Porsche’s Technological Innovations Part 2: Type 64, the Volkswagen That Gave Birth to Porsche in 1939

Looking at the 1939 Type 64 today, the connection to Porsche is immediate: simple, clean, with extreme aerodynamics, one wouldn’t imagine it could be a Volkswagen in “sports attire”. The people's car, personally commissioned by Adolf Hitler, had already been adapted for military use, even as an amphibious vehicle, but no one could have foreseen that this robust vehicle, built for maximum simplicity, could also take on the form of an advanced sports car.