On June 8, 1948, the first car bearing the name "Porsche" took its very first test drive. The company had been restructured by a British Major, Ivan Hirst, after its founder was imprisoned for war crimes following Porsche's involvement in building tanks and designing Volkswagens for Germany during World War II. He was never charged and was subsequently released after 20 months in prison. The Porsche 356/1, as it came to be known, was never put into mass production but formed the basis for the coming Porsche 356. The project was led by Ferdinand Porsche, the founder's son, and designed by an employee only one month before the prototype was completed. Porsche would remain a major player in the performance car market for the next 60 years, even into today.
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