“I live for the German sport.” Hans Bretz records the life of Bernd Rosemeyer, from the early days as a motor cycle rider and racer with hardly any experience in normal front engined race cars; he took a giant leap to becoming a driver for Auto Union. Later, this lack of experience was c..
When Giovanni Bertone opened his small artisan workshop in Turin in 1912 for the construction of horse drawn carriages, he never thought he was starting out on a long, multi-form but gratify¬ing adventure, which has now celebrated its 90th anniversary. This publication in two volumes retraces the pr..
A fine history of the famous 5 litre chain driven car bodied by Labourdette and first owned by the famous French aviator Roland Garros. William ‘Bill’ Boddy covers the history of the car from French ownership throughout its life, including Ivy Cummings, Col. Giles and many years under the custodians..
Bluebird and the Dead Lake is that supreme rarity—a story of heroism that is frank about its hero, and a true report of events which reads like a thrilling adventure story. A salt lake in the dead heart of the South Australian desert, an aborigine's curse, a wife who has to watch her husba..
When contemplating the engineering brilliance and marketing triumph of the BMW 3-Series range, it is difficult to believe that in 1959 BMW was practically bankrupt, on the verge of a bargain basement takeover by Daimler Benz. In 1992, the company produced over half a million cars and by far the most..
Please note the previous owners name has been written on the front end page.Here is a definitive history of the BMW, the famed motorcar from Bayerische Motoren Werke of Germany, whose white and blue emblem has invaded the postwar automotive market throughout the world. Universally acknowledged for i..
Long-distance motor races were becoming popular in the late Twenties, the Le Mans and Spa 24-hour events being firmly established by this time. It was felt that Britain needed to hold such races but, whereas the Continental countries used their public roads to form circuits, this was not permitted i..
For thirty two years, Brooklands was the home of motor racing in Great Britain where a week never went by without something happening at the circuit, and the enthusiast knew they could visit there at any time without fear of disappointment. The atmosphere of transport, whether they be fully blown ra..
The new Bugatti Type 40 of 1926 represented a return to the roots of the Molsheim marque’s early success - the sub 1500cc 4 cylinder cars, and at an attractive price. While not as spritely as the 8 cylinder cars, the little Type 40 still offered very reasonable performance from its race bred Type 37..
The Bugatti Type 46 was announced in the autumn of 1929. The new Bugatti chassis, at almost twelve feet in length and powered by an 8 cylinder engine of 5.3 litres, was indented to be the basis of a superlative large luxury car – and so it proved to be. Bodied by the cream of European coachbuilders ..
This impressive register is the work of enthusiasts: Bohuslav Klein, Roland Saunier and Kees Jansen, all share passion for the Type46 and had a dream to gather information on the surviving examples of La Petit Royale. The book records over fifty surviving examples of the Type 46 listed in chassis nu..
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