Archive for Items Categorized 'German', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
70 Years of Porsche Sports Cars
by Josef Arweck
Porsche began as a maker of sports cars, and it turned 70 the year this book came out. True that. But no matter what the title may imply, the book is not about sports cars.
Porsche Milestones
by Wilfried Müller
These days, Porsche claims to have the highest profit per unit sold of any car company in the world. That won’t make buyers feel good but this book shows what Porsche does with all that loot—develop more stuff that stretches the envelope.
50 Years Porsche 914
by Jürgen Lewandowski
One of those misunderstood cars (think Dino, Montreal, NSX) that only later in life is getting the attention it deserved all along. Thorough and colorful, this book might awaken a whole new tier of collectors.
Gulf 917
by Ray Gillottti
The 917 story told from a specific angle, that of the John Wyer team whose tech chief really made the car fly. You may have stacks of 917 books already but you’ll not want to miss this one.
The Porsche Art Book
by Edwin Baaske (Editor)
Even if Porsches leave you cold and you dismiss the whole “car as art” issue as contrived, you will want to meet these artists and see how they work and think.
Porsche 911 – The Practically Free Supercar
by Robert McGowan
Are you thinking of scratching that 911-shaped itch but worry about the cost? This book might help you get a good night’s sleep in that regard—but, if you thought yourself immune to the lure of the 911, it may also give you ideas…
Porsche 901: The Roots of a Legend
by Jürgen Lewandowski
If you never knew there was such a thing as a Porsche 901 you’d look at it and think you were seeing a 911. Well, it’s not. Of the heaps of books about Porsches, this is the first truly detailed look at the 901.
The VW Bus: History of a Passion
by Jörg Hajt
A veritable cult car these days, the ubiquitous VW transporter was a workhorse in all corners of the globe, ridden hard and put away wet. Read here what makes it special.
The First Beetle: Resurrecting a 1938 Prototype
by Becker, Struwe, Grundmann
Over twenty millions of these things had been built. What are the odds that a genuine prototype of this quintessential throwaway car would have survived 70 years? It did, and this is the story of its recommissioning.
Ikarus: Busse für die Welt
by Christian Suhr
If you like busses, you’ll want to know about Ikarus from Hungary and this is about the only book to do the job. From China to Canada, you may have ridden in one and not even known it!
Porsche 930 to 935: The Turbo Porsches
by John Starkey
If the book title sounds familiar it is because this is now the third edition. The previous ones quickly sold out but they had the field pretty much to themselves. Not anymore.
Ultra-Large Aircraft 1940–1970
by William Patrick Dean
“Volumetric fuselage aircraft”—if that’s not a word you normally use in a sentence, read this book to get insights into a very complicated subject and some very unusual aircraft.
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