On a Global Mission, The Automobiles of General Motors International, Vol. 3
by Louis Fourie
The concluding volume of this trilogy buttons it all up with extensive data sets and also contains the index for all three books.
On a Global Mission, The Automobiles of General Motors International, Vol. 2
by Louis Fourie
This second volume of three takes us to still other locations around the globe including Australia, South America, South Africa, South Korea and China by exploring Holden, Daewoo and unique Chevrolet, Buick, and Opel variants.
On a Global Mission, The Automobiles of General Motors International, Vol. 1
by Louis Fourie
Everyone everywhere has heard of General Motors—but probably by a different name. Each volume in this trilogy will present brands/model lines offered in specific countries. Nothing else comes even close to being comparable in scope to this trilogy.
Shelby American
by Preston Lerner
Surprise: Even after 60 years of tending the Shelby American orchard there remains unpicked fruit—long untold or misunderstood stories, and even stories that are firmly, and rightly embedded into the canon but had only been known in the version Shelby flogged.
Art, Architecture and the Automobile, Presented by Gilmore Car Museum
by David Lyon
Beautifully produced and covering an incredible number of vehicles 1886 to 2016, this exquisitely illustrated book places each in the context of its time. What more superlatives might be added wouldn’t be nearly as attention-grabbing as its affordability!
Inside the Machine: An Engineer’s Tale of the Modern Automotive Industry
by David Twohig
The author led the engineering teams for three very different vehicles, and his achievements at Nissan, Renault, and Alpine won him an Engineer of the Year Award. If you are ready to see how the sausage is made on the engineering side, this book will show you.
Power Under Her Foot, Women Enthusiasts of American Muscle Cars
by Chris Lezotte
Pretty young women were featured in ads as passengers or spectators implying these were the lasses the target audience—men—would attract. This book examines how women have moved into the driver’s seat rumbling to work and shows in modern day muscle cars.
The Rootes Story, The Making of a Global Automotive Empire
by Geoff Carverhill
Rootes is about as British a carmaker/distributor as it gets but US connections abound, not least the Raymond Loewy one. This book is quite the deep dive and dispenses lots of detail in a very readable manner.
Junkyard Nights: Haunting NorCal’s Automotive Graveyards
by Troy Paiva
A night at the graveyard, what’s not to . . . love? This light painting photographer has been lighting up the night for over 30 years and published several books showcasing his observations.
Tony Bettenhausen & Sons: An American Racing Family Album
by Gordon Kirby
In all walks of life one finds families in which several generations engage in the same activity. Over several decades and different series the Bettenhausens were almost uncommonly successful in auto racing but also paid an uncommonly heavy price in that only one of the four survived.
Duesenberg, The Mightiest American Motor Car
by J.L. Elbert
Did the individual marque history genre begin in 1973, as has been argued, with the publication by Automobile Quarterly of its histories of Cadillac and Corvette? This book, now nearly forgotten, clearly set the stage nearly 25 years earlier. And it still deserves a spot on the serious enthusiast’s bookshelf.
American Light Trucks & Utility Vehicles, 1967 to 1989
by J “Kelly” Flory Jr
In an age in which Ford’s F-Series has been the best-selling pickup truck in the US since 1977 it’s easy to lose sight of what else was/is out there. Whether it’s to settle a bet, check a fact, or just get lost in the cars and trucks of yesteryear, Flory’s books are unsurpassed for detail and accuracy.
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