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Not a reference book
This was a very disappointing book.The book basically talks about how the Viper went from concept to production.There isn't a lot of specs and virtually no pricing data.And the specs that are discussed, you have no idea what year the author refers to.Some of the pictures are blurry and again you have no idea what year of the car pictured.When the author talks about years, it more like pre-1987, 87-2002, and 2003.This book will not do much for you if you are trying to research a purchase of a Viper.

Not a reference book
This was a very disappointing book.The book basically talks about how the Viper went from concept to production.There isn't a lot of specs and virtually no pricing data.And the specs that are discussed, you have no idea what year the author refers to.Some of the pictures are blurry and again you have no idea what year of the car pictured.When the author talks about years, it more like pre-1987, 87-2002, and 2003.This book will not do much for you if you are trying to research a purchase of a Viper.

Outstanding Viper book
I have all the other Viper books.This one is by far the best.It includes some great pictures and stories on the development of the Viper.It gives an inside look into the obstacles the small group had to overcome to make the Viper a reality.Highly recommended for Viper enthusiasts. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automotive - History    2. Automotive - Pictorial    3. Transportation    4. Motor cars: general interest   

Subjects:  1. Automotive - Antique & Classic    2. Automotive - History    3. Transportation    4. Sale Books   

Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - History    3. Motor Sports    4. Transportation    5. Car racing    6. Sports & Recreation / Motor Sports    7. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Automotive - History    2. Automotive - Pictorial    3. Motor Sports    4. NASCAR (Association)    5. Pictorial works    6. Sports & Recreation    7. Stock car racing    8. Transportation    9. United States    10. Transportation / Automotive / General   

Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - History    3. Automotive - Pictorial    4. Sports    5. Transportation    6. Car racing    7. Transportation / Automotive / General   

Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - History    3. Automotive - Pictorial    4. Transportation    5. Car racing    6. Transportation / Automotive / General   

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Tons of treasured photos! Excellent!
I've received my order yesterday and can't wait to start read it! Read more

Subjects:  1. Automotive - General    2. Automotive - History    3. Transportation    4. Transportation / Automotive / General   

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A Lexus Enthusiasts Dream Book
I am a huge Lexus fan and this book satisfied my every expectation! I now value my Lexus even more than I did prior to reading it. Lexus went above and beyond that of its competitors to ensure their first vehicle, the LS, would be a success and appealing to the luxury car buyer. Their precedence in approach to customer service is outstanding and I believe it to be a large part of their success today. I have a new understanding of Lexus' slogan "The Passionate Pursuit of Perfection" and have determined Lexus to be a redefinition of luxury.I highly recommend this beautiful coffee table edition book to the enthusiast, owner, or individual interested in how Lexus has come to be a leading dominate force in the U.S. luxury car market.

LExus really changed the car industry
The story of LExus is a case in the history of car market ,globalization and strategic implementation.
Very nice book and informative
Nice book to look at, even has a real lexus emblem on the cover! Amazing how Lexus started with $1 billion and a dream to change the luxury car market and the way dealers treat their customers.To give you an idea, GM's Saturn started with $3.5 billion investment that it still has not recouped.Before Lexus everyone, including bmw & benz owners were treated like crap and they cars sucked, I remember when a 1991 Benz 300E was 55K and a fully loaded LS was $40K.
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Subjects:  1. Automobile industry and trade    2. Automotive - History    3. General    4. History    5. Lexus automobile    6. Transportation    7. United States    8. Transportation / Automotive / General    9. Transportation / General   

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Brilliant.A whole new perspective on 'The Verrazano'.
I was born in Brooklyn, and have always had a unique relationship with the Verrazano Bridge.It started when I was a young boy and my father and mother would drive over the bridge en route to my aunt and uncle's home in Staten Island, with me in the back seat of the car ... looking down in fear at the deep dark water below.That fear continued thru my early years, as at times I would feel the wind sway the car across the roadway as my eyes stayed focused on the marvel of construction that was the building of the Twin Toweres.Yet the Verrazano opened up a new world to me . . . funny, I considered my travel to the fifth borough to be a trip to the rustic countryside!How things have changed.
Its All About the People
My Uncle was a "boomer." I never understood that much of his life when I was a kid growing up. He would roll into town in his big car with all of his clothing hanging from a rod across the back seat. He was a big man and a drinker and a whiz at poker, pool, and any game of chance. I never understood my Uncle then. He respected his older sister, my Mother, and was always at odds with my Father. He had part of his wages sent to my Mother to hold for him so he wouldn't spend it all. After reading "The Bridge" I understand my Uncle a little better.
Simple story of things larger than life
In "The Bridge", Gay Talese tells the story of the men behind the scenes, the men who do the dirty work in bridge-building (as well as other city building projects) without the recognition, the speeches, or the parades.Talese centers the story around the construction of the Verrazano Bridge in New York, one of the world's largest and most impressive pieces of architecture built by some of the world's bravest and least heralded men.
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Subjects:  1. Bridges    2. Engineering - Civil    3. History    4. History - U.S.    5. History: American    6. Popular works    7. United States    8. United States - General    9. United States - State & Local - General    10. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (New    11. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y.)    12. Transportation / Automotive / Domestic / History   

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Corvette Black Book 1953-2006
Purchased as a gift in conjuction with another book, not what I thought it would be. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automotive - Buyer's Guides    2. Automotive - History    3. Transportation    4. Transportation / Automotive / General   

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Steve Reyes is the greatest drag racing photographer EVER...
I actually have not gotten this book yet, but I don't even have to see it to know that it's an amazing collection of images from the most exciting days of the sports' history.
Drag Racing
I ordered Quarter Mile Chaos as a birthday gift for my boyfriend.We attended a drag race last year and it was awesome so I couldnt wait to get the book.When it arrived, I read it cover to cover and was really impressed with the pictures.I didnt realize the pictures were from years ago and I was worried my boyfriend might not relate to them but I was so wrong.He knew so much about almost every picture in the book.It was a pleasure watching him look through the book.Thank you.

Great shots!!
I'd love to see more color shots, but there's some great rare black and white pics that still make the book worth a look. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles, Racing    2. Automotive    3. Automotive - History    4. Automotive - Pictorial    5. Pictorial works    6. Transportation    7. Car racing    8. Motor cars: general interest    9. Photographs: collections    10. Transportation / Automotive / General   

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Enduring Passion
This book gave in great detail the beginnings of both Benz and Daimler up to merger in 1926 and then to 2005. It takes you through the thinking of both men and their values. You can see how and why things were done and not done through the years. The author explains the goods and the bads over the years. The pictures are great! Anyone interested in MB's or own one should read.
finally
Leslie Butterfield's �Enduring Passion" is astonishingly the first book about the history of Mercedes Benz brand. It provides a really broad and tensing look at how the Mercedes Benz brand developed from the foundation of the company in the 19th century untill today. Richly illustrated and with numerous anecdotes it gives a - sometimes critical - account of how the brand got where it is today. Readable!
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Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Automotive - History    3. Automotive - Pictorial    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Corporate & Business History - Strategies    8. Industries - Automobile Industry    9. Leadership    10. Business & Economics / General    11. Motor cars: general interest    12. Sales & marketing management   

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McCall's Genius Wearing Thin
The brilliant satirist and illustrator who gave us a billion terrific and memorable laughs in the pages of National Lampoon and "Zany Afternoons" is now, it seems, on autopilot. Bruce McCall hasn't lost his edge in the technical department, but this anti-paean to the 1950s reads less like a parody of car advertisements and more like a screed against the Evil Consumption Tendencies Of Straitlaced Anti-Communist Americans And Their Depletion Of Natural Resources, Curse Them! It is not, in a word, funny. On the flip side, if you're not familiar with his brilliant "Zany Afternoons" and don't feel like being gouged by the vultures who are charging $250 + for a good-condition copy, then this is a fair sampling of McCall's stuff. To get a real glimpse into his rapier wit, check out http://www.jamesgoodmangallery.com/mccall/pages/exhibframez.html for a gallery of his pieces shown about four years ago in New York. If the taste and style of the '50s and '60s are not your cup of tea and you want to see some hilarious spoofs, check out James Lileks and "The Gallery of Regrettable Food." But don't waste your money on this latest, weak offering from McCall.

Hilarious satire and superb drawings
Bruce McCall's "The Last Dream-O-Rama" is a wickedly clever satire of the 1950's dream car phenomena. Not as zany as Zany.
I always looked for Bruce McCall's brilliant work in the National Lampoon and loved the reprinted work in 'Zany Afternoons' (I bought two copies, just in case) and it confirmed that here was an unusual humorist, as good with a paint brush or typewriter.Read more

Subjects:  1. American wit and humor, Pictor    2. American wit and humor, Pictorial    3. Automobiles    4. Automotive - History    5. Caricatures and cartoons    6. Cartoons and caricatures    7. General    8. Graphic Satire And Humor    9. Humor    10. Humor / General   

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It doesnt get any better than this!
This book is huge! Anyone who loves these E-types will love this book.From concept to the series 111 this book covers the lot and in great detail.Beautiful b&w and colour photos and an amazing story and in so many glossy pages make this the ultimate book on these Jaguars.If you want to buy a real gift for the E-type lover this book is it.They'll love you for it.

The greatest of all works on the magnificent Jaguar E-type.
Massive tome, excruciatingly detailed.
Phillip Porter's reference on the Jaguar E-Type that other authors cite as their source.This is a must read if you are at all interested in E-Types.Some of it may not be too flattering to Sir Wm Lyons or Jaguar but it tells the story as only an insider could.You will learn about the inspiration, design, developement, manufacture and end of production of the model ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - History    3. Foreign Automobiles - History    4. History    5. Jaguar E-type automobile    6. Transportation    7. Road & motor vehicles: general interest    8. Transportation / Automotive / General   

Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - History    3. Automotive - Pictorial    4. Motor Sports    5. Transportation   

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I went up, in flames...
Although I was slightly... worried, u know.. "another" book.. expecting some lousy pictures, old cars, outdated, still.. I love flames, and designs, so.. such a price wouldn't be a major loss anyway.
Flame lovers and car aficionados will just EAT THIS UP!
If the history of world civilization had been written with such love and skill, and accompanied by photographs that were such a feast for the eyes, no one would have fallen asleep in class and everyone would know everything about the history of world civilization.In writing "Up in Flames", Tim Phelps has authored a glowing, stellar account of this head-turning art form that will forever morph grownups into teenagers again.Anyone whose eye was ever caught by a flamed tail fin will find themselves grateful that Tim still plays with cars.Tim and Paul:we in the Motor City salute you! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - Customizing    3. Decoration    4. Hot rods    5. Painting    6. Transportation    7. Art techniques & principles    8. Transportation / Automotive / Domestic / History   

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IF A CAR CAN BE SEXY ..THIS IS IT
Exhaustively chronicled and well presented, this is the benchmark for books on the icon Ferrari.This car is and always has been a piece of art, the cars are beautifully created and the most stylish.The perfect car for the continental Italian.Ferrari is like everything italian, it just get's better with age.If you have any interest whatsoever in Ferrari, then i highly recommend this book, the images alone are worth the purchase, the book looks like it was designed by Ferrari.

History of World Supercar Industry
Antonio Ghini's book contains whatever lies below the "Prancing Horse" badge, for models produced in the 50 years period; moreover, it helps to understand and find answers of today's automotive & motorsports technologies' innovational questions which are solved decades before. The online version of the book is available at CuoreSPORTIVO ICEO Web Site with pictures.

Awesome Official Account of Racing History
This is the true story- from Enzo's days as an Alfa Romeo engineer and race mechanic, up to his death...and beyond.It's refreshing to find the story so well summed up - while it's not an unbiased account, it's exactly what you'd expect from the folks who make some of the most amazing machines on the face of this earth.What an awesome story, and great pictures to boot! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobile Racing    2. Automotive - Antique & Classic    3. Automotive - Customizing    4. Automotive - History    5. Ferrari automobile    6. Motor Sports    7. Sports    8. Sports & Recreation    9. Transportation    10. Art / Design / Product   

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Porscshephile GT40 fan
The book in question..."The Ford That Beat Ferrari: A Racing History" turnsout to be exactly that...as well as all that was implied by by Amazon's outstanding website.I know that this sounds like a " so what " statement, but it's not.I find most things do not live up to thier hype.So, when something does, it IS note-worthy.
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Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - Antique & Classic    3. Automotive - History    4. Automotive - Pictorial    5. Sports    6. Transportation    7. Car racing    8. Transportation / Automotive / General   

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Essential is an understatement
ya, I gave it a 5...not because it is the only thing you'll need to read about your '78-83 911 SC, but because it is probably one of the most basic and the most critical.Having bought my old SC without much prior knowledge beyond some past SC driving experience, this book really made me feel better about my purchase, and also helped me prioritize what needed to be addressed on the car.If you're in the market or if you're a 25yr SC owner, you're going to find this book interesting & quite often entertaining!It covers all major functional areas of the car, as well as a history and a section on upgrading the output of your SC.Don't hesitate with this one.

Outstanding & well written.
I purchased this book to learn more about my 911SC. This book is an outstanding coffee table book as well as an unbelievable reference for owners or someone who is thinking of owning.
Finally a Porsche 911 SC book!
This book is a welcome addition after one of Porsche's most reliable cars has been out of production for 23-28 years.Adrian has succeeded in capturing all the nuances and issues for the Porsche 911 SC with concise wording and great pictures covering all the uniqueness' of the Porsche 911 SC.
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Subjects:  1. Automotive - History    2. Automotive - Pictorial    3. Transportation    4. Automotive technology    5. Transportation / Automotive / General   

Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - History    3. Automotive - Pictorial    4. History    5. Motor Sports    6. Sports & Recreation    7. Transportation    8. Car racing    9. Motor cars: general interest    10. Transportation / Automotive / General    11. c 1960 to c 1970