PORSCHE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES

PORSCHE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES

KARL LUDVIGSEN

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Código:
22234
Idioma:
INGLES
Editorial:
ROBERT BENTLEY PUBLISHERS
Nº edición:
1
Materia
Marcas en varios idiomas
ISBN:
978-0-8376-1331-4
Páginas:
350
Encuadernación:
PORTADA DURA CON CARATULA
Medidas:
275 mm x 275 mm
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Within Jerry Seinfeld's renowned Porsche collection resides an unassuming yet extraordinary piece of Porsche history: Porsche Gmünd coupe 356/2-040. Captured exclusively for this book in a series of evocative portraits by acclaimed automotive photographer Michael Furman, 040s unsullied originality conveys with startling immediacy the combination of artistry, innovation and determination that went into its improbable creation. This cornerstone of the Seinfeld collection serves as the inspiration for Porsche Origin of the Species, an in depth exploration by the eminent automotive historian Karl Ludvigsen into the specific influences and circumstances that brought forth the first Porsche badged sports cars. How and when did the people of the Porsche firm find themselves in a sawmill in Gmünd? What was the influence on the 356 of the cars and engines built by Porsche before and during the war? How and why was the first 356 shaped as it was? What was the real relationship between the tube framed Type 356 roadster and the first 356/2 coupes? Questions like these deserve answers because the resulting DNA is so powerful, so robust, that it still influences the shape and style of Porsches well into the twenty-first century. Karl Ludvigsen, author of the award winning Porsche: Excellence Was Expected and Ferdinand Porsche Genesis of Genius, tackles these questions and more. The saga that emerges encompasses mechanical revelations, human drama and the turmoil of world war. Porsche Origin of the Species will appeal to all car enthusiasts who are eager to know what events really ignited the spark from which all other Porsches evolved.

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