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Alfa Romeo 105 Series Spider: The Complete Story by Jim Talbott
RRP: £25.00£20.26The Alfa Romeo 105 series Spider is one of the most admired drop-head sports cars to come out of Italy. Launched in 1966, its radical new look was not immediately welcomed. As prospective buyers gradually warmed to the model, enhancements were... -
Aston Martin: Made in Britain by Ben Collins 9781529410778
RRP: £20.00£13.35'This pacy history of a legendary brand is a love letter to an era of gears and gasoline now accelerating towards its twilight' - Financial Times'[Told] with a genuine affection ... a glorious tale of British seat-of-the-pants invention' - Mail on... -
F1 Mavericks: The Men and Machines that Revolutionized Formula 1 Racing by Pete Biro
RRP: £35.00£23.43F1 Mavericks is the story of the grandest, most influential, and most fondly remembered era in Formula 1 racing as seen through the lens of master motorsports photographer, Pete Biro. The period from 1960 to 1982 saw the greatest technological changes in... -
The Land Rover Story by Giles Chapman
RRP: £9.99£8.17The very first Land Rover, launched in 1948, owed its low-key existence to shoestring British ingenuity and - literally - odds and ends left over from World War II. Rover thought it could keep its factory ticking over as the company's post-war fortunes... -
Mercedes-Benz SLK: R170 Series 1996-2004 by Brian Long 9781845846510
RRP: £45.00£32.26The first in a series of SLK titles, this detailed volume, written with the full co-operation of Mercedes-Benz, reveals the full history of the first generation 'Sportlich, Leicht und Kurz' - the SLK. Starting with an introduction to, and history of,... -
Range Rover Sport 2005-2013: The Complete Story by James Taylor
RRP: £25.00£20.26When the Range Rover Sport was launched in 2005, it was aimed at a new group of customers who in many cases would never have considered a Land Rover product before. These customers wanted and could afford a luxurious vehicle that was expensive to run;... -
Triumph Dolomite: An Enthusiast's guide by Matthew Vale
RRP: £16.99£13.80A model-by-model history of the popular Triumph Dolomite family, the range of quality sporting saloons that started with the Triumph 1300 and was in production from 1965-80. The Triumph 1300 was innovative, with front-wheel drive and a four-door body... -
Making Cars at Longbridge: 1905 to the Present Day by Gillian Bardsley 9780750965293
RRP: £22.50£18.37Lavishly illustrated with unique images from the official company archive, this book charts more than 100 years of car-making at the Longbridge factory, near Birmingham. Herbert Austin founded the Austin Motor Company here in April 1905 and it was... -
The last Shelby Cobra: My times with Carroll Shelby by Chris Theodore 9781787114500
RRP: £35.00£24.27Carroll 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 Shelby's life. During... -
Max Hoffman: Million Dollar Middleman by Myles Kornblatt
RRP: £30.00£21.00This fascinating story charts the career of Max Hoffman, the US car dealer who represented Jaguar, Porsche, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Fiat, Lancia, BMW, and many other European car brands during the decades following WWII. He pushed for distinguished... -
111 VW Bus Stories That You Should Know by Christian Schluter
RRP: £22.00£16.16The VW Bus is not just a car. It is sentimental, a part of the family. A way of life on wheels. That's why most of them have names. And almost everyone has some sort of connection to the VW Bus. This book offers fascinating stories about one of the most... -
Maserati 250F: The Autobiography of 2528 by Ian Wagstaff 9781907085383
RRP: £60.00£55.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907085383Author Ian WagstaffFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press InternationalWeight(grams)... -
American Muscle Cars: A Full-Throttle History by Darwin Holmstrom
RRP: £40.00£27.75This is the muscle car history to own-a richly illustrated chronicle of America's greatest high-performance cars, told from their 1960s beginning through the present day! In the 1960s, three incendiary ingredients-developing V-8 engine technology, a... -
The Story of the Car: The Definitive History of Automobiles by Giles Chapman
RRP: £20.00£15.29A stunning visual celebration of cars over a century of progress!Introducing The Story of the Car - a historical and visual exploration of awe-inspiring automobiles over a period of one hundred years, from the first horseless carriage to driverless... -
Range Rover Second Generation: The Complete Story by James Taylor
RRP: £25.00£20.26The second generation Range Rover, which many people call the P38, was arguably Land Rover's first model designed as a luxury vehicle. It was a major leap for the company, but a very successful one as well. Despite controversy over its looks, and some... -
Maserati At Heart by Ermanno Cozza
RRP: £39.00£32.39In this book of over 500 pages Ermanno Cozza, the true historic memory of Maserati, passionately tells a story packed with behind the scenes truths - right up to today - that have never before been published. He covers half a century of the company's... -
Brooklands: Cradle of British Motor Racing and Aviation by Nicholas H Lancaster 9780747807070
RRP: £8.99£6.87Before World War II, Brooklands was the most famous motor racing venue in the world, attracting large and glamorous crowds to its banked circuit to watch races being won and records being broken. Also an important centre for aviation, Brooklands saw the... -
The Story of Mini: A Tribute to the Iconic Car by Welbeck
RRP: £12.99£8.60The Story of Mini is a pocket-sized and beautifully illustrated celebration of the iconic car.For more than 60 years, the Mini has been one of the most beloved and instantly recognisable cars on the road. From its humble beginnings with the British Motor... -
Vauxhall Cars by James Taylor
RRP: £8.99£6.75Vauxhall cars have been central to motoring in Britain for over a century. The company built a formidable reputation in its early years with notable machines like the Prince Henry, the 30/98 and the 1914 Grand Prix cars, and then moved into a more... -
Cortina: The Story of Ford's Best-Seller by Graham Robson 9781787111004
RRP: £27.50£18.97In the 1960s the Cortina was an entirely new type of British car - light yet strong, cheap to buy, and yet roomy. It established a new class of car - the 'Cortina Class' - and Ford's rivals had to rush to compete. Not only was the Cortina the first, it... -
BMW Z4: E85 Roadster and E86 Coupe including M and Alpina 2003 to 2009 by David Smitheram 9781787111967
RRP: £12.99£8.94If you are thinking of buying a sports car you could enjoy every day, the E85 and E86 BMW Z4 should be top of your list. With well proven and great sounding engines, excellent handling and a choice of Roadster or Coupe body styles, choosing the right Z4... -
The Rootes Group: Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam, Singer, Commer, Karrier by Richard Loveys
RRP: £8.99£6.75The Rootes Group once dominated the British motor industry, and its legacy lives on in thousands of carefully maintained cars - most notably Hillmans, Humbers, Singers and Sunbeams. In this book, using beautiful images from the Rootes Archive Centre,... -
Mazda MX-5: The Complete Story by Antony Ingram
RRP: £25.00£20.26At over 900,000 cars produced - and counting - the Mazda MX-5 holds the Guinness World Record as the best-selling two-seater sports car ever produced. And while mere numbers should not be the only barometer of success, it has taken a car of the MX-5's... -
A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel to the Car to What Comes Next by Tom Standage
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely' Sunday Times 'Standage writes with a masterly clarity' New York Times 'The product of deep research, great intelligence and burnished prose . . . It is rare... -
1970 Maximum Muscle: The Pinnacle of Muscle Car Power by Richard Truesdell
RRP: £32.00£21.61In 1970, the American muscle car was as fast and outrageous as it would ever get. But the end was nigh, and 1970 Maximum Muscle dives head-first into the storm before the calm. Wherever you mark the beginning of the muscle car era-Oldsmobile's 1949... -
IconiCars Porsche 911 by Elmar Brummer
£32.21"This is a vibrant photo-essay on the history and evolution of Porsche's rear-engined sports legend." - Classic Cars To call it a legend is almost an understatement. After more than 50 years of model history, the one millionth Porsche 911 rolled off the... -
Rover P6: 2000, 2200, 3500: The Complete Story by James Taylor
RRP: £35.00£29.18The Rover P6 was unquestionably one of the best saloon cars to come out of Britain in the 1960s and was winner of the first-ever European Car of the Year award. It combined a wealth of technical innovation with a distinctive appearance that incorporated... -
The Scooter Bible: The Ultimate History and Encyclopedia by Eric Dregni
RRP: £28.00£19.28The Scooter Bible is an entertaining, colorful, and authoritative history of the little motorbikes that could. Beginning with the first motor scooter in 1902, Eric Dregni is your guide to everything from the postwar American scooter boom to the golden... -
MGB The Superlative MG: Including MGC and MGB V8 by David Knowles 9781785009419
RRP: £45.00£36.93The MGB was a great British success story, a product largely conceived, designed and produced by a small team of dedicated people who genuinely cared about their work. Of course, the MGB came from a proud, successful sports car tradition, and the model... -
Essential Buyers Guide Jaguar Xj6, Xj8 & Xjr: All 2003 to 2009 by Nigel Thorley 9781787111066
RRP: £12.99£8.94This is the essential guide to all Jaguar XJ models from 2003 to 2009. An important read for any potential owner, but also a constant reference guide to keep with you when viewing a car. It will help you identify the model that suits you, what to look... -
The Ford Capri Story by Giles Chapman
RRP: £9.99£7.33Before the Ford Capri arrived in 1969, GT cars had tended to be expensive, temperamental, impractical and rarefied. Ford decided there was no reason why a four-seater coupe couldn't look stunning and go like a rocket (with the right engine) yet be as... -
Tractors: 1880s to 1980s by Nick Baldwin 9780747807544
£6.75Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914, after which the need to produce more foods using less horse and man power saw the origins of the machine we know today. Thanks to mass production, Ford brought the price... -
Volkswagen Bay Transporter Restoration Manual: The step-by-step guide to the entire restoration process by Fletcher Gillett
RRP: £30.00£21.95Fletcher Gillett runs a small business repairing and restoring VW Transporters and other vehicles, with bodywork and structural repairs a speciality. He has contributed magazine articles and maintains a presence on VW forums where fellow enthusiasts can... -
Mercedes-Benz W124: The Complete Story by James Taylor
RRP: £25.00£20.86Designed by Mercedes's head of design Bruno Sacco, the W124 range immediately became the benchmark by which medium-sized car models were judged in the late 1980s due to its engineering excellence and high build quality. There was a model to suit every... -
Formula 1 Car by Car 1980 - 1989 by Peter Higham 9781910505236
RRP: £50.00£36.82This book is the third in Evro's multi-volume, decade-by-decade series covering the entire history of Formula 1 through its teams and cars. This instalment examines the 1980s, when the sport moved into its spectacular turbo era, first with Renault,... -
Formula 1: Car by Car 1990-99 by Peter Higham 9781910505625
RRP: £50.00£36.82This instalment in Evro's decade-by-decade series covering all Formula 1 cars and teams is devoted to a period when some normality seemed to return after the ground-effect and turbo excesses of the 1980s, except for one terrible weekend in the spring of... -
Fast on the Sand: The Daytona Beach Land Speed Record Runs of 1928 by Aldo Zana 9781476680873
RRP: £28.99£24.05The 1928 quest for the Land Speed Record on the sands of Daytona Beach was a first for America, a singular mix of technology, thrills and tragedy. Tens of thousands lined the dunes along the beach, a crowd larger than any yet seen at Indianapolis 500... -
MINI: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car by Simon Garfield
RRP: £12.99£8.56In 1959, the first Mini was produced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. It would take a team of supremely talented designers, engineers and production-line workers to build a car that was unique in appearance and construction. They would clash... -
British Leyland: From Triumph to Tragedy. Petrol, Politics and Power by Lance Cole
RRP: £25.00£18.62What really happened at British Leyland (BL)? Was it 'just' the cars, or were other factors vital to the story? Who really was to blame for BL and MG Rover's death? The 'truth' about BL is deeper than its cars - were ultra- Left-wing plots to topple BL... -
Jeep: Eight Decades from Willys to Wrangler by Patrick R. Foster
RRP: £22.00£14.96The definitive, fully illustrated celebration of an auto manufacturer that paved its own way by going off-road is now updated to celebrate Jeep's 80th anniversary. Few American vehicles, or vehicles made anywhere else in the world for that matter, are as...