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The 1954 Hudson Italia

Hudson Motors’ Stylish Swansong

by Mark L. James

Bodied by Touring in Italy this model was primarily intended to gauge public reaction to styling ideas. It did receive positive customer reactions but just over two dozen ended up being built.

Games Without Frontiers: Volume 1, 1966–1974

Matra – Alpine – Ligier – Simca – Renault – Alpine

by Stuart Ager

You can deduce from the cover illustration that this will be one unusual story. This book goes into a lot of behind-the-scenes material—and will require two more volumes to button it all up.

Aston Martin: The V8 Legacy

A Detailed History of the DBS, V8, Zagato and Lagonda Models, 1967–1990

by Matthew Vale

Those models did keep the company afloat and sort of solvent during trying times. This book is meant to be a tribute, an homage and fields many good reasons for appreciating the thinking behind them.

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?

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