In 1972, the company's legal form was changed from Kommanditgesellschaft (KG), or limited partnership, to Aktiengesellschaft (AG), or public limited company, because Ferry Porsche came to believe the scale of the company outgrew a "family operation", after learning about Soichiro Honda's "no family members in the company" policy at Honda.
En 1972, a forma xurídica da empresa foi cambiado de Kommanditgesellschaft (KG), ou sociedade limitada, a Aktiengesellschaft (AG), ou sociedade anónima, xa que Ferry Porsche chegou a crer que a escala da compañía creceu máis que unha "empresa familiar", logo de decatarse da política Soichiro Honda "non hai membros da familia na empresa" en Honda.