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by Randy Leffingwell (Author) "In the middle of the viIIage, on the northwest side of the commercial square, there used to be a public scale ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Motorbooks International; New edition edition (Sep 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0760302413
  • ISBN-13: 978-0760302415
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 24.9 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,847,771 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the most entertaining Porsche book I have read., 16 Dec 2001
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I am not a big Porsche fan - I prefer Italian cars - but skimming through this book in the shop, I realised that this book only covers the most exciting (and rare) cars produced by Porsche.

All the important ones are there: 904, 906, 908, 930, 917 etc. But there are also a couple of unusual cars I never knew existed (I'm no Porsche expert but I am enough of a gear head that I would normally have known of these cars.).

This is not a complete, detailed history of everything Porsche did on 4 wheels. Nit-pickers look elsewhere to satisfy your sad addiction. If, however, you appreciate raw, focussed, thrilling motorsport, you should love this book.

My favourite bit: Tony Dron, calculating that he spent over 4 hours of his life oversteering at above 150mph, most of it in the 934.

If you don't appreciate that, sell your car and start taking the bus.

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

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