Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company. He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner-Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, several other important developments and Porsche automobiles. An important contributor to the German war effort during World War II, Porsche was involved in the production of advanced tanks such as the VK 4501 (P), Tiger I, Tiger II, Elefant, and Panzer VIII Maus, as well as other weapon systems, including the V-1 flying bomb. Porsche was a member of the
The Tiger and the Moustache The Tiger and the Moustache The Tiger and the Moustache (previously called Bangladesh) is a one-person play by British actor Saikat Ahamed about tracing his mother's journey from Bangladesh to Britain. The play follows the story of Saikat Ahamed's own mother, Hashi, who was born on the day India declares independence, growing up in the Sunderban jungles, smiling and surrounded by flying tigers. Snapshots of time are taken, as the audience retrace her steps from the 1947 Partition to Glasgow in the 1970s right up to present day as she travels from Bangladesh to the United Kingdom. "The Tiger and