Max Hoffman

Million Dollar Middleman

Myles Kornblatt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2022
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-78711-503-3 (ISBN)

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The story of Max Hoffman, who started his career as a racer in Europe, but became the catalyst for getting some of the most celebrated sports cars into the hands of the American public. His dealer network might have been based in North America, but his influence and impact were global.

This fascinating story charts the career of Max Hoffman, the US car dealer who represented Jaguar, Porsche, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Fiat, Lancia, BMW, and many other European car brands during the decades following WWII. He pushed for distinguished now-classics like the Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing, Porsche Speedster, BMW 507, and Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider.
Hoffman built a reputation as an effective middleman, but as the car companies he represented became more successful under his watch, the less they needed their go-between. When it was inevitably time to say goodbye to Maxie, he showed his teeth with everything from lawsuits against his suppliers, to threatening executives with a mob hit.
However, Hoffman also had a very good reason to be defensive. He understood the American market, and he pushed manufacturers specifically for cars that would strike a chord and make everybody involved richer. Sometimes the hero, sometimes the villain, but more often than not, Max Hoffman was the unseen puppet master behind some of today’s best classics.

Myles Kornblatt’s lifelong passion for automobiles has led him to search the globe for interesting cars. He has gained a reputation for rediscovering and writing the histories on vehicles that the automotive community had thought were long-lost or never even knew existed. He is an industry consultant and former museum curator. His work has appeared in publications such as Top Gear, GQ, Classic Cars, Classic Cars Weekly, Hemmings Daily, and Octane. Myles understands that a car is just metal, glass, and rubber, but when combined correctly, it creates something more: he finds the soul.

1. Early life, start in cars, and WWII
2. An expensive address (this describes his first showroom in Manhattan and the marques he sold, including Aston Martin, Dalahaye, and Jowett.
3.Jaguar.
4.Volkswagen
5. Mercedes
6. Porsche
7. The Italians (Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo)
8. BMW
9. Frank Lloyd Wright and other architecture
10. How significant Hoffman’s cars are today and a lasting legacy

Erscheinungsdatum	06.07.2022
Sprache	englisch
Maße	207 x 250 mm
Gewicht	655 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-78711-503-8 / 1787115038
ISBN-13	978-1-78711-503-3 / 9781787115033
Zustand	Neuware