EAN: 9780760344019

PORSCHE 911 50 YEARS - RANDY LEFFINGWELL GEBUNDEN

In Porsche 911: 50 Years  bestselling author Randy Leffingwell celebrates a half-century of one
of the world’s premiere sports cars  focusing on the major themes that have defined Porsche's
rear-engined wonder. He tells the whole story—design and development  racing and competition 
engineering and technology  style and culture. All the iconic 911 models are included: the
original 901 prototype that set the standard  the legendary RS models that made the little
Porsche a dominant force on the world’s racetracks  the infamous Turbo  the car that kept the
performance flame alight during the dark  dismal decade of the 1970s  the fabled 959  the model
that redefined the term “sports car”  the 993  last of the original air-cooled models  and the
996  997  and 991  the liquid-cooled cars that brought the 911 into a new millennium. But
beyond telling the story of the cars  this book also spotlights the people behind them:
Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche  the son of legendary Porsche founder Ferdinand “Ferry” Porsche  who
co-designed the instantly recognizable 911 shape  Peter W. Schutz  the Porsche CEO who saved
the 911 from extinction  and Dr. Helmuth Bott  the engineering genius behind many of the
groundbreaking technologies that have defined the 911  including fuel injection  turbocharging
and all-wheel-drive. Leffingwell also tells the story of the 911 community—the clubs and
culture that surround the car. Together  all of these facets make Porsche 911: 50 Years the
most essential book in any Porsche fan’s library.

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