The thinking man's sports car: a symbol of the relentless desire for
peak power and limitless performance. The Porsche 911 inspires a
worldwide ripple effect. When Ferdinand Porsche could not find a sports
car he liked, he decided to build one himself. And now, the rest is
history: Jerry Seinfeld drives it; Boris Johnson admires it; Steve
McQueen loves it; and Jeremy Clarkson hates it. The Porsche 911 moves
the world. Despised by many in Germany as a set of wheels for fat cats,
it is the favorite car of free spirits and intellectuals in the U.S. and
across the globe. The Porsche 911 was not just invented by one of the
most fascinating and controversial families - it is also a technical
meisterwerk. Since its launch in 1963, the 911 has built a reputation
for itself as the thinking man's sports car. Both a car and a cultural
icon, it has earned a fan base that spans from young to old, East to
West, connoisseur to enthusiast. Porsche 911: The Ultimate Sportscar as
Cultural Icon explains how this German car became a global phenomenon
and a symbol of aspiration, freedom, and the appetite for perfection,
and even more, why, around the world, the 911 continues to fascinate
gentlemen, ladies, and rogue drivers. In this book, Ulf Poschardt sends
Porsche drivers to the shrink and concludes that a little narcissm can
be a healthy thing; he then takes them on an engaging journey through
the checkered history that defines their pride and joy. Not everyone
can, nor indeed should, drive a Porsche, but Porsche 911: The Ultimate
Sportscar as Cultural Icon lays bare the raw driving force behind the
911 for anyone intrepid enough to discover.
