Even though last year, there were huge celebrations worldwide for 75 years of Porsche sportscars, the history of the company goes beyond that. Many don’t know that, and for them, we can advisePorsche Decades. In his new book, author Jay Gillotti, gives the reader a good introduction in Porsche’s history from 1875 to 2023. The book has 12 chapters, and each chapter, except for the first one, covers a decade. The story start in 1875, the year Ferdinand Porsche was born. Most major events and projects that have an impact on Porsche’s history are described.Plentiful sidebars add general knowledge and enrich the narrative for new and experienced Porsche enthusiasts alike.
Porsche has always been very successful on the track, and used these successes as a marketing tool to sell the road cars. Obviously Porsche Decades explores both road car and competition car history. There is a brief overview of the important features and developments for all of Porsche’s important cars and it includes changes from one generation to the next. Different generations of the Porsche 356 and Porsche 911 are compared using charts and comparison tables. Porsche Decades is peppered with trivia and interesting facts, many of them illustrated with pictures and illustrations.
Porsche Decades has appendices for Porsche’s type number history and prominent appearances by Porsches in Hollywood films. An extensive bibliography details books, magazine and internet articles for readers to explore for more information on topics of interest. The foreword is written by Miles Collier, founder of the Revs Institute that houses one of the largest private car collections and automotive archives on the globe. Hundreds of pictures, most from the Porsche AG Corporate Archives are used, but unfortunately very few were never published before. Porsche Decades is a book that summarizes several other books in one, which might justify the price.
Summary
- An introduction and overview of Porsche history from 1875 to 2023
- Written for new Porsche owners, new Club members or anyone new to learning the basics of Porsche’s fascinating history
- Chapters from the second on each cover a decade – Chapter 2 the 1920s, Chapter 3 the 1930s, and so on
- Foreword by Miles Collier, Founder of Revs Institute
- A majority of the images provided by the Porsche AG Corporate Archive
- 356 pages
- 312 images
- ISBN: 978-1-956309-16-4
- First published April 2024
