Rough Roads to 911 Dakar: Offroad Sports Cars with Winning Genes

A sports car for race tracks and everyday life: This holds true since the 1984 triumph of legendary four-by-four 911 at the Paris-Dakar rally, the world's toughest long-distance race. The now re-issued off-road Porsche manages the balancing act of road/sports car and cross-country vehicle better than any other 911 before. In eight chapters the richly illustrated car book depicts the development of the first genuine off-road 911. From the historic genes at the Porsche development centre in Weissach to the extensive test drives of the sports car on various continents a piece of living automobile history. . Ideal gift for car lovers: High-quality illustrated book on the Porsche 911 Dakar . Exclusive photos by Porsche photographer Christoph Bauer . For off-road and motorsport fans: Glimpses behind the scene of vehicle development . History of the Porsche 911 Dakar: From the first idea to the test drives . Official Porsche book from the Christophorus edition Impressive pictures document the development of this special 911 model, limited to 2.500 cars. Christoph Bauer, long-standing Porsche photographer, took the brilliant photos for this volume. Bauer followed the whole process of development all the time close to the designers. Thus he was able to take spectacular Porsche photos, just for this illustrated car book. Pure Porsche design! 200 colour illustrations