Collecting Cars & BMW 5 Series

Wheels: A Passion for Collecting Cars

World-class cars are the objects of desire for a special breed of automobile enthusiast, collectors who are as passionate about their cars as others may be about paintings, stamps, or watches. In this thrilling tour of 11 of the greatest private automobile collections in the world, readers are given access to an amazing realm that is rarely open to the public. Wheels: A Passion for Collecting Cars celebrates these incredible collections along with the fanatical car lovers who have amassed them.

Gorgeous photographs

Included in this intriguing volume are profiles of each car-obsessed collector: one houses more than 100 postwar 'bubble' cars from Europe and Japan in his Georgia barn, while another has made room at his Napa Valley winery for his stellar collection of sports cars. Captured in gorgeous photographs taken in the exceptional environments their owners have created for them, these rare custom models, elegant 1930s town cars, sexy postwar European exotics, and fabulously finned cruisers will appeal to classic-car connoisseurs around the world.

Stuart Leuthner

Stuart Leuthner has more than 35 years of experience in advertising, graphic design, and publishing. He is the author of The Railroaders, Iron Men, and High Honor and currently the creative director of Watch and Clock Review and Chronos. William Taylor is a photographer based in Colorado.
Wheels: A Passion for Collecting Cars by Stuart Leuthner
ISBN: 0810955962

BMW 5 Series by Marc Cranswick

Marc Cranswick tells the tale of the BMW, the car that became the industry blueprint for the sport sedan through 3 decands of change. Included are the history of the BMW, its design and the reasons behind the ultimate development of BMW's mid ranger.
A book done with help from Roundel & Alpina UK, so BMW CCA member cars and Alpina models down the years are shown.
BMW 5 Series by Marc Cranswick
ISBN: 1903706181