the brilliant tome...beautifully illustrated with more than 2,000 pictures

- Ray Massey, Daily Mail

an excellent book... it really deserves a place on your bookshelf as reference

Auto Express

everyone was taken aback by the depth of this impressive work... the perfect gift for car lovers of any age

Classic Car

A car enthusiast's dream, this ultimate history of the car takes you on a trail-blazing road trip through motoring history, featuring over 1,200 images of the world's coolest cars, engines, and marques.

From the earliest "road carriages" of the 1880s to the quad-turbocharged Bugatti Veyron, cars have evolved at an extraordinary pace over the past 130 years. Discover the people, machines, and the magic that created the perfect blend of art and engineering to turn brands such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin, and Cadillac into household names.

The Car Book showcases the most important marques and models in luscious detail, organized in categories such as sports cars, convertibles, and city compacts. It features jawdropping photographic tours of some of the most iconic cars from each era such as the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, Ford Model T, Lamborghini Countach, and Ferrari F40, with cross-sections of key engines that explore the driving force behind them.

The Car Book is an iconic celebration of automotive design and motoring history - and the perfect gift for car lovers of all ages.

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Offers you the information you need to know about the history of the automobile. With visual images and over 2,000 cars featured, this title tracks the evolution of the car from decade to decade and across international borders, from India's Ambassador to Italy's Alfa Romeo.
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The definitive visual history of the automobile.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781405361750
Publisert
2011
Utgiver
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Vekt
2113 gr
Høyde
315 mm
Bredde
265 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360