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Provides a complete development history of the Silver Shadow, and gives details of Rolls Royce and Bentley models - two- and four-door, convertibles and stretched limousines - with full specifications. Topics covered include advice on buying and maintaining a Silver Shadow.
The story of some of the most successful British sports cars and how Standard-Triumph began nearly 30 years of success with their TR2 in 1953. From the origins of the Triumph marque through to the final TR8 model of 1981, all models are covered as well as lesser-known prototypes.
The Austin-Healeys took the motoring world by storm in the 1950s and 60s and were not only immensely popular as production cars, but also enjoyed considerable success in rallying and racing. Conceived by Donald Healey, the Healy Hundred was an innovation in the sports car market, combining excellent performance with a competitive price. Austin-Healey went from strength to strength, until the merger of BMC with Leyland in 1968 brought development to a premature end. This detailed account gives a full biography of Donald Healey plus a history of the car, its competition performance and full specifications.
The BMW 7 Series was introduced in 1977 and the success of the range can be judged from the fact that around one million examples have been sold throughout the world. Launched at a time when the luxury saloon had seemed destined for the scrapheap, the 7 Series has proved the sceptics wrong. In this book, the author tells the complete story of the 7 Series, from the ancestors such as the 2500, 2800, 3.0 and 3.3 range to the modern generation. Backed up with full specifications and production figures for each generation and illustrated throughout, this book offers useful reading for classic car enthusiasts and especially followers of the BMW marque.
Jaguars carrying the XJ badge have now been on sale for over 25 years. Designed in the 1960s as the most beautiful, most refined and most capable saloon car the company could produce, the original XJ6 also became the best-selling Jaguar of all time. The success story continues to this day. This detailed survey of the XJ families covers 25 years, three different types of engine and the three different body styles utilized in this period, which have been blended into executive saloons, sporting coupes and luxurious convertibles. The book also recalls the events, politics and personalities of this turbulent period and takes an overview of the styles and behaviour of the cars, as well as looking at what the world's experts think of them.
Jaguar has been renowned as one of the world's greatest sports marques, and the same qualities of style and performance are evident in the big saloons. This book covers more than 25 years of production of these saloons, which consistently outnumbered the sports cars on the assembly line. The book contains a complete history, including the Daimler Limousine, the 420G derivative, coverage of the cars' racing fortunes, and full specifications of each model.
In the 1930s MG, more than any other make of car, made sports car motoring available to thousands. Introduced in 1936, the T-Series carried the process forward another stage, turning MG into a bestseller both in the USA and the UK and laying the foundations for the MGAs, MGBs and Midgets.
The Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger were in many ways revolutionary cars, coming as they did from a British manufacturer with no history or reputation for sports car design. The Alpine remained in production for nine years - the remarkable V8-engined Tiger for scarcely one third as long. Graham Robson, who worked at Rootes/Chrysler Group in the 1960s during the Alpine Tiger era, chronicles the history of these sports cars. Topics covered include the complete history of all Alpine models; full details of the Tiger, based on the Alpine with the Ford V8 engine; detailed coverage of Alpine and Tiger racing and rallying fortunes; full specification tables for all models; and special feature panels.