Marque & Motor Sport Manufacturers

This is the revised and expanded edition of the original 1978 first edition. The book initially devotes a chapter to each model starting with the Lotus 12 through to the Lotus 98T. The chapters then turn to; Colin Chapman, Designers and Designing, Gerard Ducarouge and Peter Warr. The appendices give..

A magnificent photographic tribute to Rolls Royce motor cars built from 1907 to 1939. From the simple two seater tourer by Harrison on the 20 h.p. chassis, by way of the Indian exotica by Cockshoot on the Silver Ghost, to the sheer elegance of the Gurney Nutting sedanca drop-head coupe on the Phanto..

Born in Portugal but brought up in England, John Tojeiro is best known for the adoption of one of his sports racing car designs by the AC company to make the AC-Bristol which begat the AC Cobra. During his long career in racing this quiet self-effacing engineer not only produced his own cars but sup..

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TVR today is a name associated with sensational, high-performance and sometimes quite unusual sports cars. So maybe it's not surprising that the story of the marque's early years is not just fascinating but really quite incredible. While most TVRs performed well for their day, behind the scenes was ..

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The Vanwall Grand Prix car was the creation of a man with a mission. That man was powerful British industrialist Guy Anthony Vandervell, and his mission was to overthrow the Italian domination of Grand Prix racing. Vandervell left the committee-managed BRM project to do things his own way and steadi..

Alfa Romeo need no introduction. For more than fifty years, cars have emerged from Milan to challenge the world on the race tracks and in the showrooms. Like all cars builders, Alfa have had their failures as well as their successes – but few would deny the company a very special place in motoring h..

Osprey AutoHistory Series.It would come as no surprise to anyone to say that the Volkswagen Beetle was the world's most familiar and popular car. Since its production in the late 1940s with its traditional kafer-like shape, approaching 20 million have been made and you can be forgiven for thinking t..