Philip Raby (born 1963) is a former UK motoring
journalist
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who wrote about
Porsche
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see #Pronunciation, below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ...
. In 2005 he set up his own Porsche magazine,
Total 911
''Total 911'' is an international magazine devoted to the Porsche 911 sports car, from 1963 to the present day. It is published monthly in the UK by Future plc and currently edited by Lee Sibley.
Launched in 2005 by Rob Mugglestone, Philip Rab ...
which he later sold and it now owned by Future Publishing. He now runs a Porsche sales and service centre in
Bosham
Bosham is a coastal village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, centred about west of Chichester with its clustered developed part west of this. Its land forms a broad peninsula projecting into natural Chiche ...
,
West Sussex
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Work
Raby has been fascinated by Porsches – in particular
911
911 or 9/11 may refer to:
Dates
* AD 911
* 911 BC
* September 11
** 9/11, the September 11 attacks of 2001
** 11 de Septiembre, Chilean coup d'état in 1973 that outed the democratically elected Salvador Allende
* November 9
Numbers
* 91 ...
s – since he was a young boy. As a motoring journalist, he has researched and written numerous magazine articles on 911s in all their forms,
[Author Biography , Herridge & Sons Ltd]
from 1964 to the present day.
Through the course of his work, he has driven most types of 911, from the earliest to the latest models including one from 1965. Among the several he has owned are a couple of
964 series-model 911s.
Personal life
Philip Raby lives with his wife on the south coast of England where he also
sails
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.
Publications
Raby has also produced
eBooks
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and buyers' guides for Porsche enthusiasts.
*''Grand Prix Legends'', P. Raby, Green Umbrella Publishing, 2007.
*''Porsche 911 Identification Guide: All Models Since 1964'', P. Raby, Herridge & Sons Ltd, 2006.
*''MGF and TF (Ultimate Buyers' Guide)'' by Philip Raby, 2004.
For juniors (ages 8 to 12) –
*''Racing Cars: The Need for Speed'', P. Raby, LernerSports, 1999.
*''Motorbikes: The Need for Speed'', P. Raby and Simon Nix, LernerSports, 1999.
See also
*
Porsche
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see #Pronunciation, below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ...
*
Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 (pronounced ''Nine Eleven'' or in german: Neunelfer) is a two-door 2+2 high performance rear-engined sports car introduced in September 1964 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a rear-mounted flat-six engine and origin ...
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Porsche 964
The Porsche 964 is the company's internal name for the Porsche 911 manufactured and sold between 1989 and 1994. Designed by Benjamin Dimson through January 1986, it featured significant styling revisions over previous 911 models, most prominently ...
*
Ferdinand Porsche
Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswag ...
References
External links
Philip Raby website
1963 births
Living people
British motoring journalists
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