Archive for Items Categorized 'German', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Legend: The G-Class from 1979 to Today

by Bolsinger, Lengert, Peters

This Spartan-looking machine really has done things that deserve to be called legendary and it certainly is in a class of its own. This book explains at least a little of its allure.

911 Love: 50 Years of Boxer Passion

by Edwin Baaske et al

Even fifty years after it was first unveiled you can recognize the shape of a Porsche 911—any 911 from any year—at a mere glance, in the dimmest of light, with your reading glasses on. That’s how iconic this car’s shape is. And this book explains why that is.

Return to Glory! The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Racing Car

by Robert C. Ackerson

It took a 13-year hiatus before Mercedes returned to the podium—and to glory. This book discusses that one big year and the car and people that made it possible.

Mercedes-Benz Supercars: From 1901 to Today

by Thomas Wirth

M-B has been at the supercar game a long time and has, in fact, an almost unbroken history of pushing the envelope with marvels of technology and performance.

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

by Edwin Baaske et al

An extreme book about an extreme car! Big, bold, in your face—and oh so clever if you have eyes to see.

Silver Arrows in Camera, 1951–55

by Anthony Pritchard

Pre- and postwar, the Silver Arrows played an important role on the motorsports scene. This second book covers the latter era with an abundance of photos and very good text.

Battle for the Beetle

by Karl Ludvigsen

Far from being an asset that the Allied entities charged with rebuilding Germany after the war didn’t want to bother with, this outstanding book is rich with new information and analysis that shows the opposite was true.

Memoirs of a Hack Mechanic: How Fixing Broken BMWs Helped Make Me Whole

by Rob Siegel

Want to buy, fix, drive cool cars? And live to talk about it? Siegel has and does, and he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. Or his wife. Clearly a man from whom to learn! Even if you don’t have a BMW.

Hitler’s Chariots: Vol. 3, Volkswagen – from Nazi People’s Car to New Beetle

by Blaine Taylor

The world’s least popular man did have a hand in creating the world’s most popular car. There’s more to the Beetle story than that but this book does not deliver on its title.

Hitler’s Chariots: Vol. 2, Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Parade Car

by Blaine Taylor

Calling itself “the first ever illustrated study devoted to the famous 770K” is no idle boast. Illustrated, yes; study, not so much.

Hitler’s Chariots: Vol. 1, Mercedes-Benz G-4 Cross-Country Touring Car

by Blaine Taylor

There’s a car for every purpose and season—the six-wheeled G4 is what the German government used during WWII to make the rounds when speed was not a priority but ruggedness and a certain protection were.