Porsche 911 60 Years
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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. Review: Great for 911 fans - Great gift for car nuts and especially 911 fans. A really well made and set out history of the 911, great photos and a good coffee table book Review: Perfect gift for the Porsche lover! - Purchased this book for my husbands 60th birthday. He is a lover of Porsche and has had a few in his past. This is a large book with great colorful photos. Lot's to read and admire with this book.
| Best Sellers Rank | #267,232 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #14 in Luxury Automotive #148 in Automotive History (Books) #195 in Automotive Engineering (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 87 Reviews |
S**E
Great for 911 fans
Great gift for car nuts and especially 911 fans. A really well made and set out history of the 911, great photos and a good coffee table book
K**Y
Perfect gift for the Porsche lover!
Purchased this book for my husbands 60th birthday. He is a lover of Porsche and has had a few in his past. This is a large book with great colorful photos. Lot's to read and admire with this book.
R**.
Verry nice
Verry nice
R**R
Very good gift to Porsche owners
I bought it as a gift for a friend who just bought a new 911, his first Porsche. He likes the book a lot.
P**R
Nicely done, but one huge miss
Great pictures and nice coverage of pretty much every model and generation and sub-generation of 911. However, there’s one big miss that I don’t quite understand. The 991.2 sub-gen, which was the model that introduced controversial turbo-charging across the entire Carrera model lineup, is almost completely skipped over. You would think such a big drivetrain change would merit its own section entirely, but the 991.2 gets literally a two-paragraph mention in the 2018 Turbo Exclusive section. It feels like after the 991.1 section the author is in a bit of a hurry to get the book wrapped up by quickly covering some special edition models, ending with a brief on the 992 generation. Aside from this I think the book is well done, especially for the asking price. But the lack of detail on the 991.2 means I can’t give it five stars.
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