Porsche: All the Cars
Porsche, the great Stuttgart-based manufacturer, certainly needs no
introduction. In over 60 years, it has built unforgettable road and
racing cars, which have every right to be part of the fabric of motoring
and motor sport history. Their designations may be numbers, but behind
each one of them there is a legendary car; the 356, 911, 928 and 959,
the 550, 906, 908, 917, 956 and 962 are just some of the cars that make
up this first 'virtual gallery'. An assembly of all Porsche's
fundamental models in chronological order, their stories told in brief
passages complete with their technical and design specifications. A true
vademecum that has to be part of every Porsche enthusiast's library.
Porsche Turbo
Celebrate the rebirth of the world's most stunning high-performance
automobile. Porsche made history when it brought turbocharging to the
racing world in the form of the 917. When strict regulations regarding
engine displacement took away the option of bigger engines,
manufacturers turned to forced induction. In its wildest trim, the
original 12-cylinder turbocharged Porsche racing engine yielded as much
as 1,400 horsepower! Porsche's official philosophy was that racing cars
must have a connection to street cars, so it was preordained that
Porsche would eventually produce a turbocharged version of its
air-cooled flat-six cylinder engine. The resulting 930 Turbo appeared in
the spring of 1975 in Europe. Acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometers per
hour took a scant 5.5 seconds, and its top speed was 155 miles per hour.
The Turbo's distinctive rear wing let the world know that this was
something very special. It was nothing less than the rebirth of the
high-performance automobile. At a time when the big-block engines in
America's so-called "muscle cars" were putting out 180 horsepower and
the engines in exotic supercars weren't much more ambitious, the
lightweight Porsche was a genuine rocket. Porsche Turbo: The Inside
Story of Stuttgart's Turbocharged Road and Race Cars celebrates
Porsche's five decades of turbocharged supercar performance, both on the
track and on the street. It covers all of the major racing cars as well
as the turbocharged street cars, including the 930, 935, 924, 944, 968,
911, and Cayenne Panamera. Don't let this one fly past you!
