Carrera 2.7 Buchaktualisierung (Dezember 2014)
Der Großteil des Buches wurde zu diesem Zeitpunkt von einem Automobilredakteur sowie von Redakteuren herausgegeben, und die meisten Abschnitte wurden von wirklich sachkundigen Porsche-Enthusiasten einer eingehenderen technischen Prüfung unterzogen. Das heißt, sogar das endgültige Exemplar ist ein bewegliches Ziel, da fast wöchentlich eine neue Nuance entdeckt wird, bei der Details erneut recherchiert werden müssen, um sicherzustellen, dass das Buch so genau wie möglich ist. Wie bei allen Büchern, Artikeln usw. wird es Fehler geben, aber hoffentlich gibt es nur wenige.
Zu diesem Zeitpunkt wurden ungefähr 300 Seiten angelegt, und die Ergebnisse sind sehr motivierend. Dies war keine kleine Aufgabe, aber ich denke, es ist wichtig, ein Buch zu produzieren, mit dem die Leute gerne Zeit verbringen, anstatt nur einmal teilweise zu lesen. Ende Oktober wurde die erste Runde der Studioaufnahmen in Nordamerika abgeschlossen. Die zweite Runde der Studioaufnahmen sollte bis Ende Januar stattfinden. Dies war ein äußerst lohnender Schritt nach vorne, zumal die Fotos in das bestehende Buchlayout integriert wurden. Jedes neue Foto erweckt das Buch zum Leben und ich hoffe, dass die Leser die Tiefe und Vielfalt der Fotos genauso genießen wie ich.
Das Buch wird ungefähr 375 Seiten umfassen und mit qualitativ hochwertigen Bildern, Detailaufnahmen, historischen Fotos und bedeutenden Erkundungen aller Aspekte des Carrera-Modells Mitte der 1970er Jahre gefüllt sein. Selbst der klügste Porsche-Enthusiast sollte einige neue Dinge lernen und Besitzer anderer Porsche-Zeiten, wie zum Beispiel den 3,0-Liter-930-Turbowird feststellen, dass es eine Fülle von Informationen enthält, die nirgendwo anders zu finden sind.
Nochmals vielen Dank an alle Mitwirkenden, die Feedback, Vorschläge und Fotobeiträge gegeben haben und vor allem mit dem Projekt geduldig waren. Schöne Ferien!
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Octane Magazine — Turbo 3.0 Review
Review of the Turbo 3.0 book in Octane magazine's October 2019 issue:
We'll come clean: this book was released last year but our review copy was mislaid during Octane's hastily carried-out office relocation form Bedfordshite to London. It's author, Ryan Snodgrass, very kindly offered to send us another one—and we're so glad he did, because this is a truly exceptional work.
A companion volume to Snodgrass' previous magnum opus, Carrera 2.7, this mammoth 536-page tribute to the Porsche 911 Turbo is printed on creamy archival paper and presented in a stout slipcase. Pay extra for the 300-off Publisher's Edition and you get an even stouter clamshell box that additionally houses convincing reproductions of Porsche ephemera such as press releases and photos, and actual 35mm colour slides, plus a 20-page supplement on how the book was put together.
Is either version worth the money? Emphatically yes, because the level of detail and the production values are stunning. To give just two examples: expert financial book-keepers were hired to check the production data for all 2819 Turbos built; and because no detailed cutaway drawing was ever made of the Turbo, noted cutaway artist Makoto Ouchi was commissioned to draw on. The print specification—which apparently involved '15-micron stochastic hybrid screens' and 'special wide-gamut inks'—will have any bibliophile salivating over their silkscreened linen slipcase.
Every possible aspect of the 1975–77 Turbo is covered in depth: development, build, mechanical, design, one-offs and special editions, racing versions... There's even a spread devoted to specific tyre inflators, jacks and plastic gloves supplied by Porsche for the Turbo's space-save tyre.
As you'll have gathered, we're impressed. It's taken a while for Turbo 3.0 to make it into these pages, but it was well worth the wait.
—Mark Dixon
Panorama Editor-in-Chief picks Turbo 3.0 As Best Book
"Ryan Snodgrass's book on early Porsche Turbos is probably the greatest single model book that I've ever seen in my life. I have not been able to put it down since getting it. It is just full of every bit of geeky goodness about those cars. It is phenomenal."
Of course, when asked at 0:28:07 by Mark Green if manifested into a car, what kind of car would Robb Sass be, his affinity for the Turbo was clear. Sass answered he'd like to be a 1975 or 1976 Turbo Carrera, the first generation Turbo: "I think that they are kind of a little bit edgy. It was the height of the malaise era. A car I really respect as when everything else was slow and crappy, you had this car that would go 0 to 60 in about 5 seconds. Performance on par with a muscle car from ten years before at a time when people were building the Mustang II. If I could aspire to be any car...I'm not a 75-76 Turbo Carrera, but if I could that is probably what it would be as it was so shocking and so surprising and a little bit unpredictable." "Porsche never got the memo that the malaise era was going on."
Turbo 3.0 Book Wins MOTORWORLD Buchpreis
The Turbo 3.0 book wins first place in the coveted MOTORWORLD BUCHPREIS for the Markenbuch category (best book for a single brand), which honors the best car books of the year. The award ceremony took place on Thursday, May 23, 2019 inside the Arthur Bechtel Classic Motors showroom at the Motorworld Stuttgart V8 Hotel in Böblingen, Germany.
For almost 20 years, noted automotive historian and journalist Jürgen Lewandowski has presided over the Autobuchpreis which honors the best works produced each year on automotive and motorsports topics. For 2018, MOTORWORLD Group became the primary sponsor for the Autobuchpreis, hosting the event and judging team of Jürgen Lewandowksi (chairman of the jury), Andreas Dünkel (Motorworld Group Chairman), Mark N. Backé (Grand Basel Chairman), Vittorio Strosek (Strosek Design), Michael Stoschek (Brose Chairman), Christian Steiger (Classic Cars Editor-in-Chief), Dr. Andreas Kaufmann (Leica Camera Chairman) and Robertino Wild (Capricorn Chairman).
