DescriptionDescriptionCelebrate six decades of rear-engine excellence with this beautifully illustrated exploration of 60 milestone Porsche 911s.Porsches 911 is the quintessential sports carfocused, purposeful, race-proven, and exciting. Since its prototyp
DescriptionDescriptionCelebrate six decades of rear-engine excellence with this beautifully illustrated exploration of 60 milestone Porsche 911s.
Porsches 911 is the quintessential sports carfocused, 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.
InPorsche 911 60 Years, best-selling Porsche author Randy Leffingwell delves into the stories of sixty 911sone from each year from 1964 to 2024. The911s entire historyengineering,design,development,racing, andcultureis revealed one fantastic car at a time. This unique approach to the 911s legacy includes such icons as:
Porsche 911 60 Yearsisalsothe story of the people behind the cars:Ferdinand Butzi Porsche, who co-designed the 911s 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 byhistoric photography from Porsches own archive, andbeautiful, contemporary photographyfeatures throughout.Porsche 911 60 Yearsis an essential volume for any Porsche owner or fans collection.Randy Leffingwellwrote his first book,American Muscle, while still on staff at theLos Angeles Times.The book examinedTimes publisher Otis Chandlers growing collection of muscle cars.American Musclepublished in September 1990, jump-started a love of book creation that ultimately led Leffingwell to leave theTimesin 1995. By then, he and Motorbooks had publishedPorsche Legends, and six other books.
Since 1990, Leffingwell has authored more than 60 titles, most of them automotive-oriented. Over 30-plus years, these include a dozen Porsche titles ranging from general overviewsPorsche 75 Years: Expect the Unexpected, andThe Complete Book of Porsche 911to deeper explorations inPorsche TurboandPorsche 911: 50 Years. During this time, he has regularly traveled to Germany to continue his research regarding Porsches history. To date, Leffingwell has interviewed more than 200 Porsche engineers, stylists, model makers, racers, and managers.
While he has tackled other subjects including John Deere tractors, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and West Coast lighthouses, Leffingwell admits he is almost addicted to the Porsche story. In addition to his book work, he is historical editor for000magazine andPorschePanorama. And for the past decade he has been researching and writing an encyclopedic history of Porsches motorsports endeavors.
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