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Porsche Legends: Inside History of the Epic Cars

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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.

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.