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Now in Paperback! This book tells the story of the modern car industry from the inside. What is it really like to work for the carmakers - the industrial giants that influence the daily lives of millions? How are mass-production cars really designed,...

The incredibly popular sixties design classics, with their enduring appeal, the original air-cooled Volkswagen cars and Transporters are fully explored in this fascinating book. A unique picture-led chronicle of the Volkswagen story through the 1950s and...

The Car: The History of the Automobile explores every aspect of the development of the automobile from the fragile engineering of the earliest models to the cutting edge technology of the vehicles of the future. Packed with anecdotes about the best-loved...

While Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed on what constitutes safe, decorous driving or who is capable of it. Mobility without Mayhem is a lively cultural history of America's fear of and...

New York City custom car and motorcycle culture has long been overshadowed by the left coast designers and machines. In this unprecedented book, urban anthropologist Michael McCabe presents the stories, innovators, and machines behind NYC car and...

For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys. This is true, Christopher Wells argues, because the United States is Car Country-a nation dominated by landscapes that are difficult, inconvenient, and...

The first title in a series born of collaboration between Giorgio Nada Editore and the Imola Autodrome, which will see a series of books appear over time, devoted to the Italian track. This bi-lingual book has as the object the story of Ayrton at Imola,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600780899Author Terry BlountFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 517g

Visit any VW show and what do you find? Correct - wall-to-wall Campers. Interest in the numerous conversions offered over the years spirals ever-upwards as do asking prices for even the most dilapidated examples of the first three generations and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642341638Author Wayne G BroehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Octane PressPublisher Octane PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451640649Author Ingrassia, PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

In the first years of the twentieth century, motoring across the vast expanses west of the Mississippi was at the very least an adventure and at most an audacious stunt. As more motorists ventured forth, such travel became a curiosity and, within a few...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788879116077Author Various AuthorsFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Giorgio Nada EditorePublisher Giorgio Nada EditoreWeight(grams) 1674gDimensions(mm)...

The definitive history of the internationally popular Porsche 924, including motorsport. Expert guidance on buying a 924. Over 220 illustrations, mainly in colour, acquired with the full assistance of Porsche.Book InformationISBN 9781845849771Author...

"American Station Wagons - The Golden Era 1950-1975" examines an important quarter century of this versatile vehicle, a time when it evolved into a practical, yet sometimes luxurious family transporter or business vehicle. This volume covers...

Before yesterday's dream car became today's SUV, the reputation of Porsche as a manufacturer of fine sports cars was established. It started with the ideas of Dr Ferdinand Porsche, and a world best seller that spawned a revered line of sports cars. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645584322Author Publications International LtdFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Publications International, Ltd.Publisher Publications International,...

For the first time, one of the major names in Italian car design tells his story from the beginning; from when he made his first sketches on paper, unbeknown to his parents and not only of cars, to reaching a point at which his name became synonymous...

This third volume continues James Stringer's popular series with another highly entertaining collection of Austin-related stories. This time you can read all about: 'Mugwump' and its journey from Bristol to Cape Town; how Spike Milligan and fellow Goon...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621064862Author Andy SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm PublishingWeight(grams) 168g

May 1927 saw the abandonment of Chesterfield's trams and replacement with trolleybuses. These only lasted until March 1938, bringing an end to a form of transport never to return to this Derbyshire town. This history of the system includes many...

Hitler's autobahn was more than just the pet project of an infrastructure-friendly dictator. It was supposed to revolutionize the transportation sector in Germany, connect the metropoles with the countryside, and encourage motorization. The propaganda...

Hitler's autobahn was more than just the pet project of an infrastructure-friendly dictator. It was supposed to revolutionize the transportation sector in Germany, connect the metropoles with the countryside, and encourage motorization. The propaganda...

Why has “car society” proven so durable, even in the face of mounting environmental and economic crises? In this follow-up to his magisterial Atlantic Automobilism, Gijs Mom traces the global spread of the automobile in the postwar era and investigates...

This is a potted history of the Jowett car company's distinctive advertising from the days when owning a Jowett was cheaper than walking.Book InformationISBN 9780752435350Author Noel StokoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press...

The Cadillac story is more than the story of a car company. It is, in many ways, the story of the American automobile industry itself- which, as much as any industry, drove America's growth in the twentieth century and defined who we are as a people:...

Lincoln's heritage is as rich as that of any car built anywhere in the world, and more impressive than all but a few. The Continental produced in the 1940s was one of the first cars to be universally recognized by classic car cognoscenti. The list of...

Launched in 1969, the 914 series went through many problems and changes before production came to an end in 1976. It was constantly improved during its short life, but time just ran out for the model. It is interesting to note that until the Boxster made...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855207301Author R. M. ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Brooklands Books LtdPublisher Brooklands Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855207196Author R. M. ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Brooklands Books LtdPublisher Brooklands Books Ltd

This book illustrates with rare, vintage photographs the birth of three- and four-wheeled internal combustion, steam, and electric motor vehicles from the years 1894-1907. These superb quality images depict the large and unusual variety of vehicles in...

In the postwar years, Henry Ford delivered the 'Right Size Ford, ' the practical ride many American families wanted. As things got fancier in the fifties, Ford jazzed up matters with the Fairlane, a legendary Dearborn nameplate. Covering the evolution of...

Few cars in history have grabbed the public's fancy as much as the ill-fated Edsel-the Titanic of automobiles, a marketing disaster whose magnitude has made it a household word. Remarkably, there has never before been a book that tells the whole...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639364664Author Bryan AppleyardFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 254g

Image archivist and transportation historian Jim Harter follows his work, Early Farm Tractors, with an even larger collection of images from advertising line art from 1880 to 1930, this time focused on Early Automobiles. Nearly 250 entrancing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626401235Author Darryl HolterFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Angel City Press,U.S.Publisher Angel City Press,U.S.

Contrary to popular opinion, the automotive industry is not a man's world! Since the early days of General Motors, there have been women -- known and unknown -- who have had vital roles in design, engineering, manufacturing, and administration. In this...

L'histoire de la premiere Porche, la 356, de sa creation en 1948 a la fin de la production en 1965.Book InformationISBN 9782840485339Author Christian DescombesFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Editions HeimdalPublisher Editions Heimdal

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786463732Author John B HegeFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint McFarland & CompanyPublisher McFarland & Company

Now in Paperback! Carroll Shelby, legendary driving ace, race team owner, and designer of Shelby Cobra, Daytona, and Mustang GT350 classics is revered by automotive enthusiasts, yet little has been written about the last quarter century of Carroll...