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PORSCHE 911 50 YEARS - RANDY LEFFINGWELL GEBUNDEN

Best-selling 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.    
Porsche 911: 50 Years 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 The 996 
997  and 991   the liquid-cooled cars that brought the 911 into a new millennium  Beyond
telling the story of the cars   Porsche 911: 50 years 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 owner or fan’s library.

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