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Synopsis
**Celebrate six decades of rear-engine excellence with this beautifully illustrated exploration of 60 milestone Porsche 911s.**
Porsche's 911 is the quintessential sports car-focused, 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.
In *Porsche 911 60 Years*, best-selling Porsche author Randy Leffingwell delves into the stories of sixty 911s-**one from each year from 1964 to 2024**. The **911's entire history**-**engineering**, **design**, **development**, **racing**, and **culture**-is revealed one fantastic car at a time. This unique approach to the 911's legacy includes such icons as:
- 1964 901 Cabriolet prototype
- Bruce Jennings 1967 911 S
- 1971 911 S Safari
- Louise Piech 1975 930 Turbo
- Le Mans-winning 1980 935 K3
- 1987 Ruf CTR Yellowbird
- 1991 964 Carrera RS
- 1997 Ruf Turbo R
- 1998 996 GT1 Le Mans winner
- 2006 50th Anniversary Porsche Club of America 911 coupe
- 2010 911 Sport Classic
- 2018 Turbo S Exclusive
- 2023 Dakar
- And many more
*Porsche 911 60 Years* is **also the story of the people behind the cars:** Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche, who co-designed the 911's 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 by **historic photography from Porsche's own archive**, and **beautiful, contemporary photography** features throughout. *Porsche 911 60 Years* is an essential volume for any Porsche owner or fan's collection.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Motorbooks
- ISBN: 9780760382653
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 256 x 315 x 31 mm
- Weight: 2160g
- Languages: English
