Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020

Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020

A dynamically illustrated exploration of 70 years of automotive design in the Motor City

Detroit, nicknamed Motor City, has always been a leader in car design. As the city became the center of the American automobile industry in the early 20th century, its studios became incubators for new ideas and new styles. This volume highlights the artistry and influence of Detroit designers working in the industry between 1950 and the present day, giving readers a sumptuously illustrated opportunity to discover the ingenuity of influential (and surprisingly little-known) figures in postwar American car design. Detroit Style showcases 12 coupes and sedans, representing both experimental cars created solely for display and iconic production models for the mass market. Dozens of design drawings and images of studio interiors—along with paintings and sculptures—highlight the creative process and dialogue between the American art world and car culture. These materials in addition to interviews with influential figures in car design today bring new insights and spark curiosity about the formative role Detroit designers have played in shaping the automotive world around us, and the ways their work has responded to changing tastes, culture, and technology.

Bugatti 100 P Air Racer

Bugatti 100 P Air Racer

The story of the Bugatti 100 P airplane from design to flight.

Many period photos and technical drawings.

Includes a section on the replica created in 2015 in the US.

From Carriages to Automobiles Des Carrosses a L’automobile

From Carriages to Automobiles Des Carrosses a L’automobile

Les Annees 30, Age D’or ou Chant du Cygne de la Carrosserie Francaise
The 30’s Golden Age or Swan Song of the French Coachbuilding Industry

A wonderful journey through the history of the French coachbuilding from its origins to the last years.
The evolution and transformation of carriages into automobiles is revived among these pages in a widely documented and illustrated manner.
The enthusiast will find in the book the magnificent works of coachbuilders such as Mühlbacher, Belvallette, Million Guiet, Rheims et Auscher, Paul Audineau, Alin et Liautard, Lamplugh, Kellner, Binder, Labourdette, Kelsch, Felber, Gallé, Proux, Grümmer and many others.

464 pages of period photos and Francois Vanaret’s beautiful drawings.

French text with separate spiral bound English translation book.

 

MOTOR SHOW CONCEPTS AND RARITIES

MOTOR SHOW CONCEPTS AND RARITIES

For over 80 years, visitors to International Auto Shows have stood in awe and watched in wonder as these fantasies in steel and glass fibre were unveiled.

Covering the period from the 1950s through to the 1990s, this book takes you on a historic journey using original Motor Show Photographs, the majority of which are previously unseen.

Featuring stunning one–offs and rarities from legendary design houses such as Bertone and Ghia as well as manufacturers as diverse as Porsche, Ferrari and Saab.

In Motor Show Concepts & Rarities you will find around 120 cars on display!

THE INSIDE LINE: RACING THE 500cc WORLD MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

THE INSIDE LINE: RACING THE 500cc WORLD MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

A unique, detailed, and comprehensive first-hand account of life as a professional racer competing  and contending  in the 500cc world motocross championship.

Tracing the journey of Great Britain’s Rob Andrews, from unremarkable amateur, through to factory Kawasaki rider, 500 GP contender, and member of Great Britain’s 1985 Motocross des Nations team, The Inside Line goes where no book has gone before: deep into the heart of life as a professional grand prix motocross racer.

Superbly illustrated with nearly 400 incredible images from some of the most acclaimed photographers in the industry, The Inside Line takes the reader on a fascinating odyssey of insight and intrigue.

Learn the inner workings of the grand prix motocross world, get answers to long-pondered questions, and discover things you never knew. There are facts that will surprise you, anecdotes that will make you laugh, and brutally honest, never-before-published information.

Find out how it felt to race against motocross legends on the world’s most famous and revered grand prix circuits. Discover what it was like to race a full-factory 500 for Team Kawasaki. Learn how the riders on the nomadic grand prix circuit lived, traveled, trained, and practiced while on the road.

Join Rob as he guides you – in his own words – through the highs and the lows, the adrenaline and the sacrifice, the jubilation and the occasional devastation of his extraordinary journey from raw novice all the way to the biggest stage of all: the 500cc world motocross championship.

And by the end you’ll understand just what it was like – and just what it took – to be a grand prix motocross racer.

The Inside Line is a mammoth, heavyweight, 416-page, 93,000-word hardback book of uncompromising quality and detail.