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

Merchants of Speed: The Men Who Built America’s Performance Industry

by Paul D Smith

One of the many cultural developments that accompanied the end of WWII was the rising interest (some might say craze) for automotive performance that continues to this day. Read about the automotive visionaries that made it so.

The Bahamas Speed Weeks

by Terry O’Neil

At six years in the making, this book took almost half as long to compile as the event itself lasted—13 years, starting in 1954. It is the first and to date only book to chronicle an event whose importance on the motorsports calendar is difficult to peg.

Closing Speed

by Ted West

The author traveled to Europe as a racing reporter in 1970 and was assigned to cover the World Manufacturers Championship. This fictional account covers the racing—and a whole lot more on the sidelines.

The Marmon Heritage

by George Philip & Stacey Pankiw Hanley

Marmon approached the auto industry methodically by hiring university trained engineers and building thoroughly tested prototypes. They then designed bespoke production facilities to build the end result.

Abarth: The Man, The Machines

by Luciano Greggio

As with several other automotive histories author Greggio has to his name, this one too ranks among the serious, reference-level literature. It is the story of Alberto Abarth whose name and accomplishments are not nearly as well known as the staggering 7300 races between 1958 and 1971 in which cars built or enhanced by him were victorious.

Motor Racing: Reflections of a Lost Era

by Anthony Carter

You may already have stacks of books on European GP motor racing in the 1950s to the 1970s—and you still wouldn’t have seen these photos.

La Carrosserie Française: du Style au Design

by Serge Bellu

(French) Right from the cover photo the book leaves no doubt that French cars look, well, different. This distinction—and it is a distinction—is as true today as it was at the very beginning of the automobile era.

1950s Motorsport in Colour

by Martyn Wainwright

If this book had a subtitle it would say “The Races and Hill Climbs of England and Ireland.” And it should have specified that for the sake of those readers/buyers who, in the absence of other information, make their book purchases based on title searches and might well have expected something different.

Spyders & Silhouettes: The World Manufacturers and Sports Car Championships in Photographs, 1972–1981

by János Wimpffen

A reader who went straight for the photos would be forgiven—they are the predominant feature of this and Wimpffen’s other three oversize and heavy books in this monumental series of photographic histories.

Art of the Formula 1 Race Car

by Stuart Codling (Author) & James Mann (Photographer)

Racecars have a purpose and that purpose is speed not beauty. But beautyis not the subject of this book, art is. Bandying these terms about sounds almost flippant but there are serious distinctions and they merit deep thought.

The Science of Formula 1 Design: Expert Analysis of the Anatomy of the Modern Grand Prix Car

by David Tremayne

This book cleverly walks the tightrope of being both a technical book and one that will appeal to the reader who wants to understand more about the technology that goes into a modern Formula 1 car.

Jaguar, All the Cars

by Nigel Thorley

Thorley has written several excellent books on the marque. While past books have concentrated on specific models, this one covers the entire range of cars since the beginning, with a particular emphasis on postwar vehicles.

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