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Baden-Baden: The Hidden Motor City

by Roland Seiter

If you know your motoring calendar you know that this town in Germany has a place on it, and has for years. But there are a host of other transportation connections thanks to its specific history and the sort of people that were drawn to it.

Forza Ferrari, How F1’s Most Famous Team Can Win Again

by Nate Saunders

Pay attention to the book title; don’t get hung up on the subtitle. Ferrari is seen not just as any old sporting team but as a national institution, and not just by Italians or fans. Good? Bad? More importantly, why? Answers here.

The Complete Book of Porsche 911 (4th Edition) 

by Randy Leffingwell

Almost like clockwork (every four years or so) an updated edition of this 911 book comes out. It’s a solid cornerstone in a 911 library and, thanks to who the publisher is, a pretty unbeatable value.

Auto-tecture: Unique Designs for the Contemporary Garage

by Andreas K. Vetter

Tired of sticking the ole car into its little shed? Need some glam, make a statement, be hip? You’re not alone. This idea book is practical enough to include floor plans but, really, is more about the art of living with a car.

The Americans: The Most Iconic U.S. Cars and Their Era

by Blake Z. Rong

The Ghia-badged cover car is certainly eye-catching but would you have pegged the Asimmetrica as American? Or iconic? If such questions do not trouble you enjoy here a highlight reel from Duesenberg SSJ to Tesla Cybertruck.

Corvair Style

by Richard Lentinello

It was voted “Car of the Year” when it came out and its design staff received an industry award. Nine years and 1.8 million cars later it was all over. What happened? This is not the book for probing questions but enthusiastic owner endorsements.

Fabuleuses collections oubliées

by Christian Martin

Whether the collections are fabulous is debatable but the photos here certainly are, and the book itself is a fine example of craft. Behold eight European “collections” that in most cases are glorified junkyards with trees growing through cars and you have to ask yourself what the motives of these people are.

The Bimota Story 

by Ian Falloon

It may be one of the most famous names in the Italian motorcycle industry but it also had more brushes with death and more owners than any that survived. Kawasaki is the largest single stakeholder these days but they leave Bimota to making utterly Italian-flavored bikes.

Albatros Fighter Aircraft of WWI

by Dave Douglass

Get those paintbrushes out! This book is for modelers—or anyone who is just insatiably curious.

Porsche RS: Development, History, and Technology 

by Bergander, Hoberg, Besser

While the RS is mostly associated with the 911 there are other Porsches with that special spec; this book discusses them all but the main focus is on the various series of 911s.

Flying Boat Pilot in War and Peace, Disaster and Survival

The Extraordinary Life of Captain M.J.R. ‘Roly’ Alderson

by Mark Alderson

From learning on an Avro Lynx biplane—six months after Lindbergh’s solo Atlantic crossing—to leading BOAC’s “Comet Development Unit” this book covers the whole arc of aviation development.

Iron Fist: The Lives of Carl Kiekhaefer, Industrial Caesar of a Marine Industry Empire

by Jeffrey L. Rodengen

Once fired for “brazenly insubordinate arguments concerning design and product development” he would go on to put his name to over 200 patents and was posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.

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