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Parking Cars in America, 1910–1945: A History

by Kerry Segrave

Have you ever lived in a metropolis and been driven to despair over not finding street parking? or a parking garage? or paid more for monthly parking than your car payment? This is not a new problem!

Gentleman Jack: The Official Biography of Jack Sears

by Graham Gauld

You can hardly pick up a British race report from the 1950s and ‘60s without seeing Sears’ name as a competitor, and often enough winner, in saloon, sports, and vintage cars.

Hunt for the Blower Bentley

by Kevin Gosselin

A novel about an American sleuth tasked with finding a car that has not been heard of for 70 years. It was rare in its day and today would fetch millions of $/£. Time is of the essence and nothing is what it seems.

The DNA of Bentley: Rich Heritage, Challenging Future

by Richard Feast

Bentley is about as quintessentially British as a car can be. Can its essence be defined? replicated? Are Bentleys built by its now-German owners still Bentleys?

Maserati – luxe, sport et prestige

par Martin Buckley

De nos jours, Maserati va de l’avant et tout indique que cela va continuer. Mais ça a rarement été le cas dans l’histoire de la marque vieille de 90 ans, à cause de nombreux dirigeants qui avaient des idées différentes et ce livre en raconte les tenants et les aboutissants.

A Ribbon of Road in the Moonlight

by Michael Pearson

This builds up to the 1957 Targa Florio road race in Sicily. Fast cars, pretty women, a man with a plan. You’ll be entertained—if you don’t think too much.

Bugatti: A Hundred Years of Innovations and Excellence (1909–2009)

Various authors

Not your typical Bugatti book. This one looks at the overall engineering history of the firm on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

The Jordan Automobile, A History

by James H. Lackey

A swanky car, made in America’s “second” auto city, Cleveland. A dance partner told Ned Jordan to make cars a woman would want—and so he did. The most expensive one cost as much as two houses. It couldn’t last.

Austerity Motoring, From Armistice Until the Mid-Fifties

by Malcolm Bobbitt

After WW II, Britain’s output of new cars was earmarked for the export market in order to generate much-needed cash. Add to that fuel rationing and shortages of raw materials and you see why austerity was the watchword.

Coachwork on Vintage Bentleys

3 Litre, 4½ Litre, 6½ Litre, Speed Six & 8 Litre 1921–31

by Nick Walker

Walker is well known as the author of several cornerstone titles in any decent British-car library. Several of them are in this publisher’s “In Detail” series that is an essential resource for the restorer.

MGB, MGC & MGB GT V8, La grande sportive britannique

by David Knowles

One of the quintessential British sports cars, the MGB was in production for 18 years. Today, you’ll find the cars anywhere—but books en français, not so much.

Jaguar XJR7

by Ted West, photos by P. Harholdt

Racing improves the breed, so it is said. The Jaguar XJRs five-year run may not have made the accursed road cars any better but they certainly had enough of a halo effect to stabilize the brand’s slipping fortunes.

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