Over 400 photographs capture the excitement and elegance of automotive history and include many famous American models. The illustrations and words combine to re-create the adventures of designing and driving the legendary cars that evolved into today's indispensable, stylish, and efficient automobile. The book begins by describing how automobiles evolved from little more than "cookie tins" propelled by sputtering internal combustion engines to smoother-riding, rounded forms. It then concentrates on the most important models produced in terms of social, aesthetic, and technological advances, covering developments in aerodynamics, speed, and horsepower, setbacks like the gasoline crisis of the 1970s, and the emergence of the modern car company. The book concludes with a peek into the future to see what types of vehicles we'll soon be driving. From dream cars to road cars, this book brings together pictures and descriptions of the most stirring blends of technology, art, beauty, and adventure. It features over 400 photographs; from the Mini to Ferrari, from Aston Martin to the Beetle.
- ISBN10 885440098X
- ISBN13 9788854400986
- Publish Date 29 September 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 January 2011
- Publish Country IT
- Imprint White Star
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English