Giles Chapman Bücher

Marken, Modelle, Meilensteine Das Auto – für manche ein Gebrauchsgegenstand, für andere Ausdruck des Lebensstils, Kultobjekt und große Leidenschaft. Nur wenige Erfindungen haben das Leben so verändert wie die des Automobils vor gut 125 Jahren – ein Grund mehr für diese umfangreiche Chronik. Das Auto-Buch lässt die Geschichte des Automobils lebendig werden. Es stellt über 1200 wichtige Modelle vor – von Karl Benz‘ Motorwagen über legendäre Kultautos bis zu modernsten Hybridfahrzeugen. Es erklärt die Meilensteine der Motortechnik und porträtiert die großen Marken und ihre Konstrukteure. Steckbriefe vom Kleinwagen bis zur Limousine und schicken Rennwagen jeder Epoche laden zum Stöbern und Entdecken ein. Der umfassendste und bestbebildert Bildband auf dem Markt – darüber freut sich jeder Autoliebhaber!

A car book which takes you through motoring history, from classic cars to how we enjoy driving today, and beyond. As Jodie Kidd says in her introduction Sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride. From the public's amazement at the idea of a horseless carriage to today's excitement for driverless vehicles, find out everything you need to know about motoring from 1895 to the present day. Begin your journey through the history of motoring with Drive, and weave your way through the twists and turns of the early days, through to how the motorcar has shaped the modern world over the last century. It also reveals the exciting and impressive advances in technology and design that have made cars faster, safer, and better to drive, and transformed them from a means of transport into objects of status, excitement, and desire. Speed through personal accounts of motoring throughout the years, and discover exciting new facts about the world's most famous racing events. From the first service stations to the latest fuel cell, this book tells the full motoring story.

Everyone's favourite cars of the 1990s in this lavishly illustrated little book

Gripping archive images of the 4x4 pioneer presented in a fresh and stylish design

Celebrating the cars that took starring roles cars at the movies

Before the Ford Capri arrived in 1969, GT cars had tended to be expensive, temperamental, impractical and rarefied. Ford decided there was no reason why a four-seater coupe couldn't look stunning and go like a rocket (with the right engine) yet be as easy and cheap to run as a Ford Escort.

Beginning with the birth of the internal combustion engine, The Story of the Car explores how this once rare and luxurious status symbol has become an essential part of everyday life. It shows you the ways in which the automobile has influenced breakthroughs in new technology and design, while becoming the focal point of an exhilarating genera of sport. Taking you on a journey along Route 66, inside the engine of a luxury car, and into the lives of the most successful pioneers of automobile history, the book also explores the possibilities of the "green" motoring, the electric engine, and the uses of AI on the roads of the future. Combining rarely seen images, insightful biographies. and fascinating features, The Story of the Car illustrates how after more than a century of development, the car still conveys a sense of freedom, excitement, and desire

50 surprising lives of significant figures, obsessives, movers and shakers of the car world and motoring history

The gripping story of the toy car wars: how Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox drove our childhoods!

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Automobiles [Hardcover] Chapman, Giles