20th award ceremony at Motorworld München during the IAA Mobility 2025
Munich, 11 September 2025. The prestigious MOTORWORLD Book Prize was awarded for the 20th time on Wednesday at Motorworld München. The five-member jury selected the best automotive works of the year from the around 90 new publications that had been submitted. Awards were presented to titles in the categories “Brand”, “History”, “Biography”, “Motorsport”, “Design” and “New Works from Great Britain and the USA”. Five other books also received a special prize.
The diversity of the award winners demonstrates the entire spectrum of automotive literature – from brand icons like Porsche, Ferrari or De Tomaso to biographical portraits of great personalities such as Niki Lauda, Enzo Ferrari or Michael Schumacher, through to exclusive collectors’ editions and unusual niche topics.
“Books about cars are much more than just reference works. They are cultural assets that preserve history, passion and design tradition for future generations,” emphasised jury chairman and initiator Jürgen Lewandowski at the award ceremony.
The MOTORWORLD Book Prize recognises not only the quality of the content and the scientific depth, but also creative ingenuity and publishing passion.
All prize winners at a glance:
Category “Brand”
Winner:
- Alejo Pérez Monsalvo / Marcel Schaub: De Tomaso – Racing Blue Blood, McKlein Media
Honorary prizes:
- Tomas Ammann / Frank Jung: Porsche 356 No. 5006 lebt, Delius Klasing
- Thorsten Elbrigmann: Der erste Käfer – die Wiedergeburt des VW 30, Delius Klasing
- Christian Suhr / Frank Hartwig: Die Akte Nagetusch / Nagetusch – Anhänger aus Dresden, verlagkraftakt
Category “History”
Winner:
- Jörg Geisler: Die vergessene Stromlinie – Auto Union Typ D Stromlinie, Verlag SammelSUHRium
Honorary prize:
- Göran Cialla: Sechzehn ½ Prozent – die Geschichte der Gabelbach-Bergrennen, Gabelbach-Buch
Category “Biography”
Winner:
- Herbert Völker: Niki Lauda, Ecowing im Benevento-Verlag
Honorary prizes:
- Luca del Monte: Enzo – das Leben des Ferrari-Gründers, Delius Klasing
- Roland Arnold: Genial Gezündet, Härter Verlag
Category “Motorsport“
Winner:
- Sabine Kehm / Elmar Brümmer: Weltmeisterwagen Michael Schumacher, Delius Klasing
Honorary prizes
- Grand Prix: 75 Jahre Formel 1, Prestel Verlag
- Frank Zinkewitz: Art of Rallye – Monte Carlo, Motorbuch-Verlag
Category “Design”
Winner:
- Maurice Khawam: Ferrari 330 GTC – Elegance & Pedigree, MAK Group
Honorary prize:
- Frank Rocholl: Under the Sun Vol. 1 Porsche, Rêve Publications Ltd.
Category “New Works from Great Britain and the USA”
Winner
- Ronnie Spain: Ford GT 40 – the definitive History (Volume 1), Porter Press International
Honorary prizes:
- Michael T. Lynch / János Wimpffen: Ferrari in America – Luigi Chinetti and the North American Racing Team, David Bull Publ.
- Randy Leffingwell: Against all the Others Porsche Racing History (Vol. 1), David Bull, Publ.
- Blake Z. Rong / Robert Klanten: The Americans, Gestalten
Special prizes:
- Christian Blanck: Der italienische Patient, Delius Klasing
- Christoph Ditzler / Ilse Rollé Ditzler: Ein Glücksritter als Wegbereiter der Motorisierung – der Basler Kaufmann Eduard Burckhardt, Schwabe-Verlag
- Veit Golinski / Barbara Eismann: Kleine Autos, Große Welt, Delius Fine Books
- Genevieve Cortinovis: Roaring – Art, Fashion and the Automobile in France, Hirmer-Verlag
- Klaus Buschmann: Die Tatra Trilogie, Quadratum Edition
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. The Motorworld Group has been involved as organiser for eight years now. This year’s award was supported by HYMER GmbH & Co. KG.
The members of the jury for the 2025 Motorworld Book Prize: Jürgen Lewandowski (jury chairman), Sarah Dünkel (CCO MOTORWORLD Group), Michael Stoschek (chairman of the shareholders’ meeting of Brose Fahrzeugteile), Daniel Butz (managing director of Object Carpet GmbH) and Christian Bauer (chairman of the board of management of HYMER GmbH & Co. KG).
All information about the MOTORWORLD Book Prize can be found at www.motorworld-buchpreis.de.
MOTORWORLD Group
The independent Motorworld Group emerged from the Dünkel Holding corporate group based in Schemmerhofen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). The origins of the family-run company date back to 1930. The Motorworld Group develops, builds and operates worlds of experience dedicated to mobile passion, and as a whole is considered to be the world’s largest brand-neutral centre for classic cars and sports cars, winning many national and international awards. With over 40 of the world’s most valuable and exclusive vehicle brands, it brings together the brand who’s who of the entire mobility industry.
The first location was Motorworld Region Stuttgart in Böblingen, which opened in 2009 and has since been expanded several times. Further projects and activities under the MOTORWORLD® brand have been initiated in recent years. Following on with the same concept as Motorworld Region Stuttgart, Motorworld Köln-Rheinland opened in June 2018. It is home to one of the most significant collections in motorsport: the private collection of Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher. The imposing Motorworld München opened its doors in May 2021. Motorworld Mallorca opened in April 2025.
Other already partially active locations currently at the planning stage or under construction are Motorworld Zeche Ewald-Ruhr, Motorworld Luxembourg and Motorworld Bulgaria. Locations in keeping with the Motorworld Manufaktur concept are to be found in Berlin, Rüsselsheim and Zurich. The Motorworld Village Metzingen focuses on events.
To satisfy the ever-increasing requirements where environmental protection and efficiency are concerned, the Dünkel corporate group, including the Motorworld Group, relies on regenerative energy sources such as photovoltaic systems and combined heat and power plants. This saves over 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year.
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