Corvette: America's Star-Spangled Sports Car- The Complete History

Karl Ludvigsen

Business & Money

Dutton

Porsche: Excellence Was Expected is a monumental book which chronicles the daily drama, the trials and errors, the brilliant successes of one of the world's most revolutionary and sophisticated sports and racing cars. The story begins at the inception in Gmund, Austria, where Professor Ferdinand Porsche and his staff of engineers and designers had taken refuge in the last months of World War II and where, in 1948, the first Porsche roadster appeared. Page after page then unfolds, jam-packed with information, facts, stories, events that forged the evolution of this world-famous marque. Everything is here - every model, every masterful achievement that was accomplished in three short decades and that has culminated in the newest Porsche, the 928. This book is precise, detailed, authoritative to a degree that will please and satisfy the most critical reader. Above all this book is the story of Ferdinand Porsche's dream of creating a superior competitive sports car and of the deter

Porsche: Excellence Was Expected- The Complete History of the Sports and Racing Cars (An Automobile Quarterly Library Series Book)

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

Princeton Publication

Ferdinand Porsche - Genesis of Genius: Road, Racing and Aviation Innovation: 1900 to 1933 (German Language, Limited Edition) (German Edition)

Bentley Publishers

Porsche: Excellence was Expected, Karl Ludvigsen's masterwork, is the unrivaled history of the Porsche company, its cars, and its motor racing heritage from the first Gmund coupe in 1948 through its sixty years as an independent car company to its continued success with the 2020 Taycan under the auspices of the Volkswagen Group. Over 40 years ago, Ludvigsen's first edition of Porsche: Excellence Was Expected was hailed as the definitive archetypal marque history, and updates in 2003 and 2008 continued to enhance that reputation. For this final update, the first in over 10 years, Ludvigsen reviewed newly available Porsche archival material, conducted new in-depth interviews, and unearthed many fresh facts that allowed new and sometimes surprising interpretations of many aspects of the Porsche company and its cars. Now four volumes, 2,836 pages and with nearly 3,000 photos and illustrations, every page of this all new Excellence Was Expected has been revised and redesigned. Remarkable both for its breadth of coverage and its technical depth, Excellence Was Expected covers every road and racing car from the first Gmünd coupe through the development of the 2020 all-electric Taycan. Ludvigsen dedicates 30 chapters to tracing the evolution of the iconic Porsche 911 from its conception in 1962 to the cutting-edge technology in the current 992 platform. As the world's largest race car manufacturer, Porsche's storied competition history is given 44 chapters, taking the reader from the 550 Spyder s class win in the 1954 Mille Miglia to the impressive 919 Hybrid's third consecutive overall win at Le Mans in 2017. Also closely examined is the market success of the Cayenne, Macan and Panamera, as well as the enthusiastic press and customer response to the Boxster/Cayman. A more human drama unfolds as Ludvigsen presents the inner workings, masterpieces and failures of the independent automaker. And he outlines in detail just how and why, even after the events that eventually plunged Porsche into the hands of Volkswagen, Porsche has continued to be Porsche.

Porsche: Excellence Was Expected, 4 Volume Set, 2019 Edition

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

A history showing how it all began. Included is information on maintaining and improving the more popular variants - from the TC through TD, TF, TF-1500, to the current MGB.

The New MG Guide Including Performance Modifications for All Models from TC to MGB (Modern Sports Car Series)

John Christy

Sports Car Press, Ltd.

Presents a concise history of the American automotive industry since the nineteenth century and profiles the great makers, models, and manufacturers of American cars

The Encyclopedia of the American Automobile 05348

david-burgess-wise

Science & Math

Exeter Books

While working at GM and afterward as the author of the authoritative Corvette history, Karl Ludvigsen was close to the behind-the-scenes development of Chevrolet's Corvette. As a result, his collection contains many rare and unusual photos of the experimental Corvettes built both for the road and racing - exotic chassis, engines, styling concepts and designs. In this book he opens his files and takes the reader behind the scenes of Chevrolet R&amp;D and Design Staff to show the rare and spectacular machines conceived by Bill Mitchell, Zora Duntov, Larry Shinoda and others in the car-crazy Corvette world at GM.

Corvette: The Exotic Experimental Cars

Ludvigsen Library

Ertel Publishing, Inc.

Journey into Gasoline Alley during one of the most evocative and exciting eras in the history of the great Speedway - the years of the Kurtis Roadsters, the lay-downs, the first Watsons, the formidable Novis, the V-12 Ferrari, the Bardahl-Ferrari, the Blue Crowns and the invincible Offys. Stunning photographs feature the cars, their engines, and their designs in amazing detail.

Indy Cars of the 1950s

Back In Print! Novi V-8 Indy Cars 1941-1965 (Ludvigsen Library Series)By Karl Ludvigsen. Few cars of any kind have exuded the charismatic appeal of the great Novi V-8 racing cars that competed at Indianapolis from 1941 (the engine only) to 1965 - an incredible record of longevity and persistence. With its centrifugally-supercharged four-cam V-8 engine the Novi was a power prodigy in all its incarnations. First a front-wheel-drive car, it earned a reputation for wicked handling by killing two of its drivers. But the Novis were so fast - so often- that more racers were always willing to take them on. Though a Novi never won at Indy, these magnificent cars are fondly remembered by all enthusiasts. From his Ludvigsen Library, Karl Ludvigsen has selected a splendid collection of photographs displaying these grand cars. Andy Granatelli writes a moving introduction about the Novis he rescued from the racing scrap heap. 10.25"" wide x 8.5"" tall Landscape.

Novi V8 Indy Cars 1941-1965

EnthusiastBooks

This book by prize-winning author Karl Ludvigsen offers auto enthusiasts a time-travelling adventure in its description of the evolution of the V-8 engine. It begins more than a century ago when Rolls-Royce built one of the world's first V-8 engines. The saga races through decades of engineering experiment and creativity as Bentley, famed for its racing exploits at Le Mans, exploited the exotic potential of supercharging. When the fortunes of Rolls-Royce and Bentley combined in the 1950s, both needed a new engine, and hitherto-secret reports and exclusive interviews take the reader behind the scenes of the new V-8's creation.  Further evolution came with Bentley's need for a sporting engine, leading to the development of turbo-supercharging and the introduction of the 300-horsepower Mulsanne Turbo in 1982, the first big high-performance saloon. Here too the reader rides with the engineers as they make this significant advance in car design. At the end of the twentieth century, after a tug-of-war with BMW, Bentley found itself part of the Volkswagen Group, and the resources of its new owner helped bring Bentley's new Great Eight to heights of performance and perfection. Lavishly illustrated, the book portrays some of the world's greatest cars from the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and Corniche to Bentley's Continental, Azure, Arnage, Brooklands and Mulsanne. It introduces the reader to the engineers and executives whose enthusiasm for the V-8 engine has not only prolonged the half-century lifetime of one of the world's most accomplished engines but also endowed it with the advanced technologies of the twenty-first century. Bringing its unique perspective to the world of the automobile, Bentley's Great Eight will appeal to all lovers of the history of technology.

Bentley's Great Eight by Karl Ludvigson (2010-08-01)

Dalton Watson Fine Books

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