Download or read book Mercedes Benz 300 SL written by Hans Kleissl and published by Dalton Watson Fine Books. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated tribute to one of the most beloved European cars of all time. For nearly seventy years, no car has moved the lovers of classic cars more than the 300 SL. A legend since its launch in 1954 as a gullwing coupe, the 300 SL has been seen as the very model of what a sports car can be, its style and beauty perfectly matched to its power and handling. This beautifully illustrated tribute volume brings together Hans Kleissl, one of the world's leading experts on the 300 SL, and former Daimler historian and Mercedes-Benz archive manager Harry Niemann. The resulting book captures the magic and mystique of the car through history, photographs, insights into its technological breakthroughs, and firsthand accounts of its storied run. There's no better gift for the passionate fan of the 300 SL.
Download or read book Cars of the Century written by Christer Glenning and published by Todtri Book Pub. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating one hundred years of automotive excellence and excitement, this lavishly illustrated book, brings us the great marques and classiest classic models of the twentieth century. From the elegant and luxurious cars of the Edwardian era to the sleekest and meanest machines on the road today, this book traces the history of the world's enduring fascination with the automobile. Here is an invaluable reference book of encyclopedic range covering every phase of automotive advancement, including: -- Elegant 1930s limousines and discreet postwar models -- Minicars and family cars of the 1950s -- Sleek and powerful sports cars -- Japanese cars that challenged the world All these developments and more are highlighted in this exciting volume, making it a must for every auto enthusiast's library.
Download or read book The Big Book of Tiny Cars written by Russell Hayes and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Book of Tiny Cars presents entertaining profiles of automotive history’s most famous—and infamous—microcars and subcompacts from 1901 to today. Illustrated with photos and period ads.
Download or read book VW Beetle The Car of the 20th Century written by Richard Copping and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beetle’s full story, from concept in pre-war Germany through 55 years of production & 22-million sales around the world. Colour features on 21 milestone models. Includes many sidebars & panels detailing Beetle facts, figures, feats, advertising, & more. The complete book of the Beetle.
Download or read book AZ of 21st Century Cars written by Tony Lewin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first years of the twenty-first century brought many changes and challenges for the automobile industry, from the development of environmentally responsible vehicles to the consolidation of numerous small companies as part of major manufacturing groups. Written by auto expert Tony Lewin and featuring over 1500 stunning photographs, this superb encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guide available to the international automobile industry of the last decade. The book explores some 150 of the most significant models, highlighting their performance, stylistic features and innovations. In addition, the guide includes entries on manufacturers around the world, covering many more production and concept cars past and present, as well as entries on the industry’s most influential designers. Informative profiles are enhanced throughout by technical specifications, company histories, chronologies of principal models and designer biographies. The result is an essential source of reference that no one interested in motoring can afford to be without.
Download or read book A Century of Automotive Style written by Michael Lamm and published by Lamm-Morada Publishing Company, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich automotive history will engage car buffs for hours of learning and diversion, for the book differs from most chronicles of the evolution of the horseless carriage by focusing on one particular, and fascinating, aspect: the styling of cars--their 'overall shape, ornamentation and resulting aura.' Resting on the premise that 'styling sells, ' the authors' large-format, heavily illustrated account goes into luscious detail about important designers, influential design trends, and noteworthy (in their aesthetic appeal) car models throughout the entire 100-year history of the automobile. A distinctive addition to technology collections that all public libraries should consider for purchase. - Brad Hooper; 306p - YA: For browsers and reluctant readers, as well as YAs interested in cars. JC-
Download or read book Race of the Century written by Julie M. Fenster and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2006-06-27 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the determination and thrill of an era when technology made anything seem possible, this work tells the story of the death-defying New York-to-Paris Auto Race held in 1908. Photos.
Download or read book Streamlined written by Malte Jürgens and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2009, the Automuseum 'Prototyp' in Hamburg, Germany, organized a special exhibit in Germany or anywhere else in the world: For two months, 23 streamlined automobiles, the body of a record-setting car, and a revolutionary model wind tunnel, all had their aerodynamic rendezvous there. . . . Naturally, so many streamlined cars together were electrifying. Patricia Scholten, daughter of Paul Pietsch, and the Stuttgart Motorbuch-Verlag which she runs, commissioned the Zurich photographer Michel Zumbrunn, who specializes in classic cars, to photograph this unique exhibition of never-before-shown-together streamlined works of art in his own unique style. . . . This history of the streamlined automobile is not illustrated with the black and white photos of former times, used in the relevant books again and again due to the lack of new images; it is illustrated with a porfolio of photograhic art by Zumbrunn and his co-photographer Urs Schmid."--Pages 14-15.
Download or read book At the Limit written by Nick Mason and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1998 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the Limit Nick Mason & Mark Hales.Subtitled: Twenty-One Classic Cars That Shaped a Century of Motor Sport. Nick Mason, Pink Floyd drummer, race driver and car collector, takes you to the wall in some of the most significant racing machines ever built. Twenty-one cars from MasonÆs collection are driven hard and fast, and captured through the lens of specially commissioned photographs. Feel the force of a Le Mans Porsche. Relish thechallenge of a 192s Bugatti. Savour the precision of a GP Ferrari. Plus driving impressions, histor y and technical data. A brilliant book that will leave you wishing you were there. Hdbd., 11"x 11", 176 pgs., 3 color ill.
Download or read book Passion for Speed written by Nick Mason and published by Carlton Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passion For Speed puts you behind the wheel of the greatest ever sports and racing cars. Nick Mason of Pink Floyd has been acquiring and racing cars for nearly 40 years.
Download or read book The Motor Car and Popular Culture in the 20th Century written by David Thoms and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises 18 contributions from the US, the UK, and Australia on the motor car as a cultural phenomenon which has come to dominate the 20th century. The contributors come at the subject from a variety of disciplines, including semiotics, social history, literary and film criticism, and musicology. T
Download or read book The BMW Century 2nd Edition written by Tony Lewin and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BMW Century details more than one hundred years of BMW from its historic aviation roots to today’s trend-setting cars and motorcycles.
Download or read book Weird Cars written by Stephen Vokins and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This marvellous book, now updated as a second edition in a new paperback format, is a celebration of eccentric cars in all shapes and sizes – some of the most ugly, crazily designed and downright awkward vehicles of all time. Where else would you find, in one book, descriptions and photographs of automotive oddities as diverse as the Gaylord Gentleman, Suminoe Flying Feather or Zil?
Download or read book Jaguar Century written by Giles Chapman and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaguar Century is a lavishly illustrated large-format retrospective examining 100 years of Jaguar, one of the most acclaimed marques in automotive history.
Download or read book Five Hundred Fantastic Cars written by Serge Bellu and published by Haynes Publications. This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes five hundred of the world's most exceptional prototypes, concept cars, and show cars, from early aerodynamic studies through the designs of such great stylists as Pininfarina, Giugiaro, and Bertone.
Download or read book Dream Cars of the 21st Century written by Ron Kimball and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There never passes a year, nor even a month, without new award-winning super car coming out. It could be the interpretation of concepts destined to exalt its performance. The images and texts in this volume recount the stories of the most important super cars of the last decade.
Download or read book Legendary Cars written by Larry Edsal and published by White Star Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 400 dazzling color photographs and an entertaining narrative tell the tale of our love affair with cars. Famous car photographers capture the elegance and excitement of each vehicle, while the stories behind the cars let us relive the adventures of designing and driving these marvels. Together they make an exciting history of the technological trends and designs that led to today's indispensable, stylish, and efficient automobile. The story concentrates on the most important car models produced in terms of social, aesthetic, and technological advances. From dream cars to road cars, this book captures the most stirring blends of technology, art, and beauty. Filled with a sense of adventure, it takes us on a fun spin through popular culture and into the future of automobiles.
