Porsche Racing Car Books - History and Models

Porsche Sports Racers (1952-1968) - Brooklands Portfolio

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Porsche racing cars from the years 1952-1968. Describes the Porsche 550, 718 RSK and RS, Abarth GT Carrera, 904, 906 Carrera 6, 910, 907 and 908.

• The articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

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Porsche Carrera - The Air-Cooled Era, 1953-1998

Follows the development and design of the Carrrera car dynasty, from the origins of the Carrera line in the 550 and 356 models through the highly tuned race cars of the 1960s to the largely hand-crafted, air-cooled cars of the 1970s and the 1980s.

The book features:
- Detailed profiles of all Carrera models, including roadgoing and race models, prototypes, special builds and rare cars
- In-depth explorations of the engineering and tuning of the cars
- Buyer's guides for the different models
- A series of interviews with racing drivers such as Sir Stirling Moss, Derek Bell, John Surtees and Gijs van Lennep, and key Carrera figures such as designer Richard Soderberg and Klaus Bischof, head of the Porsche Rolling Museum.

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Porsche Carrera - The Water-Cooled Era 1998-2018

The complete story of the innovative, iconic and enduring Porsche Carrera. This book takes the reader on a journey from the development of its risky water-cooled design through its racing success and continued production today, to practical maintenance and modification.

This book is a true homage to the Porsche Carrera and covers the concept, design and evolution of the 996,997 and 991, including an interview with harm Lagaaji, stylist in the Porsche design studios.
Other interviews include racing drivers - past and present - Mike Wilds, Timo Bernhard, Richard Attwood, Richard Westbrook, Mario Andretti, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Wolf Henzler, Brendon Hartley and Peter Dumbreck.
There is also a section on how to buy, maintain and modify a Porsche Carrera.

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Porsche Legends - Die Rennsport-Ikonen aus Zuffenhausen / The racing icons from Zuffenhausen

Motorsport not only gave Porsche the opportunity to test progressive technology that could be transferred to roadsters, it also was the ideal marketing tool with an enormous influence. Looking back at models like the Porsche 917, 904 and 956, successful serial winners and racing legends emerged from that.

Just as legendary are René Staud's Porsche photos. As one of the best and most famous automobile photographers worldwide he staged the top-class sports cars in a matchless direct manner.
Beyond the racing track's noise and dirt, the Porsche models unfold their unique magic and show the tough developmental work behind them as well as the timelessness of functional design!

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Porsche en course 1953-1975

Porsche rhymes with racing. This book details the exploits of the brand at the highest level of competition by describing all the cars built to race, which led Porsche to success and ensured its worldwide reputation.
Year by year, the story of the exploits of Porsche competition automobiles, from the 550 Spyder of 1953 to the fabulous 917 of the Can-Am, is illustrated by more than 650 period photos selected among the most significant.

This is the complete story of machines specifically made for racing, but also that of a family brand and the men who designed, built and raced them in every country in the world.

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