Porsche 75th Anniversary

Randy Leffingwell wrote his first book, American Muscle, while still on staff at the Los Angeles Times. The book examined Times’ publisher Otis Chandler’s growing collection of muscle cars. American Muscle published in September 1990, jump-started a love of book creation that ultimately led Leffingwell to leave the Times in 1995. By then, he and Motorbooks had published Porsche Legends, and six other books.   Since 1990, Leffingwell has authored more than 60 titles, most of them automotive-oriented. Over 30-plus years, these include a dozen Porsche titles ranging from general overviews—Porsche 75 Years: Expect the Unexpected, and The Complete Book of Porsche 911—to deeper explorations in Porsche Turbo and Porsche 911: 50 Years. During this time, he has regularly traveled to Germany to continue his research regarding Porsche’s history. To date, Leffingwell has interviewed more than 200 Porsche engineers, stylists, model makers, racers, and managers.   While he has tackled other subjects including John Deere tractors, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and West Coast lighthouses, Leffingwell admits he is almost addicted to the Porsche story. In addition to his book work, he is historical editor for 000 magazine and PorschePanorama. And for the past decade he has been researching and writing an encyclopedic history of Porsche’s motorsports endeavors.   Leffingwell lives near Santa Barbara, California.

Contents
Foreword by Hurley Haywood
Introduction
Pre-History
History
We’re Racing to Rome in a Beetle?
Typ 60 and 64
Wait! Dusio Pays the Ransom?
Typ 360 Cisitalia Grand Prix Car
I Didn’t See Anything I Wanted
Typ 356/1
It’s Better than Repairing Tractors and Manufacturing
Well Pumps!
Rebirth in Gmünd
Porsche’s 356 Was Evergreen—and So Was Its Favorite Color
Mass Production in Zuffenhausen
Adventures in the Middle
Typ 550 to Typ 718 WRS
Open-Wheel Triumph and Tribulation
Typ 718 to 804
Replace It? Are you Mad? Replace It! It’s Time!
Typ 901, 902, 911, 912
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
Typ 904 Carrera GTS and 906 Carrera 6
The 911 Perfected, Polished, and Plenty Potent
911 S, 911 R, 911 RS 911 RSR
Is There Room on the Podium?
Typ 910, 907, 909, 908
No One Expected the 917
Typ 917 K and L, 917 PA Spyder, 917/10, 917/30
Caught in the Middle
Typ 914-4, 914-6, 914-6GT, 916
Exhaust Gas Makes You Go Faster!
Turbocharging the 911
Freeing the Whale
Group 5 and Group 4 Silhouette Racers
There’s a Car in the Museum?
Typ 936
I Need Antifreeze with a Porsche?
Typ 928, 924, 944, 968
What Do You Mean It Can Stick to the Ceiling?
Ground Effects
Anyone Bring Sunblock?
911 Cabriolet
Open Wheels to New Horizons
TAG P01
Leaving Racing to Customers
Typ 956, 962
What’s a Supercar?
Typ 953, 959, 961, 964 Carrera 2
Taking the Middle
Typ 986 Boxster, 987 Cayman
Going for Overall Victory. Again.
911 GT1
Water-Cool the 911? Heresy!
Typ 996, 997, 991, 992
Porsche’s Building an SUV? Heresy!
Cayenne
Another Supercar? About Time!
Carrera GT
And Now a Sedan? Heresy!
Panamera
Returning to Battle, the Racing Becomes Electric
Typ RS Spyder, 918, and 919
Porsche Goes Silent
Formula E, Mission E, Taycan, Mission R, Macan
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Index