A propos de l'auteur
Author Ludvigsen's understanding of the automobile world has been facilitated by his training and experience in mechanical engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and industrial design (Pratt Institute). He subsequently served in the motor industry at senior levels with General Motors, afficher plus Fiat and Ford. Active over the years in motor sports, Ludvigsen holds a current competition license Karl Ludvigsen has served as technical editor of Auto Age and Sports Cars Illustrated magazines, as east coast editor of Motor Trend and as editor of Car and Driver. Ludvigsen has been a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) since 1960. He is currently a member of the SAE's Vehicle Configuration and Historical Committees. He is chairman of London's Ludvigsen Associates, a motor industry management consulting firm, and managing director of Euromotor Reports, publishers of specialised automotive studies and reports. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Karl Ludvigsen
Porsche: Excellence Was Expected: The Comprehensive History of the Company, its Cars and its Racing Heritage (1977) 57 exemplaires
Classic Grand Prix Cars: The Front-Engined Formula 1 Era 1906-1960 (Second Edition) (2000) 27 exemplaires
Classic Racing Engines: Design, Development and Performance of the World's Top Motorsport Power Units (2001) 26 exemplaires
Juan Manuel Fangio: Motor Racing's Grand Master (Karl Ludvigsen Racer Biographies) (1999) 24 exemplaires
The V12 Engine: The Untold Story of Technology, Evolution, Performance and Impact of All (2005) 17 exemplaires
Professor Porsche's Wars: The Secret Life of Ferdinand Porsche, the Legendary Engineer Who Armed Two Belligerents… (2014) 14 exemplaires
Mercedes-Benz Quicksilver Century: The Celebrated Saga of the Cars and Men That Made Mercedes-Benz the Most Feared and… (1995) 11 exemplaires
Ferdinand Porsche: Genesis of Genius: Road, Racing and Aviation Innovation 1900 to 1933 (2008) 10 exemplaires
Indy Cars 1911-1939: Great Racers from the Crucible of Speed (Ludvigsen Library) (2005) 8 exemplaires
Porsche 917: Zuffenhausen's Le Mans and Can-Am Champion (Ludvigsen Library Series) (2006) 8 exemplaires
Group 7: the world's most powerful road racing cars; the inside story of the Can-Am Challenge, the fastest and… (1971) 7 exemplaires
The Inside Story of the Fastest Fords: The Design & Development of Ford GT Racing Cars (2001) 6 exemplaires
Your sports car engine: Its maintenance, tuning and modification from spark plugs to supercharging (Modern sports car… (1958) 5 exemplaires
Can-Am Racing Cars: Secrets of the Sensational Sixties Sports-Racers (Ludvigsen Library Series) (Ludvigsen Library… (2005) 5 exemplaires
White Racers from Zuffenhausen: Porsche 904, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910 (Ludvigsen Library Series) (2008) 4 exemplaires
Opel: Wheels to the world ; a seventy-five year history of automobile manufacture (1975) 3 exemplaires
Mercedes-Benz Quicksilver Century: The Celebrated Saga of the Cars and Men That Made Mercedes-Benz the Most Feared and… 3 exemplaires
People's Car : An Investigation into the Design and Performance of Civilian and Military Volkswagens 1938 - 1946 : A… (1996) 3 exemplaires
The Inside Story of the Fastest Fords: the Design and Development of the Ford Gt Racing Cars (1970) 2 exemplaires
Corvair by Chevrolet: Experimental & Production Cars 1957-1969 (Ludvigsen Library) by Karl Ludvigsen (2001-11-24) (1656) 2 exemplaires
Ford's Feisty Capri: European Sporting Coupes 1969-1987 (Ludvigsen Library Series) (2009) 2 exemplaires
Tribute to the Turbo Carrera: (Porsche) The Story of the Creation of one of the Greatest Grand Touring Motor Cars of… (1976) 2 exemplaires
The V12 Engine - The Technology, Evolution and Impact of V12-Engined Cars: 1909-2005 (2016) 2 exemplaires
50 Anni di Innovazioni Technologiche 1 exemplaire
Porsche: Excellence Was Expected: The Comprehensive History of the Company, Its Cars and Its Racing Heritage (2003) 1 exemplaire
Maserati A6G.CS 1947 - 1953. (Collection 2) 1 exemplaire
Maserati Tipo 26B (Collection 1) 1 exemplaire
Maserati A6GCS 2000 1953-1955 (collection 3) 1 exemplaire
Maserati 200S 200SI. 1055 - 1957 (Collection5) 1 exemplaire
Mercedes - Benz: Renn- und Sportwagen 1 exemplaire
Maserati 150S 1955 - 1957 (Collection 4) 1 exemplaire
MERCEDES-BENZ - Guide (History of the Automobile) 1 exemplaire
The Mercedes Benz Racing Cars 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1934-04-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Suffolk, England, UK
- Études
- Phillips Exeter Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pratt Institute - Professions
- journalist
author
historian - Organisations
- US Army Signal Corps
Membres
Critiques
Porsche : excellence was expected : the complete… par Karl E. Ludvigsen
Newer edition of the original 1977 Excellence was Expected have been published, but many Porsche fans swear by this edition. Ludvigsen is a prolfic author, but this is his masterpiece.
history, technical details, race results
history, technical details, race results
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- Œuvres
- 95
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 681
- Popularité
- #37,121
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 23
- ISBN
- 101
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 5