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

Owning Model S

by Nick J. Howe

You may not have seen one in the wild but since their launch in 2012 tens of thousands of these things are on the road the world over. Time to find out what makes them tick (well, hum, if anything), no?

Two Summers: The Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Racing Car

by Robert Ackerson

Drawn largely from period reports and material published by the principals this book describes the 12 races in which this important car ran, thereby giving a good flavor of high-level GP racing in the 1950s.

N.A.R.T.: A Concise History of the North American Racing Team 1957 to 1983

by Terry O’Neil

While usually mentioned in connection with Ferrari, NART campaigned other marques as well, all the way up to F1. What do they have to show for four decades of toil and trouble?

Lamborghini Supercars 50 Years

by Stuart Codling, photos James Mann

Yes, there still are new things to say about Lamborghini! If not new then better. Between the text and the photos, this is one fine book.

The Smart Roadster – An Autobiography

by Bernhard Reichel

The Mini and the Smart Roadster shared a similar idea. One became an icon, the other . . . a footnote. This book explains everything that should have made this car a success. Why it failed, well, that’s another story for another book.

Carrera 2.7

by Ryan Snodgrass

This top-of-the-food chain model is a bit of a sleeper among Porsche road cars but now a gloriously well-made, epic book tells the complete story. No kidding; see for yourself.

Dino – The V6 Ferrari

by Brian Long

For a few years now, the GT version of this late 1960s car is making everyone who once derided it as an inferior Ferrari look foolish and requires larger and larger checks to buy. If one is in your future, this book is a must.

De Tomaso, From Buenos Aires to Modena

by Daniele Pozzi


In every regard, de Tomaso had a full and complicated life, his exotic road cars were more practical and no less sexy than others but remained marginalized anyway, he was a wheeler-dealer in the best and the worst sense—this book sorts some of it out.

Goodwood: Revival, Members’ Meeting, Festival of Speed

by Knut Gielen

Any of the three Goodwood events are pretty much bucket list items. If you’ve never been, this book is a splendid way to see what it’s all about. If you have, ditto, because you couldn’t possibly have seen everything there is to see

Tatra: The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka (2nd ed)

by Ivan Margolius & John G. Henry

Ledwinka is probably one of the greatest engineers nobody has ever heard of. In the interwar years he introduced and refined many innovations. This is the only book in English covering this extraordinary engineer.

Antique and Classic Cars, Vol. 2

by Richard C. Wheatley & Brian Morgan

When this book came out half a century ago, the driver had to be smart where the car wasn’t. If a manual choke or a crash gearbox have you confused, this book tells of positively alien things.

Amazing Barnfinds and Roadside Relics

by Ryan Brutt

Turn off reality TV and go find your own car! They’re out there, and Ryan “The Automotive Archaeologist” Brutt will show you what he—and you—can find.

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