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Lost Cars of the 1970s by Giles Chapman
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £13.92Sixty diverse cars, sixty fascinating stories, sixty contrasting specifications, just one uniting factor: they're all forgotten, neglected or misunderstood classics.In Lost Cars of the 1970s, the... -
The VW Camper Story by Giles Chapman
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.01What Europe needed after the Second World War was an ultra-reliable workhorse to get small businesses on the move again. And, with a little nudge from the Dutch, that's what Volkswagen provided in... -
The Land Rover Story by Giles Chapman
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.01The 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... -
The Jaguar Story by Giles Chapman 9780750989244
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.37The Jaguar name is synonymous with style, power, performance, luxury and an intangible element of Britishness. It's hard to imagine its humble origins in a Blackpool backstreet as the Swallow Sidecar... -
The VW Beetle Story by Giles Chapman 9780752484600
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.46The KdF car, a German acronym for Strength Through Joy, was conceived by Adolf Hitler's Third Reich as a true German 'people's car'. There is precious little in the legacy of 1930s Nazi Germany that... -
Cars We Loved in the 1980s by Giles Chapman
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31It was brash and it was loud - the 1980s put paid to the glumness of the '70s and nowhere was that more obvious than in the cars we drove, which took a quantum leap in durability, performance,... -
Cars We Loved in the 1950s by Giles Chapman
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31After the Second World War, cars in Britain were very hard to come by. Most new models had to go for export or were reserved for those drivers who needed them the most, such as doctors. Petrol was... -
Lost Cars of the 1960s Giles Chapman 9781803999364
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.49What's this car?Think you know it?Take another look; is it really what you remember?The 1960s is regarded as the cradle of the classic car, but these are the tantalising ones that got away ...An... -
Mini: 60 Years Giles Chapman 9780760363997
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £18.71Mini celebrates 60 amazing years of this iconic car, from its revolutionary introduction to the popularity of its new-generation models. The first two-door Mini, introduced in 1959 and built until... -
The Range Rover Story by Giles Chapman 9780750989237
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.01It's easy to forget that the original Range Rover, launched in 1970, created the luxury sport-utility vehicle market from scratch. A marvel of British ingenuity developed on a shoestring budget, it... -
The Ford Capri Story by Giles Chapman 9780752484617
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.01Before 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... -
Cars We Loved in the 1970s by Giles Chapman 9780752494326
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31The 1970s saw some ground-breaking new metal in British showrooms: the Renault 5 established the new 'supermini' class, the Volkswagen Golf gave the average family car a hatchback and top quality,... -
Lost Cars of the 1940s and '50s by Giles Chapman 9780750999458
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.23Sixty diverse cars, sixty fascinating stories, sixty contrasting specifications, just one uniting factor: they're all forgotten, neglected or misunderstood classics.Motoring in the 1940s and '50s... -
The Worst Cars Ever Sold by Giles Chapman 9780750947145
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.60They don't make 'bad' cars any more, right? Well, maybe not, but there have been some real clunkers in years gone by, and this is the first book to celebrate them in all their awful glory. In this... -
Cars We Loved in the 1990s by Giles Chapman 9780750993180
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31The 1980s car era had been brash and loud - but the 1990s that followed was markedly more sober, stylish and sophisticated. A period when safety and durability improved . . . even though insurance... -
100 Cars Britain Can Be Proud Of by Giles Chapman
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.60From Ace to Zodiac - via the world-beating Land Rover, the thrilling Morgan Aeromax, the eternally young Mini Cooper and the unique London taxi - this is a celebration of the best British cars, old... -
The Story of the Car: The Definitive History of Automobiles by Giles Chapman
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.05A 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... -
Cars We Loved in the 1960s by Giles Chapman 9780752494319
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31If you owned a car in 1960s Britain, then you'll love this blast back in time to when driving was still fun, highway speed limits were unheard-of (well, until 1965 anyway), and buying a new car was a... -
Top Gear: My Dad Had One of Those by Giles Chapman
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.08Good old Dad and his good old Dad's car. As solid and dependable as the man himself, if a little less balding, Dad's car was almost a member of the family, whisking you to exciting days out, or just... -
Land Rover: Gripping Photos of the 4x4 Pioneer Giles Chapman 9781837051489
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.71Over almost seventy years, the original Land Rover evolved from the ground-breaking Series I model in 1948 to the final Defender in 2016. Now there is a totally new Defender for the 2020s.Land Rover... -
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100 Cars Britain Can Be Proud Of by Giles Chapman 9780752456867 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £2.14From Ace to Zodiac - via the world-beating Land Rover, the thrilling Morgan Aeromax, the eternally young Mini Cooper and the unique London taxi - this is a celebration of the best British cars, old... -
Three Million Miles in a Volvo and Other Curious Car Stories: 50 Fascinating Lives with Cars Giles Chapman 9781803995496
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.60'An intriguing series of tales about love affairs with cars which, like human relationships, can go badly wrong.' - Christian Wolmar, best-selling author of The Subterranean Railway and Fire &... -
How To Make Money at Car Boot Sales: Insider tips and practical advice on how to buy and sell at 'boot fairs' Giles Chapman 9780716023999
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Every weekend, throughout the year, an enormous number of British people flock to Car Boot Sales. At any one event, hundreds of them are selling off unwanted possessions or inherited junk to free up... -
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The Classic Car Book: The Definitive Visual History by DK 9780241240489 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £6.30A spectacular celebration of the most iconic vintage cars.With more than 1300 colour photographs of the key classic cars from every decade since the 1940s to the 1980s, you'll meet the designers... -
The Car Book: The Definitive Visual History by DK
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.65Strap yourself in for an unforgettable ride through motoring history!From the earliest "horseless carriage" to the modern supercar, this lavishly illustrated history of the automobile is packed with...