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

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!

Fast Car Physics

by Chuck Edmondson

So you want to drive fast. Better you first strap on your slide rule before you strap yourself into that car.

French Curves: Delahaye, Delage, Talbot-Lago

by Adatto, Figoni, Hinds; photos by Furman 

Twenty-five cars from the Mullin Automotive Museum illustrate the finer points of French coachwork—and it’s not all swoops and chrome.

Citroën DS, Design Icon

by Malcolm Bobbitt

Even for a company known for building innovative cars, the DS was wildly radical—and sold nearly 1.5 million copies!

Speedway: Auto Racing’s Ghost Tracks

by SS Collins and Gavin D. Ireland

Unless you have a heart of stone, this book will stir the soul! The tooth of time gnawing away at once-famous race tracks. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.

Mercedes-Benz SL W113 Series: 1963 to 1971

by Brian Long

Beautiful car, beautiful book. Try to own at least one or the other! This year-by-year model history will steer you right.

Breaks de chasse: Racés, Sportifs, Intemporels

by Michel Stéfani

Whether it’s hauling or hunting or just looking different, a “hunting car” may be just the thing you need. But unless you speak French, only the pictures will tell the story.

Bentley Eight Litre

by Clare Hay

The 8L was Bentley’s attempt to move away from the sports car market and break into the luxury car business, competing directly with Rolls-Royce. The car was good, the business case not.

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