{"id":78113,"date":"2021-08-20T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=78113"},"modified":"2021-09-13T08:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T08:14:56","slug":"porsche-911-turbo-air-cooled-years-hans-mezger-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/porsche-911-turbo-air-cooled-years-hans-mezger-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 911 Turbo Air Cooled Years – Hans Mezger Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many species thrive on the vast planet of Porsche literature – from the delicate coffee-table books of Ren\u00e9 Staud to company histories, model overviews and narrated histories to microscopic type monographs. The genres can certainly be crossed, as Werner Gabriel’s history of the Porsche turbo (for it was written with a small initial for the first few years) from the prototypes to the last (eponymous) air-cooled 911s of the 993 series proves. The book begins with a brief outline of the history of exhaust gas turbocharging, its introduction into Porsche’s racing car designs, and finally its way into series production – told in a well-founded and precise manner, including astonishing details. BMW and Ford (via a tuner close to the factory) were already on the market with turbo vehicles before the 930. This fact doesn’t embarrass experts anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separate chapter on Hans Mezger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the main part of the book, a separate chapter is dedicated to the turbo models of each of the air-cooled series (“G-model”, 964 and 993), which chronologically presents the respective (further) development. Many comparable works fail here due to the perceived rising clouds of dust (keyword: copied press releases). Gabriel, on the other hand, succeeds excellently in providing an overview of all the relevant facts in narrative form, and the photographic material (many of them from factory archive) is also a pleasure to look at. After the death of the ingenious engine designer Hans Mezger, he also expanded the book with a separate section that includes a biography and a final interview. Mezger gave this to the author in October 2019 at the Porsche Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n

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