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

Opportune Excursion

by Peter Brown

More than just the history of one particular car, this book also looks at the bigger picture of who the parts suppliers were and how Rolls-Royce built a car in general.

Making Cars at Crewe

by Peter Ollerhead

Crewe was the home of Rolls-Royce until they moved to Goodwood. This book looks at how they are built and who does it.

Pininfarina: Art and Industry 1930–2000

by Antoine Prunet

Seventy years of Pininfarina design are presented with the gravitas it deserves. Not just cars—and not just big-name cars—but also golf clubs, telephones, boats and the design philosophy they share.

Rolls-Royce Catalogue 1910/11

by Rolls-Royce Limited

Few people today can truly comprehend how high Rolls-Royce raised the bar with its first production model, the car that would become known as the Silver Ghost and is featured in this reprint of a sales catalog.

Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France

by Daniel S. Pierce

A new—and for once worthwhile—look at the myths and reality of the links between NASCAR and bootlegging, and the expansion of Southern stock-car racing into the largest spectator sport in the US.

The Little Auto

by Lois Lenski

Meet cheery Mr. Small, proud owner of shiny red sporting car, and see how the children of 1934 were introduced to the world of motoring.

My 1001 Cars, The Reference Edition

by Gabriel Voisin

This French pioneer aviator and airplane/car maker colored outside the lines and rose to be a captain of industry, rubbing shoulders with tycoons and beautiful women—and died in poverty and obscurity.

Blood and Smoke: A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and the Birth of the Indy 500

by Charles Leerhsen

As that first race at Indianapolis in 1911 unfolded, the scoring became ever more confused. A winner was declared—and awarded a tidy purse. But was he the winner?

Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the Sunburnt Country: The First Fifty Years of Rolls-Royce in Australia

by Tom C. Clarke & David R. Neely

Australia was a large market for Rolls-Royce, and its rugged terrain posed particular challenges for these most opulent of cars.

W.C. Atcherley, The Lost Coachbuilder

by James Fack

This is not a large book, this is not a glossy book, but in spite of this I reckon that it is worth a review because Atcherley was a recognized “quality coachmaker” and James Fack has written the only book that has ever been offered on the market.

Blower Bentley: Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged

by Michael Hay

If there is such a thing as a “definitive” history of this model, this book is it. As a racecar the Blower did not set the world on fire but it was important for any number of reasons.