to customers in North America lay eleven per cent below last year’s equivalent figures. The new Porsche Cayenne, with its lower-consumption engines, was particularly successful. Since the second Cayenne generation was launched on the market one year ago, the sporting all-terrain vehicle has enjoyed great popularity with customers.

Shortfall of about 800 vehicles can be made good

2/29/2008, Stuttgart -- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, will be starting production of the 911 series again next Monday, March 3, at the main factory in Zuffenhausen. Production was stopped last Monday following a deflagration that occurred in the paint shop, in which a PVC fusion oven was badly damaged. The material damage, amounting to several hundred thousand Euros, is largely covered by insurance.

The causes of the accident have now been identified. External experts have ascertained that the gas escape was due to a technical defect. An examination of the other ovens has shown that they are in perfect working order and fully functional.