"And the winner is ...": The jury of the Motorworld Book Prize has selected the winners for 2020. With this award, the Motorworld Group, which is acting as the main organizer of the literary prize for the second time this year, honors the best car books of the year. The award ceremony took place on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, in the Kohlebunker at Motorworld Munich.
From around 50 new publications of the past year, the high-caliber jury around book prize initiator and jury chairman Jürgen Lewandowski has selected literary works that will enrich the bookshelves of every car enthusiast.
There are so many good car books that are so rarely recognized - that was the reason for creating the Car Book Prize in 2005," says Jürgen Lewandowski. "With the support of Motorworld and SSR Performance, the award has become even more important in German-speaking countries - and we can thank the authors and publishers who bring this genre to life with their creativity and commitment to words and images."
The following books made the running in the five categories of brand book, biography, motorsport, design and company biography. The jury also awarded special prizes again this year.
The winners
Category "Brand book"
- 1st place: Hans-Jürgen Döhren: La Passione 6C 2300 - 6C 2500, Alfapoint Verlag
- Honorary award: Andreas Gabriel, Manfred Hering and Thomas Nehlert: Porsche 993 25 YEARS 1994-2019, Berlin Motor Books
- Honorary award: Frank Jung: Porsche 356 - Made by Reutter, Delius Klasing Verlag
- Honorary award: Arnaud Meunier: Ferrari 250 LM Chassis-No. 5895, Edition Arnaud Meunier
Biography" category
- 1st place: Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Motor Legends Steve McQueen, Motorbuch Verlag
Motorsport" category
- 1st place: Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Rainer Rossbach: Sharknose V6 - Ferrari 156, Ferrari 246SP & Ferrari 196SP, McKlein Publishing
- Honorary award: Heike Hientzsch: Legendary - The Porsche 919 Hybrid Project, Delius Klasing Verlag
- Honorary award: Gianni Agnesa: Ferrari 312 P, McKlein Publishing
Design" category
- 1st place: Blake Z. Rong: Beautiful Machines, gestalten Verlag
- Honorary award: Randy Leffingwell, Cameron Ingram and Michael Furman: Porsche Masterpieces, Heel-Verlag
- Honorary award: Michael Köckritz: RE/CAP Crazy about Porsche - Best for 2020, ramp.space Verlag
Category "Company Biography"
- 1st place: Bart Lenaerts: RUF 80 Years and 35 Models, WAFT-Verlag
- Honorary prize: Michael Köckritz: KTM, ramp.space Verlag
Special prizes" category
- Theodor Barth, Uwe Sülflohn: Lost Cars, GeraMond Verlag GmbH
- Jürgen Pander: Unique!, Delius Klasing Verlag
- Hannes Denzel: Moped scooters from Austria Volume 1 - The 50s, Verlagsbuchhandlung Brüder Hollinek
- Wolfgang Groeger-Meier: Lockruf des Südens - Unterwegs auf der Bundesstraße 3, Verlagshaus Römerweg GmbH
- Benjamin Spielmann: Incidentally, people went on foot - everyday mobility in Switzerland from 1848 to 1939, LIBRUM Publishers
For 15 years
For over 15 years, the Autobuchpreis has honored the best works on the subject of automobiles and mobility. It was created by Jürgen Lewandowski, motor journalist, automobile historian and author. In the past, various media and institutions have presented the award. The Motorworld Group has been involved as the organizer for the past three years. This year, it was the main organizer of the award ceremony for the second time. SSR Performance supports the book prize.
The ten-member jury consisted of Jürgen Lewandowksi (jury chair) and Andreas Dünkel (Chairman of the Motorworld Group) as well as Mark N. Backé, Vittorio Strosek (Strosek Design), Michael Stoschek (Brose), Dr. Andreas Kaufmann (Leica Camera), Georg Schaeffler (Schaeffler AG), Stephan Grühsem and Stefan Schlund (SSR Performance).
