Cars : a celebration

580 Pages·2001·82.083 MB·English

by  Willson, Quentin, Lucas, Sharon

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A DORLING KINDERSLEY BOOK
CONTENTS
LONDON.NEWYORK.DELHI.PARIS
MUNICHANDJOHANNESBURG
PRODUCEDFORDORLINGKINDERSLEYBY INTRODUCTION BENTLEY Flying Spur
PHIL HUNT DITORIAL) 8-17 66-67
MARK JOHNSON D:AVIES(DESIGN)
BMW
THE CAR Isetta
SENIOREDITOR
NICKI LAMPON 68-71
GALLERY
SENIORARTEDITOR BMW
KEVINRYAN 507
MANAGINGEDITOR 72-75
SHARON LUCAS AC
Ace-Bristol
SENIORDEMRAENKAGCIONOGMABRETSEDITOR 20-23 BMW 3.0CSL
76-79
SONIDATPCDHEASRIBGONNENRIER AC Cobra 427
BMW
PRODUCTIONCONTROLLER 24-27 M1
LOUISEDALY
80-81
AC 428
FirstbpyubDloirslhiendgIKninGdreerastleByritLaiimnitiend.2001 28-31 BUICK
80St2ra4nd6,8Lo1nd0o9n7W5C32R1ORL ALFA ROMEO Roadnn8a2s-t8e5r (1949)
Spider
Copyright 2001 DorlingKindersleyLimited,
London 32-33 BUICK
TextcopyrightS 2001 QuentinWillson AMC Roadnnaster (1957)
Pacer
86-89
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WriteroftheWorkhasbeenassertedbyhim
inaccordancewiththeCopyrightDesigns, BUICK
andPatentsAct1988. ASTON MARTIN DB4
Limited Riviera
Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybe 38-41
reproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,or 90-93
transmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, ASTON MARTIN V8
mechanical,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwritten BUICK
permissionofthecopyrightholder. 42-45 Riviera (1964)
94-97
LibraryofCongressCataloging-m-PublicationData
Willson,Quentin. AUDI Quattro Sport
Cars:acelebration/QuentmWillson. 46-49 BUICK Riviera (1971)
p.cm 98-101
Includesindex.
ISBN0-7894-8155-3(alk.paper) AUSTIN Mini Cooper
1.Automobiles-Pictorialworks.2.Automobiles 50-53 CADILLAC Series 62
-History.I.Title. 102-105
TL15.W5142001
629.22209-dc21 AUSTIN-HEALEY
CADILLAC
ColourreproductionbyColourscan,Singapore Sprite Mk1
PrintedandboundbyMohndruckGmbH.Gutersloh, 54-57 Eldorado (1953)
Germany
106-109
Seeourcompletecatalogueat AUSTIN-HEALEY
www.dk.com 3000 CADILLAC Convertible
NoteonSpecificationBoxes 58-61 110-113
Everyefforthasbeenmadetoensurethatthe
informationsuppliedinthespecificationboxesis BENTLEY CADILLAC
accurate.Unlessotherwiseindicated,allfigures
bopxe.rtEainngitnoethceappaacrittiycufloarrAmmoedreilcainntchaersspiescimfeiacsatuiroend R-Type Continental Eldorado 976)
mcubicinches(cid).ARC.isanabbreviationfor 62-65 114-117
averagefuelconsumption.
CADILLAC Seville CHRYSLER DODGE Charger R/T
18-121 New Yorker 232-235
1
172-175
CHEVROLET EDSEL Bermuda
Corvette CHRYSLER 300F 236-239
122-125 176-179
EDSEL
Corsair
CHEVROLET CHRYSLER 300L 240-243
Bel Air (1957) 180-183
126-129 FACEL Vega
II
CITROEN 244-247
CHEVROLET
Traction Avant
Bel Air Nomad 184-187 FERRARI 250 GT SWB
130-133 248-251
CITROEN 2CV
CHEVROLET FERRARI 275 GTB/4
188-191
3100 Stepside 252-253
134-135 CITROEN
DS Decapotable FERRARI 308 GTB
CHEVROLET
Impala 254-255
192-195
136-139
CITROEN SM FERRARI Dino 246 GT
CHEVROLET
256-259
196-199
Corvette Sting Ray
140-143 CONTINENTAL Mk
II
CHEVROLET 200-203
Corvair Monza DAIMLER
1 44-1 47 SP250 Dart
CHEVROLET 204-207
Camaro RS
DATSUN
Fairlady
148-151
208-21
1
CHEVROLET
DATSUN 240Z
Corvette Stingray
212-215
152-155
DELOREAN DMC
CHEVROLET 2
1
Monte Carlo 216-219
156-159
DESOTO Custom
CHEVROLET Nova SS 220-223
160-163
DE TOMASO
CHEVROLET Pantera GT5
Camaro SS396 224-227
164-167
DODGE
CHRYSLER Imperial Custom Royal Lancer
168-171 228-231
FERRARI HUDSON Super Six LINCOLN
Berlinetta Boxer 312-315 Continental
260-263 372-375
HUDSON
Hornet
FERRARI Daytona 316-319 LINCOLN
Mk
264 Continental IV
JAGUAR XK120 376-379
FERRARI 400 GT 320-323
LOTUS
265 Elite
JAGUAR C Type 380-383
FERRARI 324-327
Testarossa LOTUS Elan Sprint
JAGUAR XK150 384-387
266-269
328-329
MASERATI
FIAT 500D Ghibli
JAGUAR E Type 388-391
270-273
330-333
FORD GT40 MASERATI Kyalami
JENSEN
Interceptor 392-395
274-277
334-335
FORD MAZDA RX7
KAISER Darrin 396-399
Thunderbird (1955)
336-339
278-281 MERCEDES
FORD KAISER 300SL Gullwing
Fairlane 500 Skyliner Henry J. Corsair 400-403
340-343
282-285 MERCEDES 280SL
LAMBORGHINI
FORD Miura 404-407
Falcon
344-347
286-289 MERCURY
Monterey
LAMBORGHINI
FORD 408-41
1
Countach
Galaxie 500XL Sunliner MERCURY
348-351 Cougar
290-293
412-415
FORD LANCIA
MG
Thunderbird (1963) Aurelia B24 Spider TC Midget -
352-355 416-419
294-297
MG
FORD Mustang LANCIA Stratos A
356-359 420
298-301
MG
FORD LANCIA B
HF
Shelby Mustang GT500 Delta Integrale 421
360-363
302-305 MORGAN
Plus Four
GORDON KEEBLE GT LAND ROVER Series 422-425
1
306-309 364-367
MORRIS
HOLDEN FX LINCOLN Capri Minor MM Convertible
310-31 368-371 426-429
1
NSU PORSCHE VOLKSWAGEN
Sport Prinz
430-433 Carrera 91 RS Beetle Karnnann
1
494-495 546-549
OLDSMOBILE
Starfire
434-437 RAMBLER VOLKSWAGEN
Ambassador
OLDSMOBILE Golf GTi
4 4 2 496-499
550-453
438-441
RENAULT 4CV VOLVO P544
PACKARD Hawk
500-503
554-557
442-445
RENAULT
VOLVO P1800
PANHARD
Alpine A1 10
558-559
PL17 Tigre 504-507
446-449 WILLYS Jeep MB
ROLLS-ROYCE
PEUGEOT 203 560-563
Silver Cloud
450-453 508-5
INDEX
1 1
PEUGEOT 504 SAAB 564-574
Sonett
454-457 512-515 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PLYMOUTH Fury SAAB 99 Turbo 575-576
458-461 516-519
PLYMOUTH SIMCA
Barracuda (1964) Aronde Plein Ciel
462-465 520-523
PLYMOUTH SKODA
'Cuda (1970) Pelicia
466-469 524-527
PONTIAC STUDEBAKER
Chieftain Avanti
470-473 528-531
PONTIAC SUNBEAM
Bonneville Tiger
474-477 532
PONTIAC GTO TOYOTA 2000GT
478-481 533
PONTIAC Trans Ann TRIUMPH TR2
482-485 534-537
PORSCHE 356 TRIUMPH TR6
486-489 538-541
PORSCHE TUCKER
Torpedo
490-493 542-545
INTRODUCTION
As I write, the car is celebrating its centennial. One
hundred years ago, the first Benz shuddered to life,
beginning a journey that would eventually change
the world. In those 10 decades, the car has altered
beyond all recognition and transformed the lives of
everybody across countries and entire continents.
No other mechanical invention has ever made such
an emotional connection with those who use it,
and none offers the same heady mix of freedom,
speed, power, sex, and sensuality. Cars are not just
functional objects to be used by reasonable people,
they're the most compelling and charismatic of
all 20th century products. We've become utterly
dependent on them both as forms of transportation
and symbols of success. Our roads, literature, and
culture are thick with the things. Novelist Stephen
King once described car ownership as "a parody
of the act of love." And he was right. Cars are City Gridlock
B the ultimate gods of an age that has always One of the prices paid by mass car ownership is that highways get
worshipped the machine. gridlocked, resulting in the average speed on urban roads being not
much more than it was 100 years ago - often less.
The First Car
Karl Benz's original car is a
farcryfrom the technology
now standard in today's fast,
reliable production models.
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