Porsche: The Road from Zuffenhausen

Early years of Porsche

Porsche: The Road from Zuffenhausen is the first book in more than twenty-five years to chronicle in such meticulous detail the early years of the renowned automobile company.
Perfect for the more than 500,000 Porsche owners and the millions of Porsche enthusiasts, Porsche is a lively narrative of the cars and the people who created them.

Dedication to design and engineering

In the opening chapters, the reader will find the true heart of Porsche and its dedication to design and engineering, and then move on to the pre-World War II development of the first Porsche prototypes, as well as the development of the Volkswagen by Professor Ferdinand Porsche in the late 1930s. The story of the company's early postwar years in Austria is a tale of commitment to an idea, an idea that resulted in the first 356 model and in a very short time established Porsche as one of Germany's leading car makers in Zuffenhausen, a city near Stuttgart.

Porsche 356

While Ferdinand Porsche was in captivity during World War 2, Ferry Porsche tried to keep the company in business. A contract with Piero Dusio was completed for a Grand Prix racing car, the Type 360 Cisitalia. The Cisitalia never went into races, but the money it raised for Porsche was used to redeem Ferdínand Porsche from french prison. The company started work on a new design, the Porsche 356, the first car to carry the Porsche brand. The company was located in Gmünd in Austria at the time, where they evacuated from Stuttgart to avoid Allied bomb raids. The company started manufacturing the Porsche 356 in an old saw mill in Gmünd. The Porsche family returned to Stuttgart in 1949 not knowing how to restart their business.

Development of competition versions

Here is the entire history not only of the 356 but also of the development of competition versions, and of the evolution of the 550 RSK and the legendary 904 Carrera GTS. The story of the 911 occupies half the book, as this model has survived for nearly four decades, the longest production of any single postwar automobile design.

Dennis Adler

The narrative is brilliantly complemented by wonderful historical documents and photographs from the factory archives, provided through the cooperation of Porsche AG and the Porsche family, as well as original color photography by the author, Dennis Adler.
Porsche: The Road from Zuffenhausen by Dennis Adler
ISBN: 0375502165

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Buckle your seatbelt for the introduction of Porsche's 2003 Cayenne to the popular Sport Utility Vehicle market. This official publication chronicles the development of the $60,000 supercar SUV in hundreds of color photographs. Covers all aspects of the Cayenne, including S or Turbo options, power ranges from 340 to 450 hp, plus technical specifications.
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