Dream Cars

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This fast-paced, beautifully illustrated book presents fifty of the most desirable cars in the history of motoring. And it is no mere popularity contest: each outstanding automobilé is either a masterpiece of engineering, a delight to the eye, or brutishly powerful. The rarest of the cars featured are all three. Drawing on a decade's experience testing the very fastest and most exotic cars, journalist Andrew Frankéi gives an opinionated and indepth view of what goes into the making of a dream automobilé. For each model, Frankéi outlines the history of the car and provides technical highlights, as well as a driver's eye view of what it's like to drive fiat out. In addition to a dedicated specifications page for each marque, stories of high-profile owners are included for the most prestigious models. The selection includes classics from all eras of automotive history - from the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost to the Jaguar XK8, from the Ferrari F40 to the McLaren FI. Illustrated throughout... Tovább

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This fast-paced, beautifully illustrated book presents fifty of the most desirable cars in the history of motoring. And it is no mere popularity contest: each outstanding automobilé is either a masterpiece of engineering, a delight to the eye, or brutishly powerful. The rarest of the cars featured are all three. Drawing on a decade's experience testing the very fastest and most exotic cars, journalist Andrew Frankéi gives an opinionated and indepth view of what goes into the making of a dream automobilé. For each model, Frankéi outlines the history of the car and provides technical highlights, as well as a driver's eye view of what it's like to drive fiat out. In addition to a dedicated specifications page for each marque, stories of high-profile owners are included for the most prestigious models. The selection includes classics from all eras of automotive history - from the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost to the Jaguar XK8, from the Ferrari F40 to the McLaren FI. Illustrated throughout with more than two hundred and fifty specially commissioned color photographs, this provocative profilé of the most highly coveted cars on earth evokes a world of speed and adventure, with every chrome curve and flared fin suggesting power and passión. Dream Cars is sure to delight and fascinate dream car owners and car-owning dreamers alike. Vissza