Porsche 901: The Roots of a Legend
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3768836630 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-25 |
| Language | : | German |
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(Jürgen Lewandowski SpeedReaders)Give this 911 Love book to a Porsche enthusiast as a gift—and they will love you! You pretty much have to be, or want to be in the Porsche fold to really 'get' this book and revel in the spirit of the 911 lifestyle it celebrates. This very nice book fills an important gap in the Porsche story, and not just as a prequel to the 911. (Edwin Baaske SpeedReaders) . Among the many useful points it makes is, as Wolfgang Porsche describes here in the Foreword, as he has done on many
Over the last 20 years, author Jürgen Lewandowski - whose personal library now amounts to more than 4,500 books - has initiated, written, and edited around 60 books on the history of the automobile and the development of new models.
Pieces of the Puzzle PorscheDad There are many accounts of how the 911 came to be, but Porsche 901: The Roots of a Legend substantiates many of the specific events and details, some of which were thought forgotten, lost or discarded. Like other projects, there were many shortfalls, revisions, disagreements, and risks taken by Porsche over a six year period developing the 901 and 902 (later designated the 911 and 912). This book does not sweep any challenges aside, instead the book illustrates that the ultimate success of the 911 was a direct result of these eve. love food said Wonderful Driving!!. My husband is a Porsche addict. He once had is own repair shop. He loved looking at the blueprints they hadin the book and it's different approach in showing the great engineering of Porsche. Great Gift.. The story of the missing link of Porsche The history of Porsche's road cars seems to be a story of the original 356 line and the later 911 variants. The reality is the more modern cars are related to the earlier cars in spirit through the Porsche 901. This is the story of that "missing link", and how the 901 evolved as a more modern Porsche with the capability to be both a Grand Tourer as well as the basis for Porsche's racing ambitions.This is the story that deserved to be written, particularly with the 50th anniversary of the 911 that has been discussed throughout the
It goes to the very heart of the Porsche brand - to the creation of the 901, which rapidly transformed into the 911.The 901 model was introduced at Frankfurt motor show in 1963. The true story of the link between the 356 and the 911, the legendary 901, which was officially never soldThe transition from the 356 to the 901 has never before been documented as precisely as this - it is the purpose of this book to shed more light on this exceptional period, to describe the genesis of the 901. 82 cars were built before the serial number was changed to 911, although none were sold to the public at the time.