Description

Book Synopsis
Porsche 75th Anniversary: Expect the Unexpected covers the key moments, moves, and cars that make Porsche among the world’s greatest and most storied auto manufacturers.

Trade Review
"...a book worthy of anyone's bookshelf. We haven't been able to put it down since we got it!" * Mankind Unplugged *

Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword by Hurley Haywood
Introduction
Pre-History
History
We’re Racing to Rome in a Beetle?
Typ 60 and 64
Wait! Dusio Pays the Ransom?
Typ 360 Cisitalia Grand Prix Car
I Didn’t See Anything I Wanted
Typ 356/1
It’s Better than Repairing Tractors and Manufacturing
Well Pumps!
Rebirth in Gmünd
Porsche’s 356 Was Evergreen—and So Was Its Favorite Color
Mass Production in Zuffenhausen
Adventures in the Middle
Typ 550 to Typ 718 WRS
Open-Wheel Triumph and Tribulation
Typ 718 to 804
Replace It? Are you Mad? Replace It! It’s Time!
Typ 901, 902, 911, 912
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
Typ 904 Carrera GTS and 906 Carrera 6
The 911 Perfected, Polished, and Plenty Potent
911 S, 911 R, 911 RS 911 RSR
Is There Room on the Podium?
Typ 910, 907, 909, 908
No One Expected the 917
Typ 917 K and L, 917 PA Spyder, 917/10, 917/30
Caught in the Middle
Typ 914-4, 914-6, 914-6GT, 916
Exhaust Gas Makes You Go Faster!
Turbocharging the 911
Freeing the Whale
Group 5 and Group 4 Silhouette Racers
There’s a Car in the Museum?
Typ 936
I Need Antifreeze with a Porsche?
Typ 928, 924, 944, 968
What Do You Mean It Can Stick to the Ceiling?
Ground Effects
Anyone Bring Sunblock?
911 Cabriolet
Open Wheels to New Horizons
TAG P01
Leaving Racing to Customers
Typ 956, 962
What’s a Supercar?
Typ 953, 959, 961, 964 Carrera 2
Taking the Middle
Typ 986 Boxster, 987 Cayman
Going for Overall Victory. Again.
911 GT1
Water-Cool the 911? Heresy!
Typ 996, 997, 991, 992
Porsche’s Building an SUV? Heresy!
Cayenne
Another Supercar? About Time!
Carrera GT
And Now a Sedan? Heresy!
Panamera
Returning to Battle, the Racing Becomes Electric
Typ RS Spyder, 918, and 919
Porsche Goes Silent
Formula E, Mission E, Taycan, Mission R, Macan
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Index




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    A Hardback by Randy Leffingwell, Hurley Haywood

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      Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
      Publication Date: 22/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9780760372661, 978-0760372661
      ISBN10: 0760372667
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Porsche 75th Anniversary: Expect the Unexpected covers the key moments, moves, and cars that make Porsche among the world’s greatest and most storied auto manufacturers.

      Trade Review
      "...a book worthy of anyone's bookshelf. We haven't been able to put it down since we got it!" * Mankind Unplugged *

      Table of Contents
      Contents
      Foreword by Hurley Haywood
      Introduction
      Pre-History
      History
      We’re Racing to Rome in a Beetle?
      Typ 60 and 64
      Wait! Dusio Pays the Ransom?
      Typ 360 Cisitalia Grand Prix Car
      I Didn’t See Anything I Wanted
      Typ 356/1
      It’s Better than Repairing Tractors and Manufacturing
      Well Pumps!
      Rebirth in Gmünd
      Porsche’s 356 Was Evergreen—and So Was Its Favorite Color
      Mass Production in Zuffenhausen
      Adventures in the Middle
      Typ 550 to Typ 718 WRS
      Open-Wheel Triumph and Tribulation
      Typ 718 to 804
      Replace It? Are you Mad? Replace It! It’s Time!
      Typ 901, 902, 911, 912
      Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
      Typ 904 Carrera GTS and 906 Carrera 6
      The 911 Perfected, Polished, and Plenty Potent
      911 S, 911 R, 911 RS 911 RSR
      Is There Room on the Podium?
      Typ 910, 907, 909, 908
      No One Expected the 917
      Typ 917 K and L, 917 PA Spyder, 917/10, 917/30
      Caught in the Middle
      Typ 914-4, 914-6, 914-6GT, 916
      Exhaust Gas Makes You Go Faster!
      Turbocharging the 911
      Freeing the Whale
      Group 5 and Group 4 Silhouette Racers
      There’s a Car in the Museum?
      Typ 936
      I Need Antifreeze with a Porsche?
      Typ 928, 924, 944, 968
      What Do You Mean It Can Stick to the Ceiling?
      Ground Effects
      Anyone Bring Sunblock?
      911 Cabriolet
      Open Wheels to New Horizons
      TAG P01
      Leaving Racing to Customers
      Typ 956, 962
      What’s a Supercar?
      Typ 953, 959, 961, 964 Carrera 2
      Taking the Middle
      Typ 986 Boxster, 987 Cayman
      Going for Overall Victory. Again.
      911 GT1
      Water-Cool the 911? Heresy!
      Typ 996, 997, 991, 992
      Porsche’s Building an SUV? Heresy!
      Cayenne
      Another Supercar? About Time!
      Carrera GT
      And Now a Sedan? Heresy!
      Panamera
      Returning to Battle, the Racing Becomes Electric
      Typ RS Spyder, 918, and 919
      Porsche Goes Silent
      Formula E, Mission E, Taycan, Mission R, Macan
      Dedication
      Acknowledgments
      Index




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