Maserati 5000 GT: A Significant Automobile
by Maurice Khawam
Unlike the voluminous literature on Maserati’s racing cars, the firm’s touring cars are most often relegated to a mere chapter in the multi-model marque histories. Author Khawam makes the case that the 5000 GT is such a significant car in terms of engineering and design that it deserves a stand-alone book.
The Magnificent Front-engined Birdcages, Maserati Tipo 60 and 61
by W. Oosthoek & M. Bollée
The Tipo 60 and 61 were the last of the great front-engined sports racing cars. In this beautifully produced volume, Trident authorities Oosthoek and Bollée treat them with the same thoroughness that made their previous volumes on the 450S and Tipo 151 benchmarks.
The Formula
How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport
by Robinson & Clegg
Attendance at F1 events is rising. It wasn’t always thus, so why now? 2023 set a record with 6.15 million spectators. The F1 spin doctors tell you one story, this book another.
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione – Spider
by Ivan Scelsa
Built in small numbers and for only a few years you’ve probably never seen an 8C in the flesh. Or even read about it—because this is the first book-length tour of the car and how it fits into the Alfa Romeo portfolio.
Norman Conquest, One Man’s Tale of High-Flying Adventures and a Life in the Fast Lane
by Vic Norman
For £399 he’ll let you try wingwalking for yourself, or you can spend £45 and just read about it and a hundred other unusual things. That Ferrari 250GTO Nick Mason owns? Used to be his—sold for £16,000. No regrets. Never had a proper job. How does he do it?
Tyrrell: The Story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation
by Richard Jenkins
This team/constructor turned out the lights half a decade ago but has descendants of a manner in the modern era: Brawn GP who almost adopted the old name, and today’s Mercedes-AMG Petronas.
We’ve now added a second review—because the book is just that good.
The Cobra in the Barn, Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
by Tom Cotter
This was the first book in what would become a series extolling the allure of looking for desirable cars, be it by methodical search or accidental stumble—sometimes literally. The sleuthing, the deal making, the extraction, and the inevitable headaches are captured in experiences many of us had had ourselves (or wish we did).
A History of Auto Racing in New England
Dick Berggren, editor
Unless you live there you probably had no idea how long ago racing started in that region. This excellent book connects many dots that extend far beyond those six states.
The Key 2022, The Top of the Classic Car World
Antonio Ghini, editor
It’s that time of year . . . the TCCT Yearbook. The data you have come to rely on (or dread?) and new topics that are so off the beaten path you don’t know what to make of them. Exercise the grey matter!
Bugatti: The Italian Decade
by Gautam Sen
An Italian Bugatti? No matter its inglorious end it was a fine, capable car quite unlike anything else. Big names were involved. Big money was spent—on building it and on buying it.
The Ferrari Place
by Jim Hunter
The unlikely story of a couple of youngish Ferrari owners in the 1970s venturing into the spare parts world to satisfy their own requirements only to recognize a wide unmet need and growing a multi-faceted business around it.
The Age of Combustion: Notes on Automobile Design
by Stephen Bayley
As the Age of the Internal Combustion Engine winds down here comes a grand sweeping commentary in the form of essays/magazine columns by a man who has opinions.
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