100 Cars That Changed the World: The Designs, Engines, and Technologies That Drive Our Imaginations
Title | 100 Cars That Changed the World: The Designs, Engines, and Technologies That Drive Our Imaginations PDF eBook |
Author | Publications International Ltd |
Publisher | |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2020-03-25 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781645581246 |
100 Cars That Changed the World showcases vehicles from the end of the nineteenth century to today. Along the way, you'll see vehicles such as the Ford Model T that put America on wheels; the Volkswagen Beetle that was loved around the world; the Jeep that helped win World War II and popularized off-road adventure; the Pontiac GTO that launched the muscle car era; the Dodge Caravan that changed the way families travel; the Ford Explorer that ingnited the SUV movement; and the Tesla Model S that made electric cars exciting.
The Classic Car
Title | The Classic Car PDF eBook |
Author | Beverly Rae Kimes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 782 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN |
The Best Car Book in the World
Title | The Best Car Book in the World PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Hedditch |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2014-02-27 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 9781494957698 |
Unreal Autos opens a door into the world of the rich, the glamorous, the sublime and the ridiculous, and takes you on a rubber-burning journey through the milestones of automotive greatness. Prepare to be amazed as you get close up with the supercar, the pioneer, the concept car and the ultra-expensive. Driving is changing, technology is striding forward, and challenges lie on the horizon, but we haven't lost our love for the motorcar, or for the sheer thrill and adventure of the experience. So fasten your seatbelts and feast your eyes on this full-colour guide to the world's top motors, past, present and future - and don't forget to check your wing mirrors. It's time for some very beautiful and very unreal autos.
Ford Model T
Title | Ford Model T PDF eBook |
Author | Lindsay Brooke |
Publisher | Motorbooks |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2008-04-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1610584600 |
The story of Ford Motor Company’s Model T is the story that launched the American automobile industry--and America’s love affair with the car. When he introduced the Model T in 1908, even an eternal optimist like Henry Ford could not have predicted the far-reaching changes he was setting in motion. One hundred years later, this illustrated history looks back at the beloved Tin Lizzie. The book follows the Model T from design considerations (its ground clearance, for instance, had to allow for the abysmal state of U.S. roadways at the time) to its lasting legacy, and along the way describes the mechanical, manufacturing, and marketing innovations that the car’s production entailed. Author Lindsay Brooke also relates the adventures and misadventures that were part of owning and driving a Model T. He chronicles the changes the car’s unprecedented popularity wrought in the auto industry (including Ford’s introduction of the “$5 day”), and he tracks the Model T through popular culture, from its role in early motorsports to its resurgent popularity in the 1950s and 60s as a platform for T-bucket hot rods. Illustrated throughout with period art and evocative photography, this book celebrates as never before the car that epitomized the American automobile.
Driven
Title | Driven PDF eBook |
Author | David Kiley |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2004-04-02 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780471269205 |
An exclusive look at one of the world's most successful and controversial companies, and the mysterious family behind it. BMW is arguably the most admired carmaker in the world. It's financial performance is the envy of its competitors, and BMW products inspire near-fanatical loyalty. While many carmakers struggle with falling sales, profits and market share, demand for BMWs continues to grow, frequently outpacing production. Now, David Kiley-Detroit Bureau Chief at USA Today and author of Getting the Bugs Out, which covered Volkswagen's demise and rebirth, goes inside the fabled German automaker to see how it does what it does so well. With unprecedented access to BMW executives, Kiley goes behind the walls of BMW's famed "Four Cylinders" headquarters in Munich at a time when the company is in its most aggressive, and some say riskiest, expansion in its history and when some of the company's new products, like the 7 Series sedan and Z4 roadster, are for the first time drawing as many barbs from critics as bouquets. Kiley covers intimate details of the boardroom drama surrounding the company's nearly disastrous acquisition and subsequent sale of the British Rover Group and its expansion into selling MINI and Rolls Royce cars. Besides being a world-class carmaker, BMW is also considered one of the smartest consumer marketing companies and Kiley explores the extraordinary value and management of the BMW brand mystique. He also takes a revealing look at the mysterious and ultra-private Quandt family of Bad Homburg Germany, which owns a controlling stake in BMW: Johanna and Susanne Quandt, two of the wealthiest women in Europe and Stefan Quandt, one of the wealthiest bachelors on the continent. David Kiley (Ann Arbor, MI) is the Detroit Bureau Chief at USA Today who has covered the auto industry for 17 years. He has been featured on Nightline, CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR and the Today show. He is also the author of Getting the Bugs Out: The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of Volkswagen in America (0-471-26304-4), also available from Wiley.
Land Rover: The Story of the Car that Conquered the World
Title | Land Rover: The Story of the Car that Conquered the World PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Fogle |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2016-10-06 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0008194238 |
Sunday Times Bestseller As quintessentially British as a plate of fish and chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, utilitarian Land Rover Defender has become an iconic part of what it is to be British.
The Most Famous Car in the World
Title | The Most Famous Car in the World PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Worrall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Manuscripts |
ISBN |
Typescript draft, "with errors", by David Worrall as indicated by manuscript note on cover. Forward by Desmond Llewelyn ('Q'). Written to highlight the workers who designed and developed the iconic DB5.