Porsche: The Fine Art of the Sports Car

by William Scheller, William G. Scheller

The Porsche is the quintessential sports car—sleek, shiny, sexy, and very fast. The striking looks of the car are matched by the machine’s superb engineering and performance, making it one of the world’s great automobiles. In merging the highest standards of design with advanced technology, the Porsche has become a four-wheeled work of art. Now, in a book whose design is as refined and as smart as the car itself, the story of the Porsche unfolds from the beginning as a creation of Dr. Ferdinand Porsche and his son in 1948, through forty-eight models to today’s magnificent examples. Interwoven with the history of the Porsche’s development are factors and events that influenced the development of the company, such as the imprisonment of Dr. Ferdinand Porsche by the French during World War II, the development of the Volkswagen, the ever-changing rules of national and international racing associations, and the marketing genius of people as far away as Chicago. Porsche: The Fine Art of the Sports Car features over 380 pages of text and more than 250 stunning color and 120 historical black-and-white photographs, enabling the history of the world’s beloved sports car to be cherished and enjoyed at home in a stylishly handsome volume.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book by Lucinda Lewis covers Porsche's history in good detail, but only up to the mid-1990's (current "911" model was type 993 at time of publication). For the casual Porschephile, this is likely a "must read". For the avid Porschephile, this will have material you know well plus a few "tidbits" of knowledge that are a delight to discover. To the most passionate and purely committed of Porschephile however, it is likely that only the photography will be of great interest.

Of people who love the Porsche marquee, most know where they would fall in the scale above. For those who believe "Porsche" is pronounced as a single-syllable word, this is an opportunity to join the ranks of the first group identified and an opportunity begin the journey of becoming a true aficionado of the Porsche legacy.