A difficult period for the Porsche 911

In the mid-seventies, times were tough for the Porsche 911. Modern vehicle concepts such as the 924 or 928 were very popular internally at Porsche. Board member Dr. Fuhrmann even planned the Porsche 928 as the successor to the legendary nine-eleven. Production of the most important car for Porsche to this day was to be discontinued at the end of 1982.

The savior of the Porsche 911

During this time, a German engineer and his dedicated team campaigned for the survival of the nine-eleven and put up considerable resistance to the plans of the Board of Management. It is thanks to them that the Porsche 911 survived this critical phase. The internal power struggles at Porsche are reported on for the first time. Author Andreas Gabriel was even able to meet the man who should be considered the real savior of the 911.

Friedrich Bezner worked at Porsche for 47 years

Friedrich Bezner and his team campaigned for the survival of the Porsche 911 during this critical time and continued to develop the 911 without an official mandate in order to eliminate the few weak points of the 911 and thus ensure its survival.

After the “rescue of the nine-eleven”, Bezner was in charge of the Porsche 964 and Porsche 993 projects from 1988 to 1995. From August 1995, Bezner took over the project management of the first water-cooled 911 Turbo of the 996 generation. After more than 47 years at Porsche, Friedrich Bezner’s working phase ended in August 2001.

The book introduces the employee behind the most popular interior designs of Porsche sports cars of the seventies, eighties and nineties. The then head of design Anatole Lapine hired Vlasta Hatter in 1976. Together they developed the legendary Pascha Velour upholstery design.

You can find initial purchasing advice and interesting information on price trends in our magazine article.

Former Porsche employees opened their archives for this book project, which is why unpublished photographs from the testing phase of the G-model can be shown.

RUF EDITION – Porsche 911 – 60 YEARS 1963 – 2023

Zum 60sten Geburtstag des Porsche 911 veröffentlicht Berlin Motor Books die auf 469 Exemplare limitierte Ruf-Edition vom Buch PORSCHE 911 „60 YEARS“ 1963-2023.

Besonderheiten in diesem Buch

• Limitiert auf nur 469 Exemplare
• Jedes Exemplar ist einzeln nummeriert
• Exklusive Kaufberatung von Alois Ruf zum Porsche 901 / 911 Ur-Elfer
• Ausführliches Interview mit Alois Ruf / Mr. 901
• Präsentation vom ältesten existierenden Porsche 901 Quickblau
• Preisentwicklung der frühen Porsche 911
• Detaillierte Vorstellung aller 82 Porsche 901 aus 1964
• Umfangreiche Informationen zu allen 901-Prototypen
• Alle Farben des Porsche 901 und 911 2.0 (Ur-Elfer)
• Unveröffentlichtes historisches Bildmaterial

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RUF EDITION – Porsche 911 – 60 YEARS 1963 – 2023

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