Porsche 911 60 Years - Randy Leffingwell - Hardback Bog - Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc - 2024 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk

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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 author Randy Leffingwell delves into the stories of sixty 911s— one from each year from 1964 to 2024 . The 911’s entire history — engineering , design , development , racing , 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.