For The Car Lover:

Cars: The Early Years offers an original view of the first 75 years of the motor car, from Benz's first, through two world wars, prosperity, depression, resistance and acceptance to the end of the 1950s. From the start the motor car was captured in pictures; much of its progress has been uniquely chronicled by the Hulton Getty Picture Collection and now appears in this book.




 

Climb into one of America’s classic luxury cars from the 1960s and 1970s, swaddle yourself in yards and yards of fine Corinthian leather, scan the gigantic dashboard filled with esoteric dials and gauges that you can never hope to understand, twist the oversized ignition key, and listen to those coffee-can-sized pistons crank over in that enormous V-8 lurking under that vast expanse of hood. Feel that throbbing power burbling beneath an accelerator pedal the size of a Japanese hotel room, and you’ll know what once made the American auto industry great. Road Hogs celebrates this greatness, as expressed through the magnificent performance luxury cars that rolled out of Detroit during the classic era, like the Cadillac Eldorado, Chrysler 300, Buick Electra, Chevy Monte Carlo, Buick Riviera, and many more.

The sports car has always been the ultimate symbol of automotive fun and freedom, from the earliest Bentleys and Stutzes through the Porsche Boxster and Lotus Elise of today. Sports Cars profiles over 50 cars from the early twentieth century to today, with lavish color photography from renowned automotive lensman James Mann. This book will surely grab the attention of any sports car lover.

Any custom automotive project begins with making choices. There are choices under the hood, such as which engine will match well with a certain chassis and transmission. There are aesthetic choices, like whether to use custom or stock wheels, what paint scheme will look best, and what type of interior will be comfortable as well as eye catching. Each decision involves an investment of money and time. Often what seems plausible in the imagination fails in execution. And only after spending hours of time and thousands of dollars does it become clear that something’s not right. Street Machines: Classic, Muscle, Modern is the ideal resource for anyone looking to build a powerful and stylish modified street machine.



 

 The story of the car is the story of how objects of industry became a medium of artistic expression. Memorials of our tastes, yearnings, and capabilities, these machines have layers of meaning and can be read like a book, if only you know how. Stephen Bayley, car columnist, design and cultural commentator knows how. This opinionated volume presents a spectacular study of achievements in car design. Bayley's 86 favorite designs range from the 1908 Ford Model T, to the 1961 Jaguar E-Type, to the 2003 BMW 5. All presented in chronological order, each automobile also makes a statement about the national character of the country of manufacture.

The 86-featured cars have been specially photographed and reproduced in a 4-color black-and-white process specifically to highlight their form and shape. The hundreds of ravishing photographs (including full-body, interior and detail shots) make this mini version of Cars the perfect gift book for all car enthusiasts and design aficionados.

It's been called the best sports car money can buy and there's no doubt about the power, beauty and prestige that the Porsche name implies. Iconic Cars: Porsche highlights this powerful brand through the decades, putting the reader right in the driver's seat.


Car and Driver has chronicled the German brand from its humble beginnings with the 356 Roadster to its modern lineup of supercars, super sedans and even super SUVs. For the first time, the magazine's most important and most entertaining Porsche reviews and features are collected in one volume, spanning road tests and comparisons from the early 1950s to today.

From the 356 model, to the lesser-known 914 and 928 of the 1970s, to the stunning new Panamera sedan, Cayenne SUV, and the awe-inducing 911 Turbo, the book celebrates every significant aspect of these well-muscled automotive warriors.

Porsche is the first in this series of Iconic Cars and is a perfect gift for Porsche enthusiasts and all lovers of timeless, iconic automobiles.

The Chevrolet Corvette is a treasured American icon and one of the world's most popular sports cars. The experts at Car and Driver, who have tested nearly every version of this sleek machine, have now compiled and curated the coverage these notable cars had originally received in the magazine.

For the first time, Car and Driver has brought together more than fifty years of Corvette columns, reviews and news, from the pens of writers including Brock Yates, Pat Bedard, Jean Shepherd and David E. Davis, covering everything from the original 1953 'Vette to today's $100,000, 197-mph Corvette ZR1.

Corvette aficionados and lovers of classic sports cars will savor this collection of photographs and original articles that cover every significant aspect of these well-muscled machines.