When Colin Chapman launched a new Lotus it was invariably exciting and usually surprising. The low budget Seven was launched in 1957 and is still in production today, as the Caterham Seven. It has proved to be one of the longest selling sports cars ever. The same year saw the introduction of the hig..
Colin Chapman's contribution to the post war world of international motor racing was immeasurable. From his first steps as a car designer in 1947, when he acquired a secondhand Austin Seven Tourer around which his first Lotus 'special' was based, to his highly sophisticated road and racing cars of t..
Charles Cooper and his son John founded The Cooper Car Company Ltd to build a long and fast developing series of racing cars. They initially produced 500cc racing cars, followed by a series of other cars including the famous 2 litre Cooper Bristols which were campaigned by such teams as Ecurie Richm..
Corvette! Star - spangled it is - and at last here is the first complete story of America's most popular car. A virtual feast of historical narrative and over five hundred fascinating photographs, including more than seventy five in full colour, that will assuredly satisfy the appetite of every enth..
Men like Harley Earl, Ed Cole and Zora Arkus Duntov developed the Corvette, and racers like Bob Bondurant, Dick Guldstrand, Roger Penske, Dave MacDonald and Dick Thompson made the Corvette famous on the racetrack. Here is their story, and the story of hundreds of other engineers, mechanics, team own..
This book has been dedicated to the previous owner by the author.On June 30, 1953, the first Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. It was not long afterward that the first Corvette rolled onto a racetrack starting grid. In the intervening 50 years something truly astounding t..
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