Porsche 911 50 Years Author:Randy Leffingwell In Porsche 911: 50 Years, bestselling author Randy Leffingwellcelebrates a half-century of one of the world?s premiere sports cars, focusing on the major themes that have defined Porsche's rear-engined wonder. He tells the whole story?design and development, racing and competition, engineering and technology, style and culture. All the iconic 91... more »1 models are included: the original 901 prototype that set the standard; the legendary RS models that made the little Porsche a dominant force on the world?s racetracks; the infamous Turbo, the car that kept the performance flame alight during the dark, dismal decade of the 1970s; the fabled 959, the model that redefined the term ?sports car?; the 993, last of the original air-cooled models; and the 996, 997, and 991, the liquid-cooled cars that brought the 911 into a new millennium. But beyond telling the story of the cars, this book also spotlights the people behind them: Ferdinand ?Butzi? Porsche, the son of legendary Porsche founder Ferdinand ?Ferry? Porsche, who co-designed the instantly recognizable 911 shape; Peter W. Schutz« less