Archive for Items Categorized 'Multilingual / Not English', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

2CV, un fabuleux destin

by Serge Defradat

Produced between 1948 and 1990 more than 8 million of all variants of this uncompromisingly utilitarian machine were produced in France and Portugal. No matter its rickety appearance, it was a fabulous design.

Wittelsbach State & Ceremonial Carriages

by Rudolf H. Wackemagel (ed.)

From the Louis XIV period to Bavarian Swan King Ludwig II and from state coaches to children’s sleighs, these books present a first-ever look at some remarkable confections of stunning craftsmanship in use by the royal house of Wittelsbach.

Maserati – luxe, sport et prestige

par Martin Buckley

De nos jours, Maserati va de l’avant et tout indique que cela va continuer. Mais ça a rarement été le cas dans l’histoire de la marque vieille de 90 ans, à cause de nombreux dirigeants qui avaient des idées différentes et ce livre en raconte les tenants et les aboutissants.

MGB, MGC & MGB GT V8, La grande sportive britannique

by David Knowles

One of the quintessential British sports cars, the MGB was in production for 18 years. Today, you’ll find the cars anywhere—but books en français, not so much.

Aston Martin, coupés & cabriolets depuis 1948

by Jacques-Louis Bertin & Arnald Millereau

“Power, Beauty and Soul” is Aston’s slogan and this book, beginning with the cars of the David Brown era, shows why this isn’t idle talk.

Heuliez, carrossier et constructeur: un siècle d’histoire

by Yves Dubernard

In Europe, trucks and buses with a Heuliez body tag are everywhere—but they’ve done a lot more and this book brings it all together.

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.

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!

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.

Amilcar

by Gilles Fournier

The “poor man’s Bugatti”! Zippy French cars, well-liked, successful on the track—and still the marque died.

Henri Chapron

by Dominique Pagneux 

While always current in terms of popular taste, Chapron’s designs were not flashy or avant-garde but sober and of restrained elegance. During the peak years of 1928–31 their output reached a lofty 500 cars a year.

Bandini

by Franco Fabbri & Cesare Sangiorgi

Ilario, that is, not Lorenzo, the ill-fated Ferrari pilot. Ilario (1911–1992), known as “Lili” to his close friends, was a remarkable man who during the course of some 30 years created the jewel-like Bandini sports racers.