Randy Leffingwell


Porsche 911 60 Years

Randy Leffingwell | PORSCHE 911 60 YEARS


BoklivArtikelnr: 9780760382653

En illustrerad genomgång av 60 viktiga Porsche 911-modeller, som utforskar deras historia, ingenjörskonst och kulturella betydelse.

  • Utforska 60 milstolpar av Porsche 911.

  • Innehåller historiska och moderna fotografier.

  • Utgiven som förlagsband.

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Bindning: Förlagsband

Bokförlag: Quarto Publishing Group UK
ISBN: 9780760382653

Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2024-04-25

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Celebrate six decades of rear-engine excellence with this beautifully illustrated exploration of 60 milestone Porsche 911s. Porsche’s 911 is the quintessential sports car—focused, purposeful, race-proven, and exciting. Since its prototype debut in 1963, the 911 has defied expectations while never losing its form or its giant-slaying heart.    In Porsche 911 60 Years, best-selling Porsche aut

Celebrate six decades of rear-engine excellence with this beautifully illustrated exploration of 60 milestone Porsche 911s.

Porsche’s 911 is the quintessential sports car—focused, purposeful, race-proven, and exciting. Since its prototype debut in 1963, the 911 has defied expectations while never losing its form or its giant-slaying heart. 
 
In Porsche 911 60 Years, best-selling Porsche author Randy Leffingwell delves into the stories of sixty 911s—one from each year from 1964 to 2024. The 911’s entire historyengineering, design, developmentracing, and culture—is revealed one fantastic car at a time. This unique approach to the 911’s legacy includes such icons as:
 

  • 1964 901 Cabriolet prototype
  • Bruce Jennings 1967 911 S
  • 1971 911 S Safari
  • Louise Piech 1975 930 Turbo
  • Le Mans-winning 1980 935 K3
  • 1987 Ruf CTR Yellowbird
  • 1991 964 Carrera RS
  • 1997 Ruf Turbo R
  • 1998 996 GT1 Le Mans winner
  • 2006 50th Anniversary Porsche Club of America 911 coupe
  • 2010 911 Sport Classic
  • 2018 Turbo S Exclusive
  • 2023 Dakar
  • And many more
 
Porsche 911 60 Years is also the story of the people behind the cars: Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche, who co-designed the 911’s timeless shape and his successors, Anatole Lapine, Harm Laggaaij, and Michael Mauer; Peter W. Schutz, the Porsche CEO who saved the 911 from the cutting-room floor and the Porsche leaders who carried on, most notably Wendelin Wiedeking; engineering geniuses such as Dr. Helmuth Bott, Hans Mezger, and Valentin Schaeffer; and stylists and modelers Gerhard Schroeder, Heinrich Klie, Peter Reisinger, Anthony Hatter, and Grant Larson.

Each profiled car is accompanied by historic photography from Porsche’s own archive, and beautiful, contemporary photography features throughout. Porsche 911 60 Years is an essential volume for any Porsche owner or fan’s collection.


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Boken utforskar Porsche 911:s historia och utveckling över sex decennier, med fokus på 60 betydelsefulla modeller från 1964 till 2024.

Centrala teman inkluderar bilens ingenjörskonst, design, kulturella betydelse och evolution från prototyp till modern klassiker.

Boken är en ny förlagsband publicerad av Quarto Publishing Group UK, med ISBN 9780760382653 och utgivningsdatum den 25 april 2024.

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