British Sports Cars Since the War
Author: Martyn Bourne Watkins
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780713404722
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Martyn Bourne Watkins
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780713404722
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Martyn Bourne Watkins
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780668033909
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James Taylor
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-05-10
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 074781497X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →E-type Jaguar; Triumph Spitfire; MGA; Austin-Healey – nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and '60s. There was something very special about the combination of low-slung open two-seater bodywork and spartan interior, a slick sporting gearchange and a throaty exhaust note. This was wind-in-the-hair motoring, and it was affordable by the average young man – at least, until he got married and had a family. MG and Triumph stood out as the market leaders, but many other c companies thrived, from luxury manufacturers like Jaguar and even daimler to other more affordable marques. This colourfully illustrated history tells the exciting story of the British sports car in the 1950s and '60s.
Author: John Nikas
Publisher:
Published: 2017-08-18
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780988273382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jonathan A. Stein
Publisher: Automobile Heritage Publishing & Co
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780911968989
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →British Sports Cars In America 1946-1981 Jonathan A. Stein The intriguing tale of the meteoric rise and fall of British marques in America following WWII. Marques the likes of Triumph, MG, and Austin Healey, as well as the lesser known Ginetta, Elva and Berkeley are thoroughly explored. Filled with beautiful and rare color photographs.
Author: Rainer W. Schlegelmilch
Publisher: Hf Ullmann
Published: 2007-03-07
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9783833133466
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The spirit of the British sports car tradition is reflected in the aesthetics of Schlegelmilch's photography and in Lehbrink's knowledgeable text.
Author: David Anderson Charters
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 0802090931
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the forty-year period between 1951 and 1991, Canadian sports car competition underwent a massive change, transforming itself from an amateur recreational pastime to a commercialized profession and from an individual sport to a spectacle for mass consumption. The Chequered Past is the story of the struggle over power and purpose within the Canadian auto sport that led to this transformation. The first comprehensive history of sports car racing and rallying in Canada, The Chequered Past traces the efforts of the national governing body - the Canadian Auto Sport Clubs (CASC) - to bring its sports car competition up to a 'world class' level, and to manage the consequences of those efforts in the second half of the twentieth century. David Charters traces the social origins of the sport and the major trends that shaped it: professionalism, technological change, rising costs, and the influence of commercial sponsors. Charters argues that while early enthusiasts set the sport on a course toward professionalism that would eventually produce world-class Canadian events and racers, that course would also ultimately change the purpose of the sport: from personal recreation to mass entertainment. As technological innovations drove up the costs of competing at the top ranks, racers were forced to rely on sponsors, who commercialized and ultimately gained control of the sport. The end result, Charters argues, was the marginalization of the amateur competitor and of the CASC itself. Based on extensive research into the CASC's records and dozens of interviews with former competitors and officials, The Chequered Past opens a window into the rich but virtually unknown history of the auto sport, and claims for it a place in Canadian sports history.
Author: James Taylor
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-05-10
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 0747814988
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →E-type Jaguar; Triumph Spitfire; MGA; Austin-Healey – nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and '60s. There was something very special about the combination of low-slung open two-seater bodywork and spartan interior, a slick sporting gearchange and a throaty exhaust note. This was wind-in-the-hair motoring, and it was affordable by the average young man – at least, until he got married and had a family. MG and Triumph stood out as the market leaders, but many other c companies thrived, from luxury manufacturers like Jaguar and even daimler to other more affordable marques. This colourfully illustrated history tells the exciting story of the British sports car in the 1950s and '60s.
Author: Jonathan Mantle
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 872
ISBN-13: 9781559704007
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ferdinand Porsche, widely revered as the inventor of the VW Beetle, stole the plans for the "people's car" from a Czech designer with Hitler's help. General Motors manufactured jet engines for Hitler's army, then got $33 million in tax exemptions from the U.S. government for damages sustained by Allied bombing of its German factories. Packed with these and other tales of greed and treachery, Car Wars is a must-read lesson in industrial strategy and a fascinating, behind-the-scenes history of the world's best-known automobiles.