Porsche 911 Story

I was at home the other day.."Porsche 911 Story"I received a very heavy book called

The author is a foreigner named "Paul Frère.

Who is this old man (*_*)?

I thought I'd check it out...

A French-born Belgian driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1952 to 1956, he became an automotive journalist after his retirement. He was a close friend of Shotaro Kobayashi, the first editor-in-chief of "Car Graphic" magazine, since the 1960s, and often appeared in magazines and TV programs. very famous among 911 fans. he passed away in 2008 at the age of 91, but he kept his passion for cars until the end, including driving the Nurburgring by himself at the age of 90.

I thought, "What a great guy!" and asked my husband, "Is he famous? I thought, "What a great guy," and asked my husband when he came home that day, "Is this guy famous?" I asked him, "Is he famous?

Nothing famous about it.The world's best Porsche driver, journalist, and just a great guy.And. And this "Porsche 911 Story" is said to be the bible for 911 drivers. Well, there are two more books written by Paul Frères in my house.

And they brought it out.

Porsche Boxster StorytoNew High Speed Drivingto the Porsche 911 Story, this time. This Porsche 911 Story is the final edition of the book written by Paul Frère about the 911, but unfortunately this is already out of print and has a significant premium.

CG and Paul Frères

Mr. Paul Frère is also closely associated with car graphics."So I checked the WEBCG article and found that after Paul Frère passed away, an article was published in his memory.

The writer of this article, Akio Oya, first met Mr. Paul Frères in 2002. It was at the Louis Vuitton Classic (LVC) Concours d'Elegance held in Paris at the time.

Mr. Frere, who was on the jury, and Mr. Oya happened to sit next to each other at lunch.I thought it would be rude to talk to Mr. Frere, such a big name.He was talking with a journalist who was sitting on the other side of the table. When the main course was finished and the dessert plate was brought out, Oya was surprised.

To my surprise, Mr. Frere's business card was attached to the dessert plate...!

When Mr. Oya was absorbed in talking with the person next to him, Mr. Frere quietly placed his business card on the table, and when Mr. Oya looked at him in surprise, he smiled mischievously.

He seems to have been charming, warm, friendly, and nice, rather than fluffed up because he was a big shot. And the episodes he wrote afterward were wonderful.

The following year at LVC, Mr. Frere was also there as a judge. This time, he spoke in fluent Italian, just like me. （I was a young man in his eyes, but he spoke with tact. But I was impressed by his tactful way of adapting his words.

As in the previous year, Mr. Frères was already on a cane. （Even so, Mr. Frères was always present at the press day of the Geneva Show every year, and when we talked to him, he knew exactly what new models to look out for each year. When I called on him to say hello, he knew exactly what new models to look out for each year.

Speaking of Mr. Frères, at the end of each year, he received a Christmas card from his home in Monaco. If one were to compare the career of a journalist to that of a rakugo storyteller, it would be like a fledgling creative rakugo artist receiving a New Year's greeting card from a living national treasure-class classical master.
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Sometimes there were Japanese style cards in the box. What a chic touch! Sometimes it was in Italian, sometimes in French, depending on the year, but all of them were carefully handwritten. He was always interested in new models, always improving his language skills, and always treating people from faraway countries like me as equals. And he never relied on others, but worked on his own.
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Mr. Frères had silently taught me how to behave as a journalist in Europe.

＊Article source: WEBCG No. 31: I didn't experience "high-speed driving," but I did experience "high-speed driving." ...... Reminiscences of Paul Frère

He is humble, sincere, and self-motivated at any age without being extravagant. I felt again that a great person is someone like Mr. Paul Frères.

Read the 911 rider's bible!

I wondered what a book written by such a god-like person would be like... I turned to the cover and found this sentence written by Ferry Porsche about Mr. Paul Frère.

Paul Frère, the author of this book, is one of the few people who knew our company when it was founded. （I know of no one more qualified to chronicle the development of the 911 than he.

It's really amazing that he has known the history of Porsche since its foundation. I was excited to flip through the book, thinking that it must be great since it was written by such a person...

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Oh no, I have no idea what I'm writing...! (*_*)

When I told my husband, "It's too maniacal and mechanical for me to understand at all (-_-)," he, as I expected, was not at all impressed.

I don't understand some parts of it either. I think he is the only person in the world who can talk about 911 in such detail. There are better people out there.

He took his hat off to them.

Amazing.... I kind of feel a little embarrassed that I can't really say that I love Porsche so much as I update my Porsche blog every day. I need to learn more and more.(Which makes me wonder what I'm going for w)