Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Mercedes and Auto Racing in the Belle Epoque, 1895–1915
by Robert Dick
An exceptional book in terms of writing craft and research acumen takes you back to the earliest of the early days, drawing on period sources and kept on point by the author’s expertise in mechanical engineering and automotive history.
Delage, France’s Finest Car
by Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise
“The Beautiful French Car” is not a slogan cooked up by a clever press person but an accolade given by the public. The serious literature on this marque is quite thin and this book goes a long way towards painting a definitive picture of the entire lifespan of the company, not just the glamour decade from the late 1920s onwards.
Cobras, The Building of the Leaf Spring Cars
by Robert Walker
Many hands touched the car that originated in the UK but then became famous because of its American-led activities. Over it’s 60-year history inaccuracies have snuck into the record so serial Cobra author Walker once again steps into the breach.
The Germans: The Most Iconic German Cars and Their Era
by Blake Z. Rong
You recognize the cover car—but there’s plenty more you probably won’t. The words “most iconic” don’t help. Ever seen a Glaserati, a Garmisch, a Maybach 6? More importantly, just how do they fit into their specific time? Books, baby.
The Automotive Alchemist
by Andy Saunders
Andy Saunders Creative Cars dreams up custom cars that are found on show fields and in galleries and in private collections, and in his own driveway. He has many more cars to “get out of his system”—this book showcases several decades of work.
Power Unleashed: Trailblazers Who Energised Engines with Supercharging and Turbocharging
by Karl Ludvigsen
An extraordinary trilogy quite without equal outside of a professional-grade education. Making an engine yield more output is almost as old as the combustion engine itself, and most of the people and most of their ideas are given their due.
Automobili Lamborghini: Past, Present, Future
by Simonluca Pini
Made you look! Those green lines are not random but you have to know Lambos to recognize the shape. Or study this nice book with its excellent photos.
Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale: The Courage to Dream
by Cristiano Fioiro et al
This lavish book is about the reinvention of an icon, showcasing early sketches and photos of the prototype and featuring insights from the CEO, designers, and engineers.
BMW 3-Series 50 Years
by Tony Lewin
Every new iteration of this iconic car causes great soul-searching among road testers and journalists: is it still the quintessential Ultimate Driving Machine? More than 20 million paying customers have voted with their wallets so something must be right. This book puts it all into context.
Spada, The Long Story of a Short Tail
by Bart Lenaerts & Lies de Mol
The title sort of gives it away: Ercole Spada’s design career got underway with his interpretation of the truncated tail. Others did it too, he did it differently. At last there’s an entire—and supremely well designed—book about him.
Mercedes-AMG: Race-Bred Performance
by Matt DeLorenzo
From the Red Pig to the Mercedes-AMG ONE hypercar to that other mega-dollar marvel, the Cigarette Racing powerboats, this book updates the almost 60-year-long story of the little tuner company that became an official part of the Mercedes universe.
Lords of Speed: The Great Drivers of Formula 1
by Roberto Gurian
The obvious expectation would be that this book is about all-conquering race winners. Some of them indeed are but they’re in this book because they’re “great” for other reasons. Forty-six bios, some will surprise, all will give you something to think about.
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