Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Hot Rod Magazine: All the Covers
by Drew Hardin
Since its founding in 1948, Hot Rod Magazine has as much reflected as shaped the hot rod movement in the US. It even preceded what today are the mainstream, middle-of-the-road consumer car magazines; in fact, its success spawned theirs.
Joyaux Automobiles des Maharadjahs
by Gautam Sen
A clientele of wealthy Indian enthusiasts with incredibly deep pockets and remarkable eccentricities absorbed disproportionately large numbers of European and American cars, from bejeweled Rolls-Royces to more common fare such as Fiats and Fords.
Formula 1 Technical Analysis 2009–2010
by Giorgio Piola
You may watch every race of the season and faithfully snip every technical article in specialist magazines, and you may even have contacts in the F1 community—and you still wouldn’t know all the technical intricacies this book series has been able to clarify since its launch in 1994.
McQueen’s Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon
by Matt Stone
Could Henry Mushman have become the “King of Cool”? It probably didn’t hurt his image that Steve McQueen was not saddled in real life with the nom de plume he adopted for his early motorcycle racing persona but had a name that was as properly burly as the roles he played and the things he liked to do.
American Auto Legends: Classics of Style and Design
by Michael Furman, text by Tracy Powell
This latest installment in this Auto Legends series turns its—and your—gaze upon American cars of “distinction.” Without taking anything away from the text, what most distinguishes all the books in this series is the fabulous photography.
Behind the Wheel: The Great Automobile Aficionados
by Robert Puyal
Puyal takes a cerebral approach to his subject. The lives of 54 people are enlisted to tell stories of wo/man’s relationship with the car through the ages.
Nissan GT-R Supercar: Born to Race
by Dennis Gorodji
Even if you only pay peripheral attention to current cars you are probably vaguely aware that the GT-R is often singled out for its sophisticated handling. If you follow motorsports you already know that that is quite the understatement and that the GT-R can well be said to have revolutionized sports car dynamics.
Le Mans 1960–69: The Official History of the World’s Greatest Motor Race
by Quentin Spurring
Note the word “official”—this book is indeed published in association with l’Automobile Club de l’Ouest, the organizer. Thus Spurring had access to the ACO’s own archive of photographs and race data although it is not the first or the only book to have had that benefit.
Life is a Highway: A Century of Great Automotive Writing
Edited by Darwin Holmstrom & Melinda Keefe
Just as Tom Cochrane’s 1991 most famous song of the same name has been covered by others, this book presents “covers” of a common theme. It is an anthology of 44 examples of ruminations about anything automotive, from excerpts from novels to magazine articles.
BRM: A Mechanic’s Tale
by Dick Salmon
A linguist might point out the negative connotations of the word “tale” (fiction, untruth even), but here—absent any evidence to the contrary—we take it to mean “narrative of events,” in other words a story. Think of it as a memoir, interrupted by frequent elbow jabs. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
Can-Am Cars in Detail: Machines and Minds Racing Unrestrained
by Pete Lyons & Peter Harholdt
If you know your cars and you saw the cover photo without any text, you’d know right away you’re looking at a Can-Am car. Ain’t nothin’ like it. The subtitle says it all: Unrestrained. Unrestricted. Formula Libre. Anything goes.
The Corvette in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
by Tom Cotter
If it was the word “Corvette” that caught your eye, do realize that this book isn’t just about that. The Corvette story is neither the first nor the biggest one in this book, in fact there are several, but it makes for as good a title as any.
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