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Dr. Ing. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche. While you may not have heard of him, you have undoubtedly have heard of the cars with his name attached. The 550 Spyder, 911, 959 and the 962 Longtail LM: All Porsches. All cars that the elder Ferdinand Porsche had nothing to do with directly. The real contribution of the elder Dr. Porsche (Ing. h.c.) was the Volkswagen Type 38, also known as the German "People’s Car" or more affectionately known as the VW "Bug" or "Beetle" and to a lesser extent the design of the first and only Porsche the elder Porsche worked on, the Porsche 356. Read on...