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Deadliest Decade: How Speed, Money, and Technology Transformed Auto Racing

by Preston Lerner

Can you guess which decade this book will be about? 1964 to 1973. But it really reaches farther. Bad things are allowed to happen because good things are expensive and inconvenient. Then critical mass is reached. It was ever thus.

Against All the Others: Porsche’s Racing History, Volume 2 – 1969

by Randy Leffingwell

This book takes us into the era of the mighty 917. Nothing about that car was simple and given its teething problems, success was almost a surprise—leading to absolute domination, leading to more restrictive technical regs, leading to … the end. But other Porsches soldiered on.

Ferrari Milestones 

by Roland Löwisch

Milestone cars, that’s exactly what this book covers, 43 of them, from as early as 1948 to as recent as 2025.

Andrea Moda Formula

The Legend of the Formula One Team Too Bad To Be True

by Ian Strathcarron

Did you follow F1 in 1991/92? Even if you did, this Italian team may not have carved out a slot in your memory. They started only one single race. They got so much wrong, the FIA banned the team. Was their fate inevitable?

Beyond Fundamental Carburetion

The Evolution of Fuel and Engine Control Systems

by Dean G. Tryon

Written with the antique, classic, and collectible car owner as well as restorer and mechanic in mind this text explains the theory and practice behind the transition from carbs to fuel injection.

The Maserati Book

by Roland Löwisch

Published in the centenary year of the first-ever race win of a Maserati-branded car this photo-heavy, text-light book showcases several decades worth of select road cars with at least some motorsports reference.

Mustang Unbridled, The High-Octane History of Ford’s Legendary Pony Car

by Robert M. Kennedy

Seven generations of Mustangs over sixty consecutive years: now that’s longevity.

FIAT in Motorsport Since 1899

by Anthony Bagnall

You may only think of Fiat in motorsport as a dominant force in 1970s rallying, especially when Abarth became involved with production and development, but note that other car on the cover, clearly a vintage machine.

Neon Rides: Cars and Culture of the ’80s and ’90s

A museum show and now this book want to make a case that these two decades are ripe for rediscovery and deserving of appreciation, a process that is actually underway already. Are you on board? Is this just a matter of rosy-colored hindsight?

Ultimate GT40 – The Definitive History, Vol. 2: 1963–1965

by Allen, Endeacott, Cole, Teske

With access to previously unpublished documents and photos this book shines a fresh and certainly sharper light on every aspect of the GT40 origin and development story.

Vochos Unidos

by Rodrigo Gaya Villar 

Beetles United—”the car that motorized Mexico” was produced there for longer than in the German motherland and in fact ended up getting exported to that market. This photo book explores the connection of El Vocho to local customs, culture, and people.

Lotus Europa, Colin Chapman’s Mid-Engined Masterpiece (Reprint)

by Matthew Vale

If you thought the original Europa was produced in small numbers, consider that the “modern” one forty years later topped out at only 490 units. This book deals with the former, and for the second time—it is a reprint.

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