Download or read book Vintage Historic Racing Cars written by Alex Gabbard and published by HP Trade. This book was released on 1986 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows and describes race cars built by Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, BMW, Jaguar, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Austin-Healey, Corvette, Mustang, Lotus, Porsche, and Maserati
Download or read book Aston Martin written by David Dowsey and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive 352-page history with beautiful color photography and detailed illustrations. Includes thorough specification information for each model.
Download or read book Making Aston Martin written by Ulrich Bez and published by Te Neues Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his ten years at the helm, Aston Martin CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez turned a niche British car maker into a profitable global business. Not your normal corporate "how I did it," this is a unique, lavishly illustrated blend of business case and personal memoir. The plot zooms along like a thriller--no business platitudes and all the insider details. We're with Dr. Bez as he sleeplessly awaits Bill Ford's verdict on buying out Aston Martin. We get up-close with the intense challenges of running an exclusive car manufacturer and see just how a global luxury brand is developed. A car enthusiast and engineer with a vision, Bez also shares his thoughts on the future of the automobile--and his plans for Aston Martin. Text in English and German SELLING POINTS: *An essential volume for any serious library on automotive design and history 200 colour and b/w photographs
Download or read book Superfinds written by Michael Kliebenstein and published by Porter Press. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is unique. It is a compendium of wonderful automotive treasure, as discovered. With the passage of time all cars became worthless and unloved, no matter how eminent. Racing cars inevitably became uncompetitive and redundant. Many vehicles passed into scrapyards, the motoring equivalent of a cemetery, or simply rotted away.
Download or read book Aston Martin written by Richard Loveys and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aston Martin is now more than a century old – and what a century it has been. Since its birth in London on the eve of the First World War, the company has experienced the highs of racing triumph – most famously in the 1959 Le Mans 24-hour race – and the lows of bankruptcy, yet throughout it all has been in the first rank of British marques. Published in association with the Aston Martin Heritage Trust and written by enthusiast Richard Loveys, Aston Martin is a fully illustrated history of the company that has created some of the the world's best loved and most widely respected cars, including James Bond's iconic DB5. It covers the cars themselves, the personalities and talents who have shaped Aston Martin from owners to engineers, the drivers who have shared with the company in racing glory, and the centenary celebrations of 2013.
Download or read book Aston Martin DB written by Andrew Noakes and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the full scoop on Great Britain's best-loved sports car manufacturer with this excellently produced, photo-loaded, history by Aston Martin expert, Andrew Noakes.
Download or read book Aston Martin written by James Bow and published by Superstar Cars. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get behind the wheel of some of the most exciting cars on the road today! Superstar Cars is a dynamic, high-interest series that provides an in-depth look at the history, design, and performance of some of the world's most recognizable automobiles. In 1959, British author Ian Fleming published Goldfinger, the fifth book in his James Bond series. In that book, British super spy James Bond drives a secret service-issued Aston Martin DB Mark III. From that point on, the Aston Martin became identified as "Bond's car" in the public psyche. This book tells the story of how Aston Martin built its reputation by building its cars to be powerful, fast, and luxurious. Book jacket.
Download or read book Aston Martin Ulster written by Stephen Archer and published by Porter Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMC 614 is the registration number of an historic Aston Martin Ulster which has, without doubt, competed in more races than any other Aston. Built in 1935 to the same specification as the factory team cars, it took part in the Le Mans 24 Hour race, the Mille Miglia, and the Tourist Trophy in 1935. Eddie Hall and Count Johnny Lurani were among the celebrated drivers who raced it in its first season. The 1.5 litre Ulster model marked the peak of Aston's pre-war achievements and marque enthusiasts recognize CMC 614 as one of the finest examples of the 28 made – as well as the most raced Aston of all time.
Download or read book Aston Martin V8 written by William Presland and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development of Aston Martin's V8 engine began in 1963 as a replacement for the six cylinder engines which had powered every model of Aston Martin since the 1950 DB2. In 1966 design work began on a new GT model and both car and engine were to be unleashed on the public in October 1967. With barely twelve months to complete the car, Aston Martin pulled it off, and the DBS was born. Unfortunately, the new V8 engine wouldn't be ready for another two years and the DBS had to make do with the old-fashioned Lagonda engine. Being heavier than the car it replaced, it was slower but in many ways more refined. When the V8 engine was finally ready for the DBS chassis, the resulting car was one of the fastest, safest and greatest cars of its generation. It would set the benchmark, not just for the next thirty years of Aston Martins, but also its competitors in the GT class. The last of the 5,016 V8-powered cars, a Volante Special Edition, left the factory on 20 October 2000, ending an era for Aston Martin.
Download or read book Aston Martin written by Hartmut Lehbrink and published by H.F.Ullmann Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most exquisite high class British cars revealed in 400 photographs
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Classic Cars written by Rob de la Rive Box and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete encyclopedia of classic sports cars with informative text and over 750 color photographs.
Download or read book Legendary Race Cars written by Basem Wasef and published by MotorBooks International. This book was released on 2009-10-09 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated profiles of the greatest motorsports pairings of man and machine, from the winner of the first Indy 500 race to the Audi R10 the dominated Le Mans for nearly a decade.
Download or read book The Art of the Formula 1 Race Car 2022 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of the Formula 1 Race Car 2022 presents thirteen of the most exciting F1 race cars from seventy-plus years of competition, captured in the studio portraits of master automotive photographer James Mann. The photographs in this sixteen-month calendar showcase greats from Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Lotus, Brabham, and Mercedes, portraying not just the vehicles’ engineering and technological brilliance but also their inherent beauty—the captivating result of Formula 1’s mix of competition, creativity, and technical ingenuity that makes these racers works of mechanical art. With a convenient page that shows the months of September, October, November, and December 2021, followed by individual pages for the months of 2022, keep yourself on track throughout the year while enjoying Formula 1's most captivating and successful race cars from the 1950s to today.
Download or read book Aston Martin written by Ben Collins and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author, racer and stunt driver Ben Collins - the man who was The Stig - comes a story of spies, speed and hard-driving genius: a driver's love letter to one of the world's best-loved machines.Aston Martin's first, wickedly fast models were forged at a time when Ferrari's premises at Maranello was nothing but a ploughed field. This book celebrates a century of innovators who kept the fire burning brightly for over a century, from the visionary pioneers Martin and Bamford to modern-day design guru Adrian Newey; from a glamorous web of pre- and post-war spies and racing drivers, to David Brown and the achingly beautiful DB models beloved of Bonds past and present.Ben Collins explores the car with the double-o prefix from a unique perspective behind the wheel, carving through country lanes in his father's V8 Vantage, driving Aston Martins in four James Bond movies and competing against them in the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race.Ultimately, this is a very British success story: of a triumph of engineering that has burned brightly from the Roaring 20s to the 2020s, and an iconic car that never says die.
Download or read book Porsche Racing Cars 1953 to 1975 written by Brian Long and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows Porsche's year-by-year progress in top flight racing, and looks in detail at the pure competition cars which brought the German marque such immense success and worldwide acclaim on the tracks. This particular volume starts with the story of the giant-killing 550 Spyders of 1953 vintage, and takes the reader, car-by-car, through all of the subsequent racing models.
Download or read book Grand Prix Champions written by Mary S. Heglar and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1973-07-17 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grand Prix Champions affords a rare-detailed-look into the personalities of the most celebrated drivers in grand prix racing: the World Champions.
Download or read book The Story of Aston Martin written by Peter Tomalin and published by Welbeck. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Aston Martin is a compact and beautifully designed celebration of the iconic car manufacturer. With their stunning looks and powerful engineering, Aston Martin's cars have been synonymous with speed and luxury for more than 110 years. In The Story of Aston Martin, every aspect of the legendary brand's success is celebrated, from its pre-WWI beginnings to its current position at the summit of design and construction. Mixing heritage and creativity, Aston Martin has produced some of the most sought-after cars ever made. From the DB4 GT Zagato and James Bond's DB5 to the DBR1 Le Mans winner and the extraordinary Valkyrie hypercar, this famous marque is a by-word for sophistication and performance. And with its sports car and F1 racing teams, Aston Martin has also proven itself on the racetrack. Filled with stunning imagery and insightful commentary, The Story of Aston Martin charts the history of this legendary marque in a package that will sit perfectly on any car fan's bookshelf.
