From the early pioneers at the races beginnings through to the high-watermark of the 1960s when the Formula 1 invasion of Brabham, Gurney Clark, Hill and Stewart transformed the race from a largely United States event to capture a worldwide audience. Their success was a two-way street and Indy car drivers were tempted to compete in Formula 1 ......
25 spectacular photos portraying the post-war overall winners of the great Brescian classic. Photographs of great visual and emotive impact - drawn from the Novafoto-Sorlini archive and taken between 1947 and 1957 by Alberto Sorlini, the Mille Miglias official photographer - give rise to a true collectors calendar. A must-have for all ......
The Ferrari Formula 1 single-seaters from 2010 to 2020, those of the post-Schumacher era, are the protagonists - together with drivers such as Raikkonen, Massa, Alonso and Vettel - of this calendar. Images of great appeal and impact, taken by masters of motorsport photography, portray unforgettable cars, great drivers and memorable races for a ......
The Porsche 908, 910, 917 and 935 are just a few of the protagonists of the 25 shots featured in this calendar dedicated to the Stuttgart firms golden years of motorsport from 1960 to 1980. Wonderful evocative photographs taken by Franco Villani, a master of automotive photography, portray unforgettable cars, great drivers and memorable races ......
A Century of Style and Elegance: No title could better summarize the spirit of a book conceived as a tribute to Bentleys 100th anniversary. This volume focuses largely on the story of the coupes produced by the celebrated British marque, with particular reference to the special models and the one-offs produced during the course of the 1990s, in ......
Since its introduction, America has been obsessed with the Mustang. As the first pony car, it embraced the American spirit and established itself as part of the culture. As the 1960s progressed, a formidable lineup of muscle Mustangs was created, including the GTs, Shelby GT350 and GT500, Mach 1, Boss 302, Boss 429, and others. But in that same ......
This book is a rollercoaster ride through the life and times of Land Rover. Fast-paced and entertainingly written, it brings alive all aspects of Land Rover from its humble beginnings in 1948 to todays world-wide renown, with the vehicles - successes and failures - and people at the centre of the story.
No other team in history has come close to matching the record of Roger Penske s team at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Team Penske has won seventeen times in its forty-four Indianapolis 500 races at the Brickyard. Penske first attended the Indy 500 with his father in 1951. He became a champion sports-car driver in the 1950s and 60s ......
A roadtest compilation on Osca, Moretti and Stanguellini cars from Unique Motor Books.
This book tells the story of Alvis and its cars, aero engines and military vehicles. Starting with the formation of the company in 1919, it traces the companys products through the 1920s and 1930s, and through its wartime exploits to its eventual takeover by Rover. The book covers: the early four-cylinder cars; the amazing six-cylinder cars; ......
James Taylor remembers very well the disappointment among his petrol-head friends when the XJ-S was announced in 1975. It was not a replacement for the legendary E-type; its colours were uninspired; and its interior was drab. All credit, then, to those people at Jaguar who truly believed in the car and, over a period of nearly 20 years, turned ......
Formula One is speed, glamour, danger - and eye-watering wealth. Driven: The Men Who Made Formula One tells how a small group of extraordinary men transformed Formula One from a niche sport played out on primitive tracks surrounded by hay bales and grass verges into a 1 billion circus performing in vast theatres of ......
In this, the first in Porter Presss new `Coachbuilt Cars series, author Richard Heseltine presents the Ghia Jaguar XK120 Supersonic - with its complex pedigree of British design brilliance and Italian design artistry.
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