LIVRE/BOOK: 70 YEARS OF PORSCHE SPORTSCARS EN FRANCE

70 Years of Porsche Sportscars 301 pages Color and b&w photos Hard cover 27 x 23 cm 1,732 kg English Ferry Porsche reinvented the sports car in 1948. The first car to bear the Porsche name was made in the Austrian town of Gmünd. Just 15 years later Porsche presented the 911 - the brand's iconic car. Many individuals played major roles in the history of the sports car maker: designer F. A. Porsche, engine developer Ernst Fuhrmann, CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, and legendary racing driver Walter Röhrl. Cult figures like Steve McQueen, James Dean, Patrick Dempsey, and Herbert von Karajan also drive Porsches, and have become synonymous with the brand.