Porsche Legends: Inside History of the Epic Cars [Paperback]

Randy Leffingwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1999

This colorful collection of the most famous, interesting, and reputation-building Porsches ever built for road and track includes the Gmnd coups, the classic 356, the legendary 911, the 959, and all the cars associated with Porsche's marvelous motorsport heritage. An entertaining narrative includes the fascinating details of the cars' development accompanied by interviews with Ferry Porsche, Dan Gurney, Derek Bell, and other designers and drivers associated with Porsche's heritage. Exclusive color photography depicts each of the cars discussed.

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About the Author

RAndy Leffingwell is an MBI best-selling author whose most recent works are Corvette fifty Years, Mustang Forty Years, and John Deere: A History of the Tractor. He resides in Santa Barbara, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760302413
• ISBN-13: 978-0760302415
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 9.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,936,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great to look at . . . too bad about the text, April 11, 1998

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This review is from: Porsche Legends: Inside History of the Epic Cars (Paperback)

Skimming this book would lead you to believe that it's a thorough history of some of Porsche's most significant cars. The photos-color throughout-are stunning. And there's little argument with the author's choice of subjects: The 904, 906, 917, 911 and 935 are all there, along with many other examples of Porsche's finest.

But someone-anyone-should have edited the drivel that fills the space between the beautiful photos. Leffingwell gets caught up in the personalities behind each model-which would be fine, except that he tries way too hard to romanticize the stories and people he writes about, at the expense of solid journalistic reportage on each car's evolution, history or technical background. Sorry, but I can give this attractive volume only a guarded recommendation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a legend itself, May 31, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Porsche Legends (Motorbooks Classic) (Paperback)

This book covers alot of history about the rare models of all Porsches up till 1989 with mostly race cars. The author shares alot of racing experiences with the cars in the book. There's also a 245 mph!? Porsche 917. Overall, for the money, it's really worth it.