The history of the greatest racing car, from scarily underdeveloped warp-speed Le, Mans debutant to near unbeatable long distance racer. Morgan has worked hard to talk to the key players - Helmut FlegI, who oversaw the Porsche Can-Am effort wrote the foreword, and there's lots of Elford here - but this book is let down by dull design. There are some fascinating pictures, but using them bigger or a decent cutaway, would have brightened it up. Still, great tales abound, such as the politics between Wyer and Piech, the bitter Siffert/Rodriguez battle at Spa in 1970, and Mark Donohue's record runs at Talladega. Die-hard 917 fans won't notice the shortcomings, and will revel in the fact that the full story is here in one good book. reviewed by Classic and Sports Car December 1999