Porsche: Gli Anni D'Oro/The Golden Years & Powered By Porsche The Alternative Race Cars 2 Book Set

Iconic cars such as the 356s and the immortal 911s, extraordinary success stories in the classic endurance races, great champions and remarkable engineers. These are the principal ingredients of Porsche: The Golden Years, a book examining the full history of the legendary Stuttgart firm, with spectacular and previously unpublished images by photographer Franco Villani. The Porsche 356, with both closed and open bodywork, was the model that in 1948 officially inaugurated the catalogue of the celebrated Stuttgart firm. In that difficult period of reconstruction, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, artificer of the car and founder of the marque, was already an undisputed authority in the automotive field for having designed the Volkswagen Beetle, the people’s car. The Porsche 356s were “legitimate offspring" of the Beetle and soon found favour with the public: they were sporting cars that were easy to use in everyday life. This is the true Porsche “DNA”, confirmed with the launch of the 901, or rather the 911 that first saw the light of day in 1963, a model that soon became a planetary success story, a car capable of traversing the decades while maintaining intact its appeal. The Porsche name also evokes the innumerable victories obtained in legendary endurance races such as the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Targa Florio, in the World Rally Championship and in the great African raids such as the Paris-Dakar, as well as in Formula 1 as an engine supplier to McLaren in the early ‘80s.

Strap in for German engineered horsepower in this specialized history of Porsche engines. You’ll get a full account of race cars powered by Porsche engines, but developed by other companies, in this detailed and extravagantly photographed book.

This is the first title to detail the entire history of Porsche engines down to exact specs, non-Porsche chassis, and race details; plus, personal stories from team drivers. This massive volume covers nearly 50 years, and is loaded with over 700 photos, many of which have never been published before.

The rest is history that you’ll be able to see for yourself!

Models covered:

Alpinche Andial 935 Argo - Porsche Behra- Porsche Bobsy - Porsche 

Brickyard Indy- Porsche Brun-Porsche Chanabé -Porsche Condor -Porsche 

Cooper - Porsche Cougar -Porsche Courage -Porsche Coyote-Porsche 

Crawford-Porsche Dahmen-Porsche Dauer-Porsche Deutsch-Porsche 

Devin-Porsche DKW-Porsche Dolphin-Porsche Doran-Porsche Dulon-Porsche 

Dyson-Porsche EBS -Porsche Elva-Porsche Fabcar-Porsche Fageol - Porsche 

Footwork –Porsche Gebhardt-Porsche GLD-Porsche Glockler-Porsche Gordini- 

Porsche GRID- Porsche GSL- Porsche Gunnar- porsche Hirondelle-Porsche 

Holbert-Porsche Jost- Porsche John Paul –Porsche Keck-Porsche Kelly - 

Porsche KMW-Porsche Kremer -Porsche Lola-Porsche Lotus-Porsche 

March-Porsche McLaren –Porsche Mercedes-Porsche Mong -Porsche 

PAM-Porsche Platypus-Porsche Porschewagon-Porsche Pupulidy-Porsche 

RLR-Porsche Riley-Porsche Royale-Porsche Sauter -Porsche 

Schuppan-Porsche Sehcar-Porsche Strandell-Porsche Tiga-Porsche TWR 

Joest-Porsche URD-Porsche