Porsche Diesel Motorenbau GmbH - division of Dr. Ing. hc F. Porsche KG for the production of diesel tractors in the 1950s and early 1960s .
History
Responsible for the motorization of the German population and the mechanization of agriculture in 1937 on the initiative of the German labor fund, Ferdinand Porsche developed a small agricultural tractor. Tractor with a 2-cylinder engine air cooling capacity of 11 liters. with. was to be produced at the new tractor factory in Waldbreul . However, the Second World War prevented the implementation of the plans of Ferdinand Porsche for the production of "people's tractor".
The Porsche Tractor division came from the development of folk tractors in Germany in 1950 , initially in collaboration with Uhinger Firma Allgaier Werke GmbH, and since 1956 with the concern Mannesmann at an assembly plant in the city of Friedrichshafen . In 1962, Porsche Diesel Motorenbau GmbH was acquired by MAN . Tractor production was discontinued in 1963 .
See also
- Dr. Ing. hc F. Porsche AG
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE
- Porsche Motorsport