Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from Adrian Streather's years of 911 experience, learn how to spot a bad car quickly, and how to assess a promising one like a professional. Get the right car at the right price!
Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from Adrian Streather's years of 911 experience, learn how to spot a bad car quickly, and how to assess a promising one like a professional. Get the right car at the right price! Packed with good advice - from running costs, through paperwork, vital statistics, valuation and the 911 (997) community, to whether a 911 (997) will suit you and your lifestyle - this is the complete guide to choosing, assessing and buying the Porsche of your dreams.
A full colour guide to British Fords built from 1945 to 1995. With an informative history, detailed model comparisons and technical information, it provides a comprehensive guide.
A unique book dedicated to the Murcielago - Lamborghini's iconic flagship, with its V12 Bizzarrini-engine, spaceframe chassis, and scissor doors. This was the last car to use the classic Bizzarrini engine.
The Porsche 911 is an automotive legend, a super successful automotive icon that has been in production for 50 years, won in every major motorsport discipline and yet, on the street, has retained breathtaking appeal as a practical and involving, high performance sports car. Success in both competition and in the showroom has gone hand in hand for the 911, improving a reputation for reliability and robustness without losing any of the raw appeal of the original. And with the 997, the 911 story reached a new peak. At launch in late 2004, just two 997 models were available - the Carrera with 325hp (238kW) or the 355hp (260kW) Carrera S. Nevertheless, in typically Porsche style the range expanded quickly to include cabriolets, wide-body four wheel drive models, awesome turbocharged grand tourers and race bred GT3s. In the completely revised Generation 2 models from the start of the 2009 model year, the 997 set the standard in modern high performance sports car design. This all-new book is a one step reference for all the production 997s built between 2004 and 2012, describing the detail differences , year by year changes, vehicle identification data, performance, colors and options. Using color photography throughout, renowned marque experts Grant Neal and Peter Morgan offer detailed buying and ownership tips and how to get the best from your 997.
Explores the design development and production of the Lotus Europa, Lotus's first mid-engined road car. It covers the Renault-powered Series 1 and 2 cars, the Lotus Twin Cam-engined versions, and the Type 47 racing models.
Honed on the racetrack, but practical and reliable enough to use every day, the 911 legend lives on with the introduction of the 997 series. At launch in late 2004, there were just two 997 models available – the Carrera and the Carrera S. Nevertheless, in typically Porsche style the range soon expanded to include cabriolets, wide-body four-wheel drive models, awesome turbocharged grand tourers and race-bred GT3s! This all-new Ultimate Buyers' Guide introduces all the production 997 types, describing the technical specifications, identification data, performance, colors and options. Using color photography of the cars and many actual problem areas, we discuss what to look for when choosing and buying a used example. its forms.
Born in the Bohemian town of Maffersdorf on September 3, 1875, Ferdinand Porsche displayed unparalleled automotive engineering genius from his earliest years, designing some of the world’s most iconic cars, like the Mercedes-Benz Kompressor and Typ S models. In 1938 Porsche began development of the Typ 64, the forefather of all Porsche race cars. Porsche captures the Porsche story through entries on the most iconic Porsche cars ever built, from the first 356 to the latest 911, to the mid-engine Boxster and Cayman, and all the front-engine cars including the 928, 944, 968 and Cayenne. No other sports car has achieved the success of those built by Porsche, on the street or on the world's racetracks. Part of Motorbooks' First Gear series, Porsche celebrates the German marque's history through lavishly illustrated profiles of the company's ground-breaking sports cars, each one supplemented with spec boxes and "did you know?" factoids.
The complete story of the innovative, iconic and enduring Porsche Carrera. Although considered a classic car, the 911 continues in production today and the 1,000,000th 911 is at the Porsche Museum, Zuffenhausen. This book takes the reader on a journey from the development of its risky water-cooled design through its racing success and continued production today, to practical maintenance and modification. A true homage to the Porsche Carrera, covering the concept, design and evolution of the 996,997 and 991, and including an interview with harm Lagaaji, stylist in the Porsche design studios. Other interviews include racing drivers - past and present - Mike Wilds, Timo Bernhard, Richard Attwood, Richard Westbrook, Mario Andretti, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Wolf Henzler, Brendon Hartley and Peter Dumbreck. There is a section on how to buy, maintain and modify a Porsche Carrera and the book is superbly illustrated with 420 colour photographs many of which were taken by renowned car photographer, Antony Fraser.