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By Giles Chapman

From the Chevrolet Bel Air to the Ferrari Testarossa, The vintage motor vehicle booklet showcases an important and iconic vintage automobiles from each decade because the Nineteen Forties, with a foreword through award-winning author and commentator at the undefined, heritage, and tradition of vehicles, Giles Chapman.

Fully illustrated and full of beautiful images, The vintage automobile ebook makes use of particularly commissioned photographic excursions to place you within the drivers seat of the worlds most famed classic autos, together with trendy roadsters and comfort limousines from brands akin to Mercedez-Benz, Ferrari, Rover, Jaguar, and Bentley.

The vintage motor vehicle publication takes you on a scenic force in the course of the heritage of vintage autos, profiling iconic types and key info of the worlds most renowned autos, and charting their legacy as items of luxurious and hope. perfect for any automobile creditors and fanatics, The vintage automobile publication is a vital addition to each fanatics bookshelf.

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The Classic Car Book: The Definitive Visual History

From the Chevrolet Bel Air to the Ferrari Testarossa, The vintage vehicle e-book showcases an important and iconic vintage autos from each decade because the Forties, with a foreword through award-winning author and commentator at the undefined, background, and tradition of autos, Giles Chapman. absolutely illustrated and jam-packed with wonderful images, The vintage vehicle e-book makes use of in particular commissioned photographic excursions to place you within the drivers seat of the worlds most famed classic vehicles, together with fashionable roadsters and comfort limousines from brands comparable to Mercedez-Benz, Ferrari, Rover, Jaguar, and Bentley.

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U Porsche 356, 1948 The first production vehicle to be built by the Porsche company, the 356 sports car was so named to indicate that it was the 356th project on which Ferdinand Porsche had worked. r 1949 Porsche relocates to Stuttgart with his family r 1999 Porsche is posthumously awarded the title of “Car Engineer of the Century” In 1933 the German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, instigated two projects, both of which would involve Porsche. The first was a state-sponsored DR FERDINAND PORSCHE . ” DR FERDINAND PORSCHE racing car, which resulted in the Auto Union that Porsche designed.

Everything about it is different. ” ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE LANCIA FLAVIA modernization and expansion. For many Lancia diehards the new company lost part of its soul at this point, but cars such as the Flavia Zagato Coupé and the Fulvia HF showed it still had plenty to offer. Compact, light, and stylistically distinctive, these cars are now very desirable and, while always much cheaper than the Stratos, they are also becoming increasingly valuable as collectors’ cars. Throughout the same period financial imperatives required the company to produce Lancia Delta Integrale, 1987 With its 165 bhp, turbocharged, 2-litre engine and four-wheel drive, this practical, five-door hatchback lived a double life as a rally car firebrand.

With its W125 the company dominated European car racing in the 1930s. The W154 of the 1950s picked up this winning streak, giving Juan Manuel Fangio his second World Championship in 1954. The 300SL, which won the 1952 Le Mans race, went on to become the ultimate road-going sports car, the first car ever with gullwing doors and standard fuel injection. By 1955, however, Mercedes had axed its racing programme after crash debris killed 83 spectators at Le Mans. Mercedes’ driver Pierre Levegh (in a 300SLR) was also killed.

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