Dr. Ernst Fuhrmann was chairman of Porsche AG between 1972 and 1980. During his first time in Zuffenhausen, in the mid 1950s, he was in charge of developing the Porsche Type 547 racing engine, which became known as the "Fuhrmann engine".
Gallery
Fuhrmann_engine.jpg|Type 547 Fuhrmann engine Fuhrmann_engine2.jpg|Porsche Type 547 Fuhrmann engines Porsche (36479336382).jpg|Fuhrmann engine in a Porsche 550 ==External links==
Sources and further reading
In German: • Boschen/Barth: Das große Buch der Porsche-Typen. 2. Auflage, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, • Österreich-Lexikon beim Projekt AEIOU