General Automotive Reviews

This titel is one of my favorites. You can learn a lot about Porsche Carrera 356 cars. I recommend this titel to all 356 enthusiasts.

For those restoring or merely researching Porsches through 1979 production models, this book contains a mountain of information. Data on serial, engine, and transmission numbers is included as well as minute details on model identification. Highly recommended for the Porsche owner, or wishful owner.

The book described the original design concept of the vehicle. It identified the Range Rover evolution from the beginning to 1995. The book provided the entry level knowledge to the new and current owners, the price tag, and what to look for if you are shopping for a used Range Rover. Does this vehichle fit your life style and daily living with your family. It is very relaxing to thumb through the entire book, especially those colorful pictures. Surely, it is the Rolls Royce of the 4 wheel drive.

The Record-Setting Trips: By Auto From Coast To Coast, 1909-1916 by automotive history expert Curt McConnell is a lavishly illustrated history of the dawn of cross-continental automotive travel by the general public. This was an era in which cross-country expeditions were made simply to prove that they could be done -- and to persuade the American public that the automobile was a safe, effective, and desirable form of transportation. Few roads connected even the major cities, and those that existed were often snow-clogged in winter, mud-bogged in spring, and deeply rutted the rest of the year. The Record-Setting Trips is a welcome contribution to Automotive History and American History reference collections. Also very highly recommended is Curt McConnell's previous book, Coast-To Coast By Automobile: The Pioneering Trips, 1899-1908 (0804733805, $...).

MAN!! I had no idea of what was in store for me when I picked this book from the shelf. I read one page that was kinda funny and I thought it would be good. It turned out the it was so hilarious I was laughing so hard I could barely breath!!! I read the whole book in one day, and I loved it. The sheer stupidity of the book made it even more funny, with jokes about using engine parts to serve food and laying your tongue across the car battery terminals to test the battery. It had a wacky crossword puzzle that only the author could figure out because the clues made no sense, and that made it more funny. I would definately recommend this book. Jonathan Gray Age 14

Although I was familiar with Alice Ramsey's 1909 trip, I was pleasantly surprised at the detail of the notes regarding Alice's and the other ladies' trips. For the serious researcher these notes are indispensable! Although I was not so familiar with the other ladies save Blanche Stuart Scott, Mr. McConnel provides much insight into their travels and is able to make a research book as enjoyable as an adventure novel. Blanch made her way into San Diego and garnered several paragraphs in 2 issues of the San Diego Motor News. One thing Mr. McConnel overlooked, according to the Motor News, Blanche's trip had been free of serious accidents until she reached the seaside town of Pacific Beach. "The accident, the first and only serious one, occurred at Pacific Beach, was due to a bit of careless driving when any thought of care had been banished from her mind." Since the author of this article was a salesman and soon to be owner of the Willys dealership in San Diego, he is excused, I guess, from giving us more details. Mr. McConnel makes it prefectly clear throughout this book that "company men" were less than forthright when describing the exploits of their female drivers (even my favorite, Alice Ramsey). I was annoyed however to learn of Willys-Overland's and Blanche's attempts to ignore Alice's trip. All in all a fine book, carefully (as far as I can determine) researched and certainly entertainly written. Michael Miller, Education Director, San Diego Automotive Museum

Tracey Shiffman has designed this catalogue to look as though it's going from 0-60 in a few seconds, and has given it a sexy energy that perfectly matches its subject. In some ways it works better than the exhibition that's on view at the Geffen Contemporary... There, the concept cars are at rest and can't be touched; here they emerge suggestively from shadows, stretch, and zoom off in a blur of light. A perceptive essay by curator Brooke Hodge and candid remarks from Mays make this an irresistible treat for lovers of automotive architecture. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)

If you love bulldozers, pavers, steam rollers, baccos, or excavators, this is a truly excellent book. Awesome photos and fascinating facts! GREAT JOB GENAT! YOU'RE THE VEHICLE MASTER!

Unbelievable amount of information from the early beginnings of Roadless to it's last product. I'm still in shock at the extent of research Gibbard put into this and I can't imagine how he got his hands on so many photographs.

The time was the period immediately following the conclusion of World War II. The nation was Great Britain, one fo the victors in this titanic six-year struggle. The industry was the automobile manufacturing establishment of the British Isles, looking toward regaining its prewar strength.

At first glance, the British motor car industry appeared to be in an enviable position. As an entity which, despite the ravages of war, possessed the ability to produce considerable numbers of vehicles, it could look forward to furnishing pleasure cars to automobile-starved markets both domestically and abroad. Its international competitors were few, with its principal one, the huge American automobile enterprise, primarily concerned at the time with supplying the needs of its own population.

Despite these apparent advantages, however, many companies which collectively made up this important British-based industry were to encounter severe problems in the next decade, which would result in their ultimate demise. How