Porsche 944 (High performance series) - Softcover

Few cars have caused as great a sensation as did the Porsche 944 when it burst into the racing scene at Le Mans in 1981. As a completely untried car with a revolutionary new engine the car finished seventh overall and spent less time on pit stops than any other competitor. In the intervening years the Porsche 944 has won many admirers and remains an outstandingly popular thoroughbred High Performance car.
In this book Julian MacNamara, a lifelong Porsche enthusiast, tells the story of the development of this remarkable car. He traces the design and production of the car from being a spin-off of the prestigious 928 project to the point where it has taken over from the 924 as the world's most popular front-engined Porsche. While the body design is a clear development from both the 924 and the 928 the engine has a remarkable history. Why Porsche decided to opt for a four-cylinder normally aspirated engine and why they then chose to make it the largest engine of its kind with a capacity of 2.5 litres is all explained in this fascinating book. The technical details of the contra-rotating balance shafts and the finesse of the design are all given due weight but above all this is the story of a car from drawing board to production with all the characters and engineers who together made the Porsche 944 such an excellent road and racing machine.
No enthusiast of high performance motoring will want to be without the story of this remarkable car that has indicated the way ahead for the Stuttgart factory.