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Adrian Padeanu

The First Porsche With All-Wheel Drive Was An Off-Road Military Vehicle

The number "597" might sound like the internal codename of a Porsche sports car from years gone by. But those three digits represent an entirely different concept. The go-anywhere vehicle you see here was the company's response to a call for tender made by the German army in the early 1950s. If you're unfamiliar with the term, it's essentially an invitation for suppliers to respond to a request made by a government or a private entity.

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