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Gotha de l’Automobile Française

by Claude Rouxel and Laurent Friry

To cut a long story short, this is THE book to have on French car manufacturers if you have an interest in the upper crust cars of the Twentieth century.

Chrysler Engines 1922–1998

by Willem L. Weertman

Even if you have only a vague awareness of cars you’ve surely heard of the “Hemi.” And you probably know there is such a thing as a “Viper” with its snarling aluminum alloy V-10 (modified by Lamborghini, then Chrysler-owned). Or the exotic Chrysler Turbine Cars of the 1960s. . . . This book puts it all in context.

Alfa Romeo & Mille Miglia

by Andrea Curami

Published in the year of Alfa Romeo’s 100th anniversary, this book follows the Porsche and Mercedes Benz volumes in a series of books by the late Andrea Curami (d. 2010) about the Mille Miglia efforts of specific marques.

Legendary Car Engines: Inner Secrets of the World’s 20 Best

by John Simister

The engine as object of desire—all this book is missing is centerfolds! The point of this exercise is not to offer a clinically detached appraisal of engineering doohickeys but to give visual expression to the notion of an engine being the heart or soul of a car.

Jochen Rindt: The Story of a World Champion

by Heinz Prüller

In the Clermont-Ferrand paddock during the French GP meeting of July 1970, Jochen Rindt sat with his fellow-Austrian, journalist Heinz Prüller, in the Firestone caravan. They had collaborated on a book four years earlier, and now that Rindt was romping away with the World Championship, they agreed to write another.

Aston Martin V8

by William Presland

Built from 1969 to 2000 Aston Martin’s V8 cars represent a fairly late entry into the V8 segment. Customers had been clamoring for a larger mill for years and Aston began development in 1963, aiming for a 1967 release. The new car that was to go with the new engine, the DBS, did get done in time but the new engine designed by Tadek Marek took another two years.

The Fate of the Sleeping Beauties

by Ard & Arnoud op de Weegh, Kay Hottendorff

This is one book that could have used a subtitle! Not only are there several others with the words “sleeping beauties” in their tile, one of them covers the exact same subject—except . . . it tells a vastly different story and its sins of omission and commission are the raison d’être for this new one.

Red Hot Rivals: Ferrari vs. Maserati—Epic Clashes for Supremacy

by Karl Ludvigsen

More than 10 years before Enzo Ferrari ever built a car under his own name, Maseratis were a thorn in his flesh. They were so uncatchable that after three years of provocation he was seriously thinking of buying some himself. This is the spark that ignited the fire that would smolder for decades and that is the topic of this book.

Jaguar XJ220: The Inside Story

by Mike Moreton

If you had never heard of the XJ220 and all you were told is that it was the fastest production car of its day, with a V12, all-wheel drive, spectacularly good-looking coachwork with scissor doors and luxuriously trimmed interior, you’d think it must have sold like hot cakes. Not!

Ferrari: Stories from Those Who Lived the Legend

by John Lamm

The subtitle says exactly what this book is about. Ponder it a moment. What expectations do these words generate? If you’re looking for a subjective, decidedly Ferrari Rules! take on the world, this is the book. No stats, specs, data, tables or even cohesive story arc here (“And on the third day God/Enzo begat…”).

Original MGA

The Restorer’s Guide to all Roadsters and Coupé Models Including Twin Cam

by Anders Ditlev Clausager

The 1955–62 MGA is not at all an uncommon sight on today’s roads. Strong mechanicals, easy parts availability, decent top speed, and good looks account for this model’s desirability. Add to that healthy auction prices and you have a car you’ll want to keep at or restore to the top of its game.

Salmson, la belle mécanique française

by Laurent Chevalier, Claude Chevalier

This book is the enhanced re-edition of Chevalier’s 1997 volume by the same publisher and which has sold out. His son Laurent has found about 200 new photographs that have never been published before. It proves that the “definitive work on …” only exists in authors’ and editors’ dreams or, at least, until the next one!

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