The first years of the twenty-first century brought many changes and challenges for the automobile industry, from the development of environmentally responsible vehicles to the consolidation of numerous small companies as part of major manufacturing groups. Written by auto expert Tony Lewin and featuring over 1500 stunning photographs, this superb encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guide available to the international automobile industry of the last decade. The book explores some 150 of the most significant models, highlighting their performance, stylistic features and innovations. In addition, the guide includes entries on manufacturers around the world, covering many more production and concept cars past and present, as well as entries on the industry’s most influential designers. Informative profiles are enhanced throughout by technical specifications, company histories, chronologies of principal models and designer biographies. The result is an essential source of reference that no one interested in motoring can afford to be without.

More than 1,000 photographs in b&w and color illustrate the extraordinary variety of sports cars that have been offered to the public. All the great names are featured, including cars from Israel, Egypt, Spain, Switzerland, Norway and Brazil.

From the fastest sports cars ever assembled by hand to the safest family automobiles to ever come off the production line - and everything in between - the most important cars ever made are covered in The A-Z of Cars. Indulge yourself with all the technical specifications and details of beloved classic cars; feast your eyes on the stunning photographs of the sexiest supercars; and soup-up your car knowledge with helpful analysis of the world's finest automobiles. Barely contained within the book are many beautiful, powerful cars from the most prestigious international manufacturers, such as the Ferrari Daytona, the Model T Ford and the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Many cars within are celebrated as the building blocks of everyday life too, like the Ford Escort, GM's Buick and, the world's most successful car, the Toyota Corolla. The A-Z of Cars is a celebration of the most significant vehicles in history and is an essential source of reference for everyone interested in motoring. It is the perfect drive-time treat for the car-mad member in every family.

Some 1000 cars are illustrated and described in alphabetical order, by manufacturer, in this book. There are comprehensive notes on each model's production dates and numbers, recognition features, variants, strengths and weaknesses.

The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars lists over 1000 of the world's most coveted cars, clearly ordered by manufacturer for easy reference. Detailed text is included on development and technical features as well as specification tables, listing every fact and figure imaginable. With over 1300 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations, this is the ideal reference work for car enthusiasts and casual readers alike.