Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Go Faster: The Graphic Design of Racing Cars
by Sven Voelker
If you are a motorsports enthusiast you already know that there must be hundreds, thousands of race cars that could be discussed. If you bought this book sight unseen on the strength of its title, you’d probably expect a visual primer on the evolution, purpose, and practical application of the use of graphics on racecars. Well . . .
Inside the Archives
by Jesse Alexander
It is surprising is that the images Alexander now selected for this book he once thought deficient in some way, lacking whatever indefinable essence the artiste was looking for.
Woodward Avenue: Cruising the Legendary Strip
by Robert Genat
To anyone who has an affinity for car and youth culture in America, Woodward Avenue is an iconic name when it comes to cruising and street racing. “Detroit” is hardly synonymous with “hotbed of culture” and what happened on Woodward Ave. happened in a thousand other places but…
The Rise of Jaguar: A Detailed Study of the “Standard” Era 1928–1950
by Barrie Price
Jaguar is certainly on the rise today, with their new crop of XJ models being hailed as landmark cars and possibly the best ones the company ever built. A far cry from the fragile, eccentric original XJ, and, given the firm’s ups and downs, not at all a development one could have expected.
Fast Ladies: Female Racing Drivers 1888 to 1970
by Jean François Bouzanquet
This is the English translation of a French book. The topic of female racing drivers has been a wildly neglected one in the literature and even this book scratches only the surface by focusing only on European drivers (with two American exceptions, McCluggage and Skelton) and on only 49 of them in detail.
Grand Prix Battlegrounds: A Comprehensive Guide to All Formula 1 Circuits Since 1950
by Christopher Hilton
This well-thought out book is another feather in Hilton’s already crowded cap. He isn’t just disgorging dates and facts and figures but paints a picture. In this book he is your tour guide, and like every good tour guide, he shows you things even the locals don’t know.
French Etceterini Miscellanea
A review of three slim specialty French books:
La 4CV Bosvin-Michel-Spéciale by Robert Bosvin
La Saga sportive de la Renault 4CV by François Rivage
Sportives tricolores, 1950–70 by Jean Paul Decker
The Classic Citroëns, 1935–1975
by John Reynolds
First things first, this book really goes beyond 1975, devoting the penultimate chapter to the 1974–1989 GSX and a brief final chapter to the 1976–2000 cars built by the PSA Group in the post-Michelin era.
Alfa Romeo: From 1910 to 2010
by Maurizio Tabucchi
Alfa Romeo is in the enviable position of celebrating 100 years of operations, 1910–2010. All sorts of books will laud the centenary, and Italian publisher Giorgio Nada of Milan has produced two. One is a €500, 200 page limited edition of 1998 copies by various authors and then this much more affordable tome.
Opposed Piston Engines: Evolution, Use, and Future Applications
by Jean-Pierre Pirault and Martin Flint
This book is an in-depth look at the type of engine Bill Gates et al are hoping to drive to the bank in the future. It addresses automotive issues but also deals with marine, aero, and commercial and military applications in the same detail as well as its history since the end of the 19th century.
Mark Donahue: His Life in Photographs
by Michael Argetsinger
This book is a companion volume to Argetsinger’s excellent bio Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed. Publisher David Bull clearly has his fingers on the pulse of what readers want—and are able to afford.
Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed
by Michael Argetsinger
This biography consists of two books, this 344-page text version with only 40 photos and a second volume consisting of several hundred photographs with relevant captions. Argetsinger has written a remarkable and fitting tribute to one of America’s greatest race drivers.
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