Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale: The Courage to Dream

by Cristiano Fioiro et al

This lavish book is about the reinvention of an icon, showcasing early sketches and photos of the prototype and featuring insights from the CEO, designers, and engineers.

BMW 3-Series 50 Years

by Tony Lewin

Every new iteration of this iconic car causes great soul-searching among road testers and journalists: is it still the quintessential Ultimate Driving Machine? More than 20 million paying customers have voted with their wallets so something must be right. This book puts it all into context.

Chrome Colossus, General Motors and Its Times

by Ed Cray

The author was a journalism professor not an auto industry expert so he examines GM through the lens of “accountability” vis-à-vis, for instance, planned obsolescence, resisting regulation, and opposing imports. The book is over 40 years old—and still not obsolete.

Lella Lombardi – The Tigress of Turin, Her Authorised Biography

by Jon Saltinstall

When tearing around town as a delivery driver for the family butcher shop wasn’t enough she took up karting and let her competitive spirit take her into pro-level racing. The arc of her career changed perceptions of women in racing.

Ferrari: The Monopostos of 1948–52

by John Starkey

Enzo Ferrari wants to go back racing but the war has scattered the workforce, materials are in short supply, and spare money even more so. But Ferrari became a dominant player, so the right things must have happened. This book shines a light on some of them.

I’m Not the Only Idiot in the Cockpit

by Dennis Breen

A funny memoir that at times makes you doubt the man never had an actual accident in all his years of flying or being around aircraft in other capacities (cf. repo man!).

Superveloce: How Italian Cars Conquered the World 

by Peter Grimsdale

Just what is it about Italian cars that gets the blood flowing so? That question never seems to get old—even if a definitive answer remains elusive. There’s food for thought here, but it’s not the last word.

Looking for the Real Weasel

Train Robber, Racer, Rogue – Who was Roy James?

by Rich Duisberg

Remember the “The Great Train Robbery,” that infamous 1963 UK heist? Did you know that the getaway driver was also a racer, skilled silversmith, and bon vivant?

Wayne Carini, Steering Through Life

by Wayne Carini

This automotive memoir by a classic car expert and TV host talks about his life, influences, lessons learned, and of course the finding, collecting, and repair of cars.

Whitney Straight – Racing Driver, War Hero, Industrialist

by Paul Kenny

Born into a prominent family, he hated being referred to as the “Boy Millionaire Race Track Idol”—but he was all that and more, and on his own merits. He would have been more still if he hadn’t died young, at 66. And then this fine book would have had to be even longer!

Spada, The Long Story of a Short Tail

by Bart Lenaerts & Lies de Mol

The title sort of gives it away: Ercole Spada’s design career got underway with his interpretation of the truncated tail. Others did it too, he did it differently. At last there’s an entire—and supremely well designed—book about him.

But Will It Fly?

The History and Science of Unconventional Aerial Power and Propulsion

by Iver P. Cooper

Alighting, staying aloft, and landing again are each hard enough—doing all, repeatedly, controllably, under any number of conditions and in various climactic and atmospheric environments is orders of magnitude harder.

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