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  • Missing For 112 Years, First Porsche Is Found In Warehouse

    01/29/2014 6:05:33 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 26 replies
    NPR ^ | January 29, 2014 | Mark Memmott
    Even the famed German automaker concedes that it "may resemble an old horse-drawn carriage." But the recently rediscovered "first Porsche in the world" — dubbed the P1 — was a technological marvel for its time. It "included a compact electric drive weighing 286 pounds," writes the automotive news site Jalopnik, and could chug along at 22 mph. The car was found, according to Porsche, in an Austrian warehouse where it had apparently been left untouched since 1902. As for the car's history, according to Porsche: "The owner of 'K.K. Hofwagenfabrik Jacob Lohner & Comp.' had a wide range of interests,...