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Chapter 45: An early version of the TAG V-6 was fed by Bosch mechanical fuel injection from a pump in the center of the vee.
Chapter 47: Weissach's own wind tunnel was used in the development of the face-lifted lines of the 1987-model 928S4.
Chapter 47: The 1987 V-8 placed its valves and piston crowns closer together, requiring clearance cutouts in the latter.
Chapter 48: His customary ebullience capped by dollar-related cares, Peter Schutz left Porsche's top post at the end of 1987.
Chapter 53: The Arrows FA 12 weighed in at the class minimum weight of 500kg despite an overweight and underpowered engine.
Chapter 56: In a design cuop, racing Spyder iconography was appropriated by the Boxster with its single central exhaust outlet.
Chapter 58: Wendelin Wiedeking launched both the Boxster and the successor to the 911 Porsche's new Type 996.
Chapter 58: The sacred tradition at Porsche that the 911's instrument panel have five dials was honored ingeniously in the 996's gauge group, with its overlapping look.
Chapter 60: Porsche ensured that Cayenne possessed genuine off-road capability.
Chapter 61: The Carrera GT was a clear statement that Porsche was not to be eclipsed in the sports car arena.
Volume 3
43 Four by Four 1982-1985
Porsche Contemplates Group B · Shaping the 1959 · Grappling with the Details · Stopping the 959 · Power to the Four Wheels · The Type 959/50 Engine
44 Überporsche 1985-1992
Launching the 959 · Paris-Dakar 1985-1986 · Deriving a Racer · Delivery at Long Last · Lighter and Faster 959
45 Playing TAG 1981-1982
Modern Supercharged F1 · Enter McLaren · Porsche in the Picture · Paying for Engines? · Studying the Options · TAG, You"re It! · Battle for Boost · The Real Work Begins
46 Formula for Success 1983-1987
First Test in a McLaren · Development Woes · Debut Under Duress · Changing Playing Field · Preparing for 1984 · Dream Come True · Development Continues for 1985 · The 1986 Season · No More McLaren-TAG
47 Ultimate Eights 1983-1995
V-8 to Lemans · Variations on 928 · More Power, Less Fuel · Assessing the S 32 · New Look and More Horsepower for "87· Bonneville 928 · 928 Reaches Maturity · The V-8 at Ultimate Power · Club Sport · Power and Polish: 928 GT · New Decade, New Challenges · 928 Swan Song
48 Sixteen-Valvers 1987-1995
Porsche and the Dollar Squeeze · Too Many Models? · Many Faces of 944 · Rating the 16-Valve 944 · An Automatic Decision · Reviving Demand for Fours · Open Top 944 · End of the Schutz Era · A New Order · Patriating the 944 · Exploring Power Options · All in the Timing · New Look; New Name · The End Approaches
49 Nine Six Four 1987-1994
Defining the Future 911 · 964 Style · Perfecting the Drive · Extracting More Power · Readying the 964 for Market · Press Assessment · Rolling Out the 964 · Transmission Options · Carrera Cup · Selling Carreras · Carrera RS · Meaner and Leaner Carrera 4 · Winding Down The 964
50 Turbo Turmoil 1990-1994
Planning Recovery · The 965 Tangent · Alternative Super Porsche · 964 Turbo Meets World · More of a Good Thing · GT Racer with Boost · Management Revised · More Changes at the Top · Turbo 3.6 · Bigger is Badder
51 CART Challenge 1985-1990
Indy Impetus · Creating the Indy V-8 · Engine Controls · Test and Launch · Indy car Underpinnings · Racing Debut · A Fresh Approach ·Marching On · Trying to Fix the CART · A Competitive Season · Heading for the 1990s · Flagging Interest
52 Weissach Wonders 1967-1998
Design Diversions · Extraordinary Power · Porsche the Consultant · Looking Beyond Volkswagen · Looking East · Rolling Test Stand · More Seats for the Future? · Porsche for the Future: 989 · 989 Loses Momentum · Renewed Consulting Emphasis
53 Missed Target 1986-1991
Return to Formula 1 · Conceptualizing a New Contender · A Team for Porsche Power · Aiming the Arrows · Real Work Begins · The V-12 Roars to Life · Lack of Pace · Showdown for Porsche"s V-12 · Retrenching · End of an Unhappy Chapter
Porsche Portfolio III (color well)
54 Air-Cooled Apotheosis 1989-1998
Search for a New Direction · Seed of the 993 · 993 Takes Form · Constrained by Costs · Controlling That Horsepower · Function of the Form · Driving All Wheels · Efficiencies at Work · Wiedeking to the Fore · Heralding the 993 · Sporting Variations · The Loneliest Porsche
55 Grand Touring 1993-1998
Carrera RS 3.8 · 993-Based Turbo · Turbo S and GT2 · GT2 at the Races · Looking for Overall Wins · Porsche Builds for GT1 · Rolling Out the GT1/96 · Building and Developing the GT1/96 · The 1997 Season · Plans for "98 · Le Mans in "98
56 Boxing Clever 1987-1996
Overhauling Engineering · An Entry-Level Porsche? · Conceiving the New Generation · Designing the Mid-Engined Porsche · Meet the Boxster · Chassis and Suspension · Body of Work · Thinking Inside the Box · Cool Technology · Beneath the Rear Deck · Final Tuning · Power to the Wheels · Drag, Lift and Shape
57 A Proper Porsche 1995-2003
Boxster at a Price · Leading Up to the Launch · Press Approval · Supply and Demand · Changes for 2000 · Boxster S · Boxster Gets Better · Boxster Tuners
58 911 Redux 1994-2002
Banking on the New Generation · Designing the 996 · Body Building · Inside Story · Studying the Market · Chassis Details · Motivating the New Generation · All in the Details · Test Case · Lead Up to Launch ·Media and the 996 · Drop-Top 996 · New Carrera 4 · Even More Special
59 Egregious Elevens 1995-2002
Proper Racing Engines · 911 GT3 · GT3 in Supercup · Off-the-Rack Race Car · The All-Out GT3R · Turbo Time · Boosted Boxer · Turbo Innovation · Attending to Details · Verdict on the Turbo · More is Better · Evaluating the GT2
60 Can Do Cayenne 1996-2003
Off-Road Explorations · Alliance with Mercedes-Benz? · Partnering with Volkswagen · Defining Body and Chassis · Riding on Air · Spice for the Cayenne · Sport-Utility Stopping · That Porsche Look · In Search of a Factory · Cayenne Commitment · Impressive Impressions
61 Porsche Pushing 1999-2003
Gestation of the Carrera GT · Responding to Different Competition · Carrera GT Style · Lifting the Silence · Production Proceeds · Porsche"s Motorsports Future · Customers into the Breach · Looking Ahead and Behind · From Strength to Strength · Confidence in the Future
Appendix I: Porsche Competition Victories
Appendix II: Porsche Type Numbers
Bibliography
Art Credits
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Karl Ludvigsen
Karl Ludvigsen

In addition to his motor industry activities as an executive (with GM, Fiat and Ford) and head of a consulting company, Karl Ludvigsen has been active for over 50 years as an author and historian. As an author, co-author or editor he has some four dozen books to his credit. Needless to say, they are all about cars and the motor industry, Karl's life-long passion.

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