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Porsche Boxster and Cayman follows the design and development of
this mid-engined sports car and coupe family, from their origins in
the company's concerted racing activities in the 1950s and 1960s,
to the drawing board, launch and systematic evolution through
successive model ranges from 1996 to 2016. There are detailed
profiles and evaluation of all Boxster and Cayman derivatives,
including 986, 987, 981 and 718. Specifications of the various
models are given including entry-level, S, GTS and GT-4. The
special Limited Editions, such as the 550 Spyder 40th Anniversary
models are also included. The book covers some of the author's
international driving experiences at the wheel of Boxster and
Cayman including the Bilster Berg race circuit and Tour Auto. There
is also an intriguing interview with successful racer Rebecca
Jackson, who describes the techniques of Boxster racing and
demonstrates the versatility of this best-handling of all Porsche
sports cars.
From the Mark 1 in 1948 to the World's most powerful electric
hypercar - the Evija - in 2021, the story of the Lotus marque
encompasses ongoing technical innovation on road and track. With
seventy-four F1 Grand Prix wins, six Drivers' and seven
Constructors' F1 World Championships chalked up over seven hectic
decades, Lotus consolidated its reputation in racing while at the
same time creating some of the World's most stylish and desirable
sportscars and Grand Tourers, in-house as well as for global
automotive clients via its Lotus Engineering consultancy. With over
380 photographs, this book includes: the origins of the business,
creating Austin 7-based competition cars; the metamorphosis from
sports-racing cars to F1 - and seven World titles; factory
relocations, from Hornsey to Cheshunt to Hethel; the road cars: the
Elite, Elan, Europa, Excel, Esprit, Elise, Exige and Evora; how
sponsorship transformed traditional British Racing Green into Gold
Leaf and JPS livery. There are also interviews with key Lotus
personnel and drivers.
This history of the Lotus Evora traces the genesis, context,
manufacture and evolution of the Type 122 Evora and its derivative
models.The Evora's prowess as a grand touring sports car is
demonstrated with the author's international road trips, and its
essence is detailed through in-depth interviews with leading
personalities at Lotus involved with the design, development,
construction and marketing programmes. The book concludes with the
launch of the Evora's successor, the Type 131 Emira in 2021. Johnny
Tipler has a long association with the Lotus marque, having run the
John Player Team Lotus Motorsport Press Office during the halcyon
JPS era, as recounted in his 2019 book 'Black and Gold'. He has
authored many automotive books, notably on the Lotus Elise, and
also wrote for the Club Lotus International publication between
2005 and 2011. He is a good friend of Classic Team Lotus boss Clive
Chapman (son of the Lotus founder Colin Chapman) and regularly
attends historic races such as the Goodwood Revival where CTL's F1
Lotuses are in action.
As Lotus’s flagship model for almost three decades, the Esprit
was launched in 1976 and remained in production for over a quarter
of a century. It received regular refreshment along the way,
principally to its original Giorgetto Giugiaro design and, from
1987, to its later Peter Stevens incarnation. Both iterations
enabled the Esprit to maintain its position at the forefront of its
market segment. Regularly compared to the best available from its
German and Italian rivals, the Esprit was equally at home on the
race track as it was on the road. A promising return to top-line
international GT racing saw the Esprit compete on equal terms with
the likes of Ferrari and McLaren, whilst, back in the showrooms,
the car was selling for a fraction of their cost. The legacy of the
Esprit can clearly be seen in current Lotus models whose core
design brief is that they should always be the finest handling
vehicle with the deftest of steering, feedback and feel. With over
300 stunning images, including professional photos, factory archive
pictures and specially commissioned artworks, and featuring several
interviews with Lotus personnel intimately concerned with Esprit
production, this volume is a fitting tribute to a masterpiece of
design and technology.
Named after Elisa, the granddaughter of Lotus's owner at the time,
Romano Artioli of Bugatti fame, the Lotus Elise was launched at the
Frankfurt Show in 1995. In the subsequent twenty-five years it has
not only established itself as the embodiment of what Lotus stands
for, it retains a unique place in the international sports car
market. No other manufacturer came up with a car to seriously rival
the Elise, nor the Exige, in terms of handling dexterity on both
road and racetrack, and it aptly characterizes the definition of a
sports car. Written in Johnny Tipler's inimitable style this book
includes a detailed evolution of the Elise and Exige, including
full specification tables; interviews with key individuals involved
in their design and development, including Richard Rackham, Gavan
Kershaw, Neil Thomas, Russell Carr, Barney Hatt and Andy Pleavin;
Elisa Artioli on her namesake, its past and future; motor sport
adaptions and successes and finally, driving experiences on road
and track. The production of the Elise and Exige was sustained
through four corporate upheavals. Now in Geely ownership, the
future for Lotus looks bright.
This book covers all the shapely and collectible Giulia coupes,
including the fabulous lightweight GTA racer. Recognised the world
over as THE book of the Alfa GT and GTA models, it tells the story
of the Giulia from Giugiaro's drawing board to the showrooms, roads
and racetracks of the world. Also included is practical advice from
leading experts on buying, restoring and caring for Alfa's classic
Coupe together with production figures, road test data,
homologation papers, addresses of clubs and specialists,
reproductions of contemporary ads and brochure pages and much,
much, more. Reissued due to popular demand, this book is now
available in paperback.
The complete story of the innovative, iconic and enduring Porsche
Carrera. This book takes the reader on a journey from the
development of its audacious water-cooled design through its racing
success and continued production today, to practical maintenance
and modification. This book is a true homage to the Porsche Carrera
and covers the concept, design and evolution of the 996,997 and
991, 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 also a
section on how to buy, maintain and modify a Porsche Carrera.
Porsche applied turbocharging to its racing cars in 1972 and,
within a year, this technology had crossed over into its production
cars: the first road-going 911 Turbo was unveiled at the Frankfurt
Motor Show in 1973. Johnny Tipler tells the story of the air-cooled
turbocharged 911s, starting with the 934 and 935 race cars that
fostered the Type 930 in 1974. The 930 accounted for over 21,000
vehicle sales before being replaced by the 964 Turbo in 1990,
followed by the 993 Turbo in 1995. With 300 colour photographs,
many taken specially by renowned photographer Antony Fraser this
book also presents exclusive interviews with Klaus Ludwig, Jochen
Mass and Nick Heidfeld, as well as including full specification
tables for each key model type. Foreword is by Alois Ruf.
Porsche Carrera follows the development and design of the Carrrera
car dynasty, from the origins of the Carrera line in the 550 and
356 models through the highly tuned race cars of the 1960s to the
largely hand-crafted, air-cooled cars of the 1970s and the 1980s.
The book features detailed profiles of all Carrera models,
including roadgoing and race models, prototypes, special builds and
rare cars; in-depth explorations of the engineering and tuning of
the cars and buyer's guides for the different models. Also included
are a series of interviews with racing drivers such as Sir Stirling
Moss, Derek Bell, John Surtees and Gijs van Lennep, and key Carrera
figures such as designer Richard Soderberg and Klaus Bischof, head
of the Porsche Rolling Museum. The foreword is by Jurgen Barth and
there are over 400 colour photographs, many specially commissioned.
In production from 1966 to 1985, the Pininfarina-designed 124
Spider was a huge export success for Fiat with over 170,000
examples being sold in the USA alone, whilst the 124 Coupe, styled
by Boano, also enjoyed sales success throughout the world between
1967 and 1975. Both cars used Fiat's willing and technically
advanced twin-cam engine in sizes ranging from 1400 to 2000cc.
Towards the end of production the Spider even enjoyed supercharged
performance in its Volumex form. Not to be forgotten is the 124
Spider's important rule in international rallying during the 1970s,
when the cars created and homologated by Abarth were very
successful and always newsworthy. Over 1000 examples of the
legendary Fiat-Abarth 124 Spider were built and today, deservedly,
these traditionally black-bonneted/hooded cars enjoy great status
amongst serious collectors. Here, from an enthusiast author, is the
complete history of these important cars, including motorsport.
Also within these covers the enthusiast will find expert advice on
which model to choose, restoration, clubs, specialists and what
it's like to live with a Fiat 124 Spider or Coupe.
The first water-cooled Porsche Turbos were launched in 1979,
evolving through Turbo variants of the front-engined 924, 944 and
968. With the new Millennium came the first of the water-cooled
rear-engined 922 Turbos, and from 2017 turbos have been applied to
the mid engined Boxster and Cayman models. Johnny Tipler describes
the progression of these popular cars from their introduction to
the present day. Included are interviews with Derek Bell, Jacky
Ickx, Walter Rohrl, Allan McNish, Jorg Bergmeister and Hans-Joachim
Stuck. Full development and design history for all seven models is
given along with specification tables and detailed motorsport
achievements.
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