Automobile History

Bugatti Queen

Miranda Seymour's biography of the daring female driver Hellé Nice will have you riveted to your seat. Indeed, the story of this record-shattering woman-known as Hellish Nice to her fans and Hell on Ice to her rivals-provides a fascinating and unexpected view of Europe and America in the years between the wars.
Miranda Seymour: Bugatti Queen

Jaguar

Dramatic good looks, pure racing pedigree, and sensational performance: when the Jaguar 9600 HP prototype emerged from the factory's gates in 1961, it set a new standard for automotive glory.
Jaguar

BMW

BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke - Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. BMW is the world's largest premium car maker and is the parent company of the BMW MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands, and, formerly, Rover.
In the early 1990s, BMW and Rolls-Royce Motors began a joint venture that would see the new Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage adopt BMW engines.
BMW

Porsche

Porsche: The Road from Zuffenhausen is the first book in more than twenty-five years to chronicle in such meticulous detail the early years of the renowned automobile company.
Porsche: The Road from Zuffenhausen

Packard

Founded in 1899, the Packard Motor Car Company grew into one of Americans finest automobile companies, producing cars that exemplified American quality and innovation.
Packard Motor Car Company

Lagonda

The Lagonda 4-1/2 Litre, with its magnificent presence and its sheer size, was perhaps the most visually impressive of the 1930s British super cars. It was also fast. Even the first model, the M45, could be relied on to reach more than 90mph.
Lagonda 4 1/2 Litre and V12 In Detail

End of Detroit

In the 1990s, Detroit's Big Three automobile companies were riding high. The introduction of the minivan and the SUV had revitalized the industry, and it was widely believed that Detroit had miraculously overcome the threat of foreign imports and regained its ascendant position.
End of Detroit

Fall & Rise of the American Automobile

Comeback is a story propelled by larger-than-life characters - Lee Iacocca, Henry Ford II, Don Petersen, Roger Smith, among many others - and their greed, pride, and sheer refusal to face facts. But it is also a story full of dedicated, unlikely heroes who struggled to make the Big Three change before it was too late.
Fall & Rise of the American Automobile