Drawing on over a half century of automotive insider experience, Ludvigsen explores the history of the Porsche company, its cars, and its motor racing heritage from its beginning in 1948 through sixty years as an independent family-owned car company to its continued success under the auspices of the Volkswagen Group. Remarkable both for its breadth of coverage and its technical depth, Porsche-Excellence Was Expected covers every road and racing car from the first Gmünd coupe through the development of the 2020 all-electric Taycan. New chapters for the 2019 edition cover the continuing evolution of the iconic Porsche 911, the market success of the Cayenne, Cayman, Macan and Panamera, as well as Porsche's exotic 918 hybrid supercar and the winning 919 Hybrid LMP1 racer. The 2019 edition includes more than 1,000 additional pages and hundreds of new color photos and illustrations as well as all new Porsche model timelines featuring exclusive color illustrations of key Porsche models from 1948-2020.