Karl Ludvigsen

Karl Ludvigsen is surely entitled to his place among today's most respected automotive historians.

In 2003 he was awarded the Friend of Automotive History Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Automotive Historians. He is also a three-time winner of their Cugnot award for best book of the year. 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.

He is the author, co-author or editor of more than three dozen books and reports about cars and the motor industry. 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 has also worked on the inside of the motor industry at senior levels with General Motors, Fiat and Ford.

In 1983 he founded a management consultancy in London, now known as Euromotor Consultants, to conduct major research and analysis projects for blue-chip automotive clients in all parts of the world. Karl, who first visited Porsche in 1958, has been a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers since 1960. No one is more qualified or capable than Karl Ludvigsen to write the story of Porsche's rise from consultant to motorsports conquerer.

Visit Karl Ludvigsen on the web at

www.ludvigsen.com

Videos

Goodwood Revival 2003

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Bentley Publishers author Karl Ludvigsen attended the Goodwood revival this year in London for the European launch of his 3-volume masterpiece, Porsche: Excellence Was Expected.

Titles by the Author

• Alberto Ascari
  
• Battle for the Beetle
  
• Battle for the Beetle
  
• BMW Racing Cars
  
• Bruce McLaren
  
• CAN-AM Racing Cars
  
• Chaparral
  
• Classic Grand Prix Cars
  
• Classic Racing Engines
  
• Colin Chapman
  
• Corvette -
  America's Star-Spangled
  Sports Car
  
• Corvette: The Exotic Experimental Cars
  
• Cunningham Sports Cars
  
• Dan Gurney
  
• Emerson Fittipaldi
  
• Ferdinand Porsche-
  Genesis des Genies
  
• Ferdinand Porsche-
  Genesis of Genius
  
• Ferrari: The Factory
  
• Ford's Feisty Capri
  
• German Racing Silver
  
• Gurney's Eagles
  
• Indy Cars of the 1940s
  
• Indy Cars of the 1950s
  
• Indy Cars of the 1960s
  
• Indy Cars of the 1970s
  
• Indy Cars: 1911-1939
  
• Italian Racing Red
  
• Jackie Stewart
  
• Jaguar XK120, XK140, XK150 Sports Cars
  
• Juan Manuel Fangio
  
• Land Rover
  
• Mercedes Benz Grand Prix W196
  
• Mercedes-Benz 300SL: Gullwings and Roadsters 1954-1964
  
• Mercedes-Benz 300SL: Racing Cars 1952–1953
  
• Mercedes-Benz 300SLR
  
• Novi V-8 Indy Cars: 1941–1965
  
• Porsche - Origin of the Species
  
• Porsche 917
  
• Porsche 917
  
• Porsche 956 & 962
  
• Porsche by Mailander
  
• Porsche Spyders
  
• Porsche Spyders 1956-1964
  
• Porsche: Excellence Was Expected
  
• Porsche: Excellence Was Expected
  
• Porsche: Excellence Was Expected
  
• Porsche: Excellence Was Expected
  
• Porsche: Excellence Was Expected
  
• Porsche: Excellence Was Expected
  
• Red Hot Rivals: Ferrrari vs. Maserati
  
• The Incredible Blitzen Benz
  
• The Inside Story Of The Fastest Fords
  
• The V12 Engine
  
• White Racers from Zuffenhausen
  

Video Clips

• Goodwood Revival 2003