Annuncio del Turbo 3.0 - Il secondo libro Porsche della Parabolica Press
La metà degli anni '70 erano tempi bui per l'industria automobilistica, in particolare per le auto ad alte prestazioni poiché i produttori di tutto il mondo hanno lottato per conformarsi alle nuove normative sulle emissioni e sulla sicurezza, per non parlare dell'esperienza di guida soddisfacente. Poi, dal nulla, la Porsche lanciò una bomba, annunciando una supercar di serie turbocompressa: la 930 Turbo da 3,0 litri fu una sensazione istantanea. Fin dall'inizio la missione di Porsche è stata quella di competere, progettare l'eccellenza e spingere i confini di ciò che è possibile, senza mai seguire. La Porsche Turbo divenne la vettura degli anni '70 e '80, stabilendo Porsche come un costruttore di alto livello.
Il secondo libro di Parabolica Press—Turbo 3.0—approfondisce lo sviluppo, la produzione e la mistica dietro i tre anni del Turbo da 3,0 litri Porsche prodotto dal 1975 al 1977. Il libro continua il tema di essere attentamente studiato utilizzando gli archivi della fabbrica Porsche, le collezioni private, la documentazione d'epoca e lo studio intensivo. Disponibile per il preordine ora in due edizioni numerate singolarmente, il Edizione limitata e il Edizione dell'editore, entrambi contengono materiale significativo mai pubblicato prima tra cui:
- discussioni esaustive sulle opzioni originali, comprese foto ravvicinate di dettagli chiave
- foto inedite che mostrano la produzione in fabbrica del Turbo da 3,0 litri
- esplorazione di speciali modelli unici prodotti per dirigenti, membri della famiglia Porsche, clienti speciali e presentazioni di eventi automobilistici
- exploit racing privati del Turbo da 3,0 litri insieme allo sviluppo delle auto da corsa Martini Carrera RSR Turbo 2.14 e 934 / 934.5
- i dettagli delle interviste con ingegneri di fabbrica, piloti di sviluppo e piloti da corsa coinvolti nel successo della Turbo originale Porsche
- riassunto delle modifiche alla catena di montaggio per l'intera produzione Turbo da 3,0 litri del 1975-1977
Il Turbo 3.0 libro sarà senza dubbio il libro definitivo sull'immortale Turbo da 3,0 litri ed è una lettura essenziale per proprietari, restauratori, storici, appassionati o chiunque abbia mai posseduto, guidato o semplicemente bramato la prima supercar turbo Porsche.
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Rivista Octane - Recensione Turbo 3.0
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
Il caporedattore di Panorama sceglie Turbo 3.0 come miglior libro
"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."
Il libro Turbo 3.0 vince 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).
