Publisher: Motorbooks International
Authors: Randy Leffingwell
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Porsche 911: Perfection by Design
Publisher: Motorbooks International |
| ISBN: 0760320926 List Price: $50.00 Amazon Price: $31.50 Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Porsche : The Road from Zuffenhausen
Publisher: Random House |
| ISBN: 0375502165 List Price: $75.00 Amazon Price: $47.25 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: Porsche I bought this book as my main reference for a paper I am writing about Porsche for business class, but my use for this book will not end there. I found this book not only informative, but interesting, and insightful. The pictures were plentiful, but not over done, beautiful, and well described. I will undoubtedly have this book for the rest of my life, and is a must for every car-enthusiast!! Summary: Find this book for less money...... I found this spectacular book via Yahoo! Shopping for $42.99. No, not used either! I highly recommend this book and I highly recommend Yahoo! Shopping! They got it to me fast too....like my 911 Turbo! This book is a great addition to my coffee table. Enjoy the book and enjoy your Porsche. Summary: A great historical retrospective Of all the Porsche books out there, this is the easiest to read and understand of any I have seen. The author has a very entertaining style of writing. The book not only follows the history of the company but the people who built it, so it is also about the Porsche family and over 100 years of Porsche designed automobiles. The color photographs are excellent and there are more original historic B&W photos than I have ever seen in a book of this type. What I like most is, this is a book anyone can enjoy reading, even if they are not an expert on Porsche. A beautiful coffee table book and historic reference. Summary: |
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Porsche: Excellence Was Expected: The Comprehensive History of the Company, its Cars and its Racing Heritage
Publisher: Bentley Publishers |
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| ISBN: 0837602351 List Price: $259.95 Amazon Price: $163.77 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: The best automobile history ever written "The best automobile history ever written" -- that's a big claim and is easily misunderstood. But I think it would be exceedingly difficult to find a more thorough, better researched, more comprehensive, and better written automobile history, regardless of topic or marque. One may argue that there are more "important" cars (or not); perhaps the story of Daimler and Maybach's pioneering efforts, or Henry Ford's, are more "important" in a larger historical context than the activities of a relatively small maker of specialist sports and racing cars, but that's not what I claim here. I claim that this is the best WRITTEN, most thorough autombile history ever. Porsche, as an automobile and an enterprise, is a very special phenomenon, and Ludvigsen's book presents both company and car to an audience that may otherwise never appreciate it. If you don't like Porsches, then that doesn't matter. If you do, you need this book. If you're not sure, then this book may be the beginning of a lifelong passion for all things Porsche. That's how it was with me. I bought myself the much slimmer (but still hefty, at 860 pages) first edition of this book as a Christmas present in 1977. It was instrumental in changing my career path; it affected my choices in university engineering courses, and of a master's thesis. Eventually, six years later, I found myself working as an engineer at Porsche. Incidental to my regular engineering duties, I was often called upon to help some of the leading engineers in the company -- men whose stories I had once read about in Ludvigsen -- write English-language presentations and technical papers. This led to my career expanding to include automotive journalism, engineering writing and technical translation, but the passion for Porsche remains. I have three vintage 356s in the garage, and it was Ludvigsen's book that made me appreciate the virtues of these rolling historical documents. Karl Ludvigsen is one of the few truly outstanding automotive writers of our time. I can think of only a handful of others who can compare in depth of knowledge and facility with the language (or several languages, in Ludvigsen's case) -- Paul Frere (also eminently multilingual, and a multilingual engineer) and LJK Setright come to mind. Being a bilingual engineer myself, I appreciate even more than most the job that Ludvigsen did in researching this book; his translations into English of many concepts and expressions from company-internal documents are faultless, and definitive. The subjects covered in Ludvigsen's other books include Mercedes, Ferrari, Jaguar, V12 engines, early history of Volkswagen, Indianapolis racers, and Can-Am -- all of which were done in the same outstanding manner. I mention this only because there is one overwhelmingly negative review for this book, posted by somebody who is very poorly informed indeed. That reviewer says "Mr. Ludvigsen glosses over the problems with the 356 and early 911 road cars..." Not true. When I went to work for Porsche, I found that I already had an excellent working knowledge of foibles and problems encountered with earlier Porsche cars, thanks to Ludvigsen's book. The reviewer also says "Mr. Ludvigsen glosses...the internal power struggles within the company and board, and so on." Again not true. The Porsche-Piech, and other, battles are well documented. And the reviewer says "If I'd realized Mr. Ludvigsen had a past history of writing for Automotive Quarterly, I would never have wasted this much money buying this set. Just like Automotive Quarterly (which never had a bad thing to say about any automobile)." As for "never had a bad thing to say about any automobile," I am an author who has also written for Automobile Quarterly, and I have to wonder if perhaps there is another publication of that name, because that's not the AQ that I know. I know this firsthand because among other things, I wrote what I think is a brutally honest history of the Chevrolet Cosworth Vega (AQ, 1989, Vol. 27 No. 3). Incidentally, the first, 1977 edition of "Excellence was Expected" was published by AQ. Bottom line, Ludvigsen's "Porsche: Excellence was Expected" belongs in the automotive library of anyone who seeks the definitive history of the Porsche marque, the company, and a chronicle of more than a half century of sports car racing history as seen from the perspective of its most successful practitioners. Summary: Porsche Through Rose Glasses If I'd realized Mr. Ludvigsen had a past history of writing for Automotive Quarterly, I would never have wasted this much money buying this set. Just like Automotive Quarterly (which never had a bad thing to say about any automobile) Mr. Ludvigsen glosses over the problems with the 356 and early 911 road cars, the internal power struggles within the company and board, and so on. This is probably the most complete "racing" history of Porsche ever done and is worth it if that is what you want to know. If you are interested in the road cars, don't waste your time reading this or your money buying it. Summary: Simply Awesome -- and a Fantastic Value, Too It's expensive. And not for everyone. And to own it and enjoy it requires time and energy, with a substantial payoff in the form of a richer, deeper existence on our planet Earth. Am I talking about a Porsche? Yes, but also about Karl Ludvigsen's latest written masterpiece, Excellence was Expected. Simply put, this book is worth every penny, and more. Here's my advice: If you like Porsches, get this book. If you know someone who likes Porsches, get them this book. Get this book for that design afficionado you know -- even if they're not into cars. Summary: |
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Porsche Boxster Service Manual: 1997-2004 Boxster, Boxster S
Publisher: Bentley Publishers |
| ISBN: 0837613337 List Price: $99.95 Amazon Price: $62.97 Not yet released. |
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The Gold-Plated Porsche : How I Sank a Small Fortune into a Used Car, and Other Misadventures
Publisher: The Lyons Press |
| ISBN: 1592282563 List Price: $21.95 Amazon Price: $14.93 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: Fast-paced and entertaining I read the entire book in one night. Parts of it are laugh-out-loud funny, such as when the author's wife (with daughter in tow) asks whether the plane the author's building has only two seats on purpose, so that one of the three can live. A fair amount of Porsche mechanical detail is included, but perhaps not quite enough toward the end of the book. (I'm not saying it has to be to the level of Paul Frere, but a bit more would be nice.) Overall, one of the most entertaining books I've read in quite some time. I'd buy it again. Summary: Great book I thought this book would be a cautionary tale about throwing money at cars, but found myself wound up in his story, often laughing hysterically at his circumstances. Buy this book - you won't be able to put it down. Summary: part restoration log, part memoirs Wilkinson has led a fascinating life, and I fully enjoyed every page he wrote about it. I bought the book thinking it was mostly about the Porsche buildup, but was far from disappointed with the content ranging from the author's experiences in the merchant marine, to flying political activists around in a corporate airplane. Great read, for car enthusiast and non enthusiast alike. Summary: |
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The Complete Porsche 912 Guide
Publisher: RPM Auto Books |
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| ISBN: 0963172654 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $16.47 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: A great book by true 912 zealots! A truly great book. Well written with great photos. Has a very good history of the 912, detailing problem areas and the like. Excellent for the first time 912 buyer and indispensible for the the 912 owner. Fantastic just for the mechanical aspects of the car. Let's face it in many aspects this is one of the most obscure Porsches, many Porsche owners have never even heard of the 912. A lot of the other 912 books out there are old, as the these cars age, new problems arise that were not seen when these cars were 15 years old, it is great that a truly new book has been published. Summary: |
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Porsche Prototype Era: 1964-1973 in Photographs
Publisher: David Bull Publishing |
| ISBN: 1893618536 List Price: $49.95 Amazon Price: $49.95 Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera: The Last Of The Evolution
Publisher: Veloce Publishing |
| ISBN: 1904788653 List Price: $54.95 Amazon Price: $34.62 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: Fanatical detail for the 911 fanatic There are lots of books out there for the general Porsche or 911 fan, but if you own or otherwise specifically adore the Carrera 3.2 or turbo, this book is a must. Unique in its obssessive level of detail, this book is almost certain to teach you something about the last "real" 911 that you didn't already know, whether that is the number of each body style built in each country by year, how to decode the VIN, option and paint codes, or the subtle differences between years, body styles and geographic regions. And yet in spite of all the factoids (dare I call it trivia?), the book is not a mostrous, weighty coffee table book, but rather a light, hardbound nightstand reader. I actually sat in my Carrera 3.2 as I read it, learning about my specific engine's bhp, checking to see if my paint was (and which options were) original by comparing the codes, etc. All in all, I found it a fascinating study of one of my all-time favorite cars. The photos of rare, concourse 911s in every body style -- from the pinnacle Speedster to the ultra-rare U.S. edition Club Sport -- don't disappoint, either. Summary: |
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