Why Ferdinand Porsche left Mercedes

During is work at Austro-Daimler or Mercedes as we know the brand today, Ferdinand Porsche did a lot of good work. Two good examples are the winning Mercedes of 1924 Targa Florio and the Mercedes SSK.

 

Winning Mercedes - 1924 Targa Florio

 

Mercedes SSK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the success of the SSK, Porsche recognize the needs of the common worker and not just the rich man in having such a car. He began the development of a family-size sedan known as the Stuttgart. Unfortunately the Daimler-Benz board of directors was not supportive of the direction that Porsche was taking and the Stuttgart was suffering teething problems. Well the result is well known, he resigned and headed to Steyr in Austria on January 1, 1929. 

Later on in 1931, he and his son "Ferry Porsche" created the company Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, know today as PORSCHE AG, or just PORSCHE.