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 ......
For all lovers of classic sports cars, this is the calendar for you! From a perfect Porsche to a regal Rolls Royce, there is something for everyone in 2020. The calendar features a 4-month overview at the beginning and includes 13 full colour images. The monthly photographs are accompanied by a spacious dated grid with moon phases and ......
Imagine the wind wisping in your face as you coast on the open road in your very own sports car, freedom at your fingertips. Sports cars set the standard for superior engineering and ingenuous design. Featuring a collection of sleek photographs for sports cars in different locales, this wall calendar is sure to ignite the spark of fun and ......
From the V8 Supercars image collection, the latest Supercars in action from one of the most entertaining motorsport categories in the world. Includes images from Sep 2018 to April 2019 races.
Carroll Shelby, legendary driving ace, race team owner, and designer of Shelby Cobra, Daytona, and Mustang GT350 classics is revered by automotive enthusiasts, yet little has been written about the last quarter century of Carroll Shelbys life. During that time Chris Theodore, VP at Chrysler and Ford, developed a close personal friendship with ......
John Godfrey Parry Thomas - J.G Thomas - was by any standards an extraordinary man, in both life and in his tragic death. From a conventional upbringing as the son of the curate of Rhosddu in Wales in 1884, he became a prominent figure in the developing world of high-speed motor car racing and design. He became the chief engineer at Leyland ......
Automotive journalist Karl Ludvigsen, born in 1934 in the USA and one of the greats in automobile history, opens his archives in this book. In more than 50 years as a motor journalist, author, and an automobile historian, he has accumulated a comprehensive knowledge of his subject, and has met all the prominent figures of the automobiles golden ......
This book describes the birth, development and rallying career of the Lancia Stratos, Europes very first purpose-built rally car, in the mid/late 1970s. It provides a compact and authoritative history of where, when and how it became so important to the sport, as well as telling the story of the team. The book is part of Graham Robsons ......
This much-updated second edition of the Maserati 300S by Walter Baumer, includes many corrections and additions to the original text that have been uncovered in the last ten years. Almost all the photographs are new and previously unpublished, making the book an exciting addition to any Maserati library. The first edition was published in 2008. ......
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 ......
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 ......
This book is an evocative and nostalgic look at a defining era in motorsport, which is documented in words and intimate photographs, both black and white and colour. It takes the reader from the mid-1950s through the 1960s, when motor racing was still accessible to all, and into the 1970s when overt sponsorship and television changed the sport ......
Back in print! The the story of the passionate love of Bira, Prince of Siam, grandson of King Mongkut of The King & I fame, and the young Englishwoman who would become his wife, Princess Ceril Birabongse. The fascinating autobiography charts the life of Prince and Princess Birabongse, a life that was constantly filled with excitement and ......
This book tells the story of John Fitzpatrick Racing, its five Group C Porsches and what became of them, its crews, its drivers, its races and - above all - its charismatic owner, John Fitzpatrick, arguably the best British driver never to have raced in Formula 1.
They call it The Great Race, and surely there can be no better description of the annual October Bathurst 1000 touring car endurance race. This mammoth DVD Box Set covers the first six decades of The Great Race, Tracing its origins at Phillip Island in 1960, the move to Bathurst three years later and the rapid evolution of the event into the ......
Founded by John Heath and George Abecassis, the HWM racing team set out in 1950, the year of the Formula 1 World Championship’s inauguration, to race its Formula 2 cars all over Europe in a unique British endeavour. Always run on a shoestring, HWM’s single-seaters achieved great results in flying the flag with mainly British drivers, most ......
For the first time Giorgio Piolas customary book summarising the technical aspects of F1 covers two complete seasons.
The two championships are analysed by the historic draughtsman in his usual painstaking detail. 2016 and 2017, two years in which the World Championship continued to draw on hybrid power with Mercedes ruling the ......
A roadtest compilation on Osca, Moretti and Stanguellini cars from Unique Motor Books.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the British cult classic movie The Italian Job. This landmark anniversary presents a unique opportunity to celebrate the film with a coffee table book packed full of images, insights and revelations. Loaded with Sixties swagger, and famed for its endlessly quotable dialogue and one of the most impressive ......
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