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

Bugatti: Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean

by Amanda Dunsmore, John Payne

If all you can think of is “cars” when you hear Bugatti, you’re missing something. Furniture, sculpture, and, yes, cars—there’s a Bugatti for that. This book shows pieces that are held in public and private collections in Australia.

Occupant Protection and Automobile Safety in the U.S. since 1900

by Roger F. Wells

No need to obsess about it but every time you strap your car on, a lot can go wrong. From bumpers to highway signage to self-driving cars this book explains what keeps you safe.

Fiat 500: The Autobiography

by Lorenzo Ardizio

A small book about a small car—both of which are packed with pleasant surprises and clever touches.

Me and My MG: Stories from MG Owners Around the World

by Gordon Thorburn

On the surface, this is a book about MG cars and their owners. But it is also about a type of car that embodies a type of technology the author finds more satisfying than modern gizmos.

Illustrated Dictionary of Automobile Body Styles

by Lennart W Haajanen

So you know what a spider/spyder and an estate wagon are. What about a charabanc or a dos-a-dos? Aha. You need this book!

DS miniatures de mon enfance

by Renaud Siry

The real car sold 1.5 million copies; who knows how many toy cars were sold? Today the latter sell for more than the former! This book doesn’t count but show them—all sizes, all colors, all materials.

The Edwardian Rolls-Royce

by J Fasal and B Goodman

Rolls-Royce’s Silver Ghost is the car whose mechanical excellence made the company famous, making the words “Rolls-Royce” a byword for excellence in any endeavor.

American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

by Bryce G. Hoffmann

Unlike GM and Chrysler, FoMoCo took no taxpayer bailout but looked deep into its corporate soul—and threw out the playbook and overhauled itself. Who, why, how are all covered here. Read and learn.

Le Mans Panoramic

by Gavin D. Ireland

A close-up, all-access look at two recent years of the world’s oldest sports car endurance race in sweeping double-page panorama shots that almost put you right into the scene!