Porsche 911: 50 Years

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<div><b>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. </b><br><br><i>Porsche 911: 50 Years</i> tells the whole story—<b>design and development</b>, <b>racing and competition</b>, <b>engineering and technology</b>, <b>style and culture</b>. All the iconic 911 models are included:<br><br><ul><li><b>The original 901 prototype</b> that set the standard</li><li><b>The legendary RS models</b> that made the little Porsche a dominant force on the world’s racetracks</li><li><b>The infamous Turbo</b>, the car that kept the performance flame alight during the dark, dismal decade of the 1970s</li><li><b>The fabled 959</b>, the model that redefined the term “sports car”</li><li><b>The 993</b>, last of the original air-cooled models</li><li><b>The 996, 997, and 991</b>, the liquid-cooled cars that brought the 911 into a new millennium</li></ul><br>Beyond telling <b>the story of the cars</b>, <i>Porsche 911: 50 years </i><b>also spotlights the people behind them</b>: 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.<br><br>Leffingwell also tells the story of the 911 community—the clubs and culture that surround the car.<br><br>Together, all of these facets make <i>Porsche 911: 50 Years</i> the most essential book in any Porsche owner or fan’s library.</div>

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EAN

9780760344019

Sprache

Englisch

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Buch

Maße

254 x 312 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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