Cars, Cars, Cars, Cars

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The author, Sammy Davis, has followed and been intimately involved with the development and progress of the motor car. A veteran himself, he was born when the motor industry was in its infancy. He was one of the original members of the Bentley Team, driving many times at Le Mans, and for many years was Sporting Editor of 'Autocar'. His is a personal narrative, full of interesting anecdotes and facts about motor cars and their makers, and the book is packed with photographs of memorable cars through the years. Seventy years or so ago motoring was the province of the rich or eccentric few. Providing the machinery kept going they enjoyed the freedom of empty roads, marred only by punctures, speed traps and dust. Today, nearly 80 years after Benz built his first car — from a bicycle frame — over20 million cars are produced annually. This book presents the colourful development of the family motor car through the ages — from the heavy, primitive, noisy and totally unreliable machines of... Tovább

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The author, Sammy Davis, has followed and been intimately involved with the development and progress of the motor car. A veteran himself, he was born when the motor industry was in its infancy. He was one of the original members of the Bentley Team, driving many times at Le Mans, and for many years was Sporting Editor of 'Autocar'. His is a personal narrative, full of interesting anecdotes and facts about motor cars and their makers, and the book is packed with photographs of memorable cars through the years. Seventy years or so ago motoring was the province of the rich or eccentric few. Providing the machinery kept going they enjoyed the freedom of empty roads, marred only by punctures, speed traps and dust. Today, nearly 80 years after Benz built his first car — from a bicycle frame — over20 million cars are produced annually. This book presents the colourful development of the family motor car through the ages — from the heavy, primitive, noisy and totally unreliable machines of yesterday, to the silent, comfortable, fluid and streamlined models of today. It describes:
AUSTIN, NUFFIELD, FORD, CITROEN
The men who produced cars for the million
CADILLAC, MERCEDES, ROLLS-ROYCE
Big, expensive limousines
TOYOTA, SKODA, VOLVO, MOSKVITCH
And many, many others
CUGNOT, MURDOCK, BENZ, DAIMLER
Pioneers who made the car practicable
MINI, VOLKSWAGEN, RENAULT, DAF
Small, popular cars Vissza