Munich, 31 May 2023. Truly a moving event – the presentation of the “Motorworld Book Prize 2023” on Tuesday, 30 May, at Motorworld München. The most fascinating and interesting new car books were selected from around 70 submissions: a total of 21 literary works dealing with various aspects of mobility made the running in the categories “Brand”, “Biography”, “Motor Sport”, “Design” and “History”. Several special prizes were also awarded.
The many different topics of the award-winning books ranged from documentaries focusing on the history or models of Tatra, BMW, Glas or Harley Davidson, through to biographies of racing drivers such as Kurt Ahrens and Eberhard Mahle and a literary journey through the history of Italian car design. The jury was also impressed by a Nürburgring album that excellently reflects the zeitgeist of the 1960s with amateur photographs, or a book containing previously unpublished photographs by Edward Quinn, who captured the major motor sport events in Monaco in the 1950s and 1960s – including lifestyle, glamour and celebrities.
Absolute stand-out entries were an insight into the garage of the last Shah of Iran, which also covers the history of Iranian society and automobile culture, as well as a comprehensive work on the history of e-mobility from 1881 to tomorrow. Two special surprises were the comprehensive presentations of Japanese automobile history and of the Porsche 962, for which the jury created an extra category called “Beyond Everything”.
ALL PRIZE WINNERS AT A GLANCE
Extra category “Beyond Everything”
Mark R. Brinker/Myron T. Vernis/Wolfgang Blaube:
“A Quiet Greatness: Japan‘s Most Astonishing Automobiles”
Serge Vanbockryck:
“Ultimate Works Porsche 962 – The Definitive History”, Porter Press International
Category “Brand”
1st place: Klaus Buschbaum:
Tatra in Deutschland
Honorary prizes
Hagen Nyncke / Rainer Simons / Walter Zeichner:
“BMW 1929 bis 1945”, GeraMond Verlag
Uwe Gusen & Stefan Dierkes:
“Glas V8 und BMW Glas V8”, Glas Automobilclub International
Mitch Bergeron:
“Harley-Davidson – 120 Jahre Kult”, Delius Klasing-Verlag
Category “Biography”
1st place: Eckhard Schimpf:
“Kurt Ahrens”, Delius Klasing-Verlag
Honorary prize
Tobias Aichele:
“Eberhard Mahle – 150 Siege”, Motorbuch-Verlag
Category “Motor Sport”
1st place: Michael Behrndt / Jörg-Thomas Födisch / Nils Ruwisch:
“Nürburgring-Album”, McKlein Publishing
Honorary prizes
Dr. Peter Schroeder:
“Mercedes-Benz – Langstreckenfahrten 1950-1964”, Heel-Verlag
Thomas Nehlert:
“Porsche 956-001 – Creating a Legend”, Sportfahrer-Verlag
Category “History”
1st place: Wolfgang Frei: “Edward Quinn – Monaco Motor Racing 1950 – 1965”, Delius Klasing-Verlag
Honorary prize
Daniel Reinhard:
“Inside Formel 1 – Eine Motorsport-Zeitreise”, GeraMond Verlag
Category “Design”
1st place: Piotr Degler:
“Made in Italy”, Degler Studio
Honorary prize
Andy Saunders:
“The Automotive Alchemist”, Dalton Watson Fine Books
Andreas K. Vetter:
“Haus und Auto”, Callwey Verlag
Special prizes
Barzou Sepasi:
“Fit for a King – The Royal Garage of the Shahs of Iran”, Dalton Watson Fine Books
René Edenhofer:
“Das fliegende Motorrad”, Verlag Brüder Hollinek
Volker Christian Manz / Halwart Schrader:
“Alternativ Mobil – Die Geschichte der E-Mobilität”, Olms Verlag
Harald Täger:
“Fahrzeuggeheimnisse der DDR”, GeraMond Verlag
Gwendolin Engels / Claude Haas / Dirk Naguschweski / Elisa Ronzheimer:
“Im Fuhrpark der Literatur”, Wallstein Verlag
The MOTORWORLD Book Prize
The Motorworld Book Prize honours outstanding literary works dedicated to the topics of automobiles and mobility. The car book prize was initiated by motoring journalist, automotive historian and author Jürgen Lewandowski some 20 years ago. The Motorworld Group has been involved as organiser for six years now.
This year’s awards were supported by BASF Coatings GmbH and the AvD (Automobilclub von Deutschland).
The members of the jury for the 2023 Motorworld Book Prize: Jürgen Lewandowski (Jury chairman), Sarah Dünkel (Future Leader MOTORWORLD Group), Lutz Leif Linden (Secretary-General of the Automobilclub von Deutschland e.V. and Managing Director of AvD Wirtschaftsdienst GmbH), Jürgen Book (Classic Cars Manager, Global Strategic Account Management, BASF Coatings GmbH), Frank Marrenbach (CEO Althoff Hotel Group), Michael Stoschek (Shareholders’ Meeting Chairman, Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG), Dr Andreas Kaufmann (Supervisory Board Chairman, Leica Camera AG), Georg Schaeffler (Supervisory Board Chairman, Schaeffler AG) and Sabine Kehm (The MS Office; manager of Michael and Mick Schumacher).
The laudations for the award-winning works can be found online at motorworld.de/press-releases/
All information about the MOTORWORLD Book Prize can be found at www.motorworld-buchpreis.de.
The MOTORWORLD Book Prize is supported by:
MOTORWORLD Group
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