Death arrived early at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Two years before the track hosted its first 500-mile event, five drivers and spectators were killed during inaugural races on the Speedway. Death has lingered around the oval ever since. Over the past century, fatalities have mounted and a total of seventy-three drivers, mechanics, and ......
Ferrari is the beating heart of the global sporting phenomenon that is Formula 1. Its founder, Enzo Ferrari, was born on the racetrack as a competition driver before he became a creator of mythical road cars. No other team can inspire the passion or match the stories of triumph and tragedy. Rainer Schlegelmilch and Ercole Colombo are two of ......
The Pontons may have been Mercedes-Benzs bread-and-butter models of the 1950s, but they were vitally important in establishing the marque as a significant player around the globe. Alongside the saloons that made Mercedes famous world-wide for long-lasting and economical taxis, there were exotic two-door cabriolet and coupe derivatives, and the ......
A rich resource for investigating the history of a short-lived but influential British carmaker.
The Allard Motor Company archives are a particularly rich resource for those investigating the history and influence on the British motor industry of this short-lived but significant carmaker. The production records ......
Authentic Collectables are very proud to announce an exciting, limited edition hard cover book project being produced with Dick Johnson and acclaimed author John Smailes titled Dick Johnson Racing: The First To 1000 - Celebrating 1000 Championship Races 1981-2022.
Dick Johnson Racing is without doubt one of the most iconic teams in ......
When Rudolf Uhlenhaut, the architect of the 300 SLR racer, was at the 1955 Mille Miglia to watch Mercedes’ success, he was also mulling over the idea of fitting the 300 SLR racer with a closed top for endurance events in the future. His musings came to fruition in the shape of a competition coupé with the performance that no other road-going ......
This book celebrates the extraordinary sporting legacy behind the name Alfa Romeo, and is a unique record of every type of Alfa Romeo associated with official and, at times, not so official Alfa sporting achievements from 1945 to the present day. This photographic album and record consists entirely of period photographs, many previously ......
The definitive history of one of Porsches most beloved and competitive racing champions.
Forty Six tells the unlikely underdog story of the car that scored Porsches first racing victories and helped establish their commercial success: the 356/2 063. Beginning at the companys post-World War II nadir, Bill ......
The authorized biography of a polymath racecar engineer.
This biography of Bill Sadler tells the story of an innovator who set the racing world astir with his boldly inventive cars. His original creations--including the Formula Libre and the Sadler Mark V--brought him racing victories at tracks such as Watkins Glen ......
Take a stunningly illustrated and highly detailed tour through all of Ford Motor Companys high-performance muscle cars from 1961 to 1970.
Though the Mustang remains Fords most famous muscle car, the company had been building muscle cars since it introduced the ......
Fifty evocative photographs of classic Saab models paired with lively text that shows beyond all doubt why you should want to own one.
Saab is a byword for style, performance, quality, and safety-the cars have a reputation for reliability and solidity, along with classic Scandinavian design that ......
Fifty glorious vintage photographs of classic BMW models teamed with lively text that explains why people love them.
Known as "the ultimate driving machine," BMW is one of the worlds most prestigious car brands. Renowned for their smooth handling, precision engineering, and sleek looks, BMWs pair driving comfort ......
The Rootes Story - The Chrysler Years focuses on the Rootes Group during the 1960s and 70s, the vehicles produced by the company, the people that created them and the events that led to Rootes selling out to Chrysler Corporation of America and eventual acquisition by the French Peugeot company. A valuable backdrop to the events is provided ......
The book invites the reader, both Volvo fans and those with a more general interest in motoring - on board the companys landmark cars. Volvo Model by Model brings Volvo to life with the feel of the cars from behind the wheel, from the side-valve OEV4 to the electric C40, with legends like the 240, the XC90 and the 850 in between. Volvos ......
The definitive history of the Porsche 981-series Boxsters and Caymans, with all major markets looked at in detail to cover all variants and to put the story into perspective. Illustrated throughout with contemporary photography sourced from the factory, this book serves as the perfect guide to this generation of open and closed cars in all its ......
From the early 1930s until the mid-1970s the Rootes Group was one of Britains foremost car manufacturers, producing and selling a multitude of models under the Hillman, Humber, Singer, Sunbeam and Sunbeam-Talbot badges. Some of these cars have been the subject of individual model histories, but this is the first book to bring the total Rootes ......
At Audi, they are fond of recalling how a pre-production quattro left all rear-wheel-drive sedans behind on an incline in wintry Austria - with summer tyres! In fact, the well-known Audi slogan "Vorsprung durch Technik" (Progress through Technology) has seldom been put into practice as tangibly as with the presentation of permanent all-wheel ......
This book takes the reader behind the scenes at Maranello Concessionaires Ltd, Britains famous Surrey-based importer of Ferraris founded by Colonel Ronnie Hoare. When Neill Bruce first photographed a Ferrari road car, a Dino 246 GT, in 1971, his work so impressed the powers-that-be at Maranello Concessionaires that they commissioned him to do ......
The famous sports car manufacturer now has more than 75 years of history behind it its milestones are on the worlds racetracks and roads. That makes this the perfect occasion for a revised edition of Porsche Milestones. Porsche has always taken and continues to take unconventional paths in motorsports. There were the lightweight racers for hill ......
A Series Land Rover has to be the ultimate life-sized automotive jigsaw puzzle. Simple to repair, with a good supply of new and used parts, a restoration is well within the capabilities of an amateur mechanic. While the official Parts and Workshop Manuals can be considered essential reading they were written for professional mechanics working ......
The roots of the BMW Group lie in Munich. History was written here. The third edition of the book is being published in the jubilee year of the Munich home plant. It looks back on 100 years of lively history and describes the eventful present with impressive photographs and interesting stories from 1922 - 2022.
The history of the ......
This history of the Lotus Evora traces the genesis, context, manufacture and evolution of the Type 122 Evora and its derivative models.The Evoras prowess as a grand touring sports car is demonstrated with the authors international road trips, and its essence is detailed through in-depth interviews with leading personalities at Lotus involved ......
The VW Beetle (officially the Volkswagen Type 1) needs no introduction. Manufactured and marketed globally by Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003, more than 21 million were produced and sold around the world. Extremely popular in the US and Europe during the 1950s and 1960s, increasing competition from Japanese, American, and European manufacturers as ......
Learn about the entire history of Americas best-selling vehicle: The Ford F-Series truck.
When Henry Ford first started manufacturing Model Ts more than 100 years ago, he didnt really have any sort of pickup or truck configuration in mind. However, enterprising people and businesses were modifying those early chassis for commercial use, ......
The name Zora Arkus-Duntov has long been inextricably linked with Corvette in the minds of automotive historians and enthusiasts. But the story of Zora Arkus-Duntov runs far deeper than his twenty plus years of professional involvement as both Corvettes primary advocate within General Motors and as the fiberglass sports cars first chief ......
A comprehensive pictorial history of all Vauxhall cars produced from 1945 up to and including models in production in 1995. This really is the go-to publication if you need to compare your Vivas, Victors, Ventoras or Viceroys! Breaking down the many models into several chapters, this is a trip down memory lane for any postwar car enthusiast. ......
This book details the evolution of Fords family car through the golden era of Detroit. See how Henry took the no-frills Fairlane, added more zing to create the Torino, and then satisfied Americas luxury desires with the LTD II. Relive the showroom and racetrack battles fought in the evolution of Fords midsize muscle cars, and witness the ......
Throughout the history of the sports car, no marque has epitomized the excitement and passion of driving like Porsche. The Saratoga Automobile Museum, in collaboration with architect Steven Harris, presents 22 of the marques rarest air and water-cooled cars. This remarkable collection highlights the manufacturers past seven decades of ......
Porsche 356: 75th Anniversary relates the full story of Porsches original sports car from the first Gmund coupe to todays beloved collector car.
Ferdinand Porsche was a brilliant engineer who, prior to World War II, had been involved in a variety of significant automotive engineering developments in his ......
Accompanied by colour illustrations, this is the inside story of the legendary peoples car - VW Beetle.
Realize your Ford Coyote engines full potential by using this detailed resource as a guide to select the right parts for the street or the strip.
Veteran Ford writer and historian, Jim Smart, explains and highlights all of the latest and greatest options to achieve more horsepower and torque, and of course, faster quarter-mile times ......
Contrary to popular opinion, the automotive industry is not a mans world! Since the early days of General Motors, there have been women-known and unknown-who have had vital roles in design, engineering, manufacturing, and administration. In this follow-up to Damsels in Design, her book on women automotive designers from 1939-1959, Constance ......
She’s a Beauty! is back in print – but with a difference. Now in two volumes, this lavishly illustrated first volume documents the Holden story from 1934 to 1948. Volume Two will continue the story from 1949 to 1953, and in subsequent decades. Volume One, rich with new stories, photographs and facts, includes not only material from the 2006 ......
Launched in 1967, the NSU Ro80 had modern aerodynamic styling, a technologically advanced Wankel rotary engine and was voted Car of the Year in 1968. However, after the initial positive reception, the car developed a reputation for unreliability, with problems arising as early as 15,000 miles and many vehicles required a rebuilt engine before ......
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