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Trucks, Cars and Planes Coloring Book For Kids
- Cars coloring book for kids, Boys or Girls, with 50 High Quality illustrations of car, muscle car, police car, buses, suvs, taxi, jeep, firetrucks, planes, helycopters and more.
(Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Ashley Young
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An in-depth study of the Sauber-Mercedes racecars that dominated
the Group C racing scene during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
When Peter Sauber started using Mercedes V8 engines in his Group C
sports cars in 1985 the result was World Championship wins in 1989
and 1990. Utterly dominant, the three-pointed star of Mercedes beat
the TWR Jaguars and Nissans, and introduced a certain M. Schumacher
into the factory team in 1990. This book features interviews with
many of the personalities who raced with the Sauber-Mercedes team,
including Jochen Mass, Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson, David Price,
Bobby Bell and Leo Ress. A host of magnificent colour photographs
backs up the history and development of the cars. Also included is
a chassis-by-chassis history of each individual car.
The second in a series of SLK titles, this detailed volume presents
the full history of the second generation 'Sportlich, Leicht und
Kurz' - the SLK. With an introduction to the Mercedes-Benz marque
and the preceding SLK model. The book then moves on to development
of the R171, followed by details of all SLK R171 production models
and the optional extras that were sold with them). Also included
are comprehensive appendices describing year-by-year changes,
engine specifications, standard colours, trim options and
production numbers.
The North East has been a hotbed of motorsport since the early
years of the last century. In this book motorsport broadcaster and
journalist Larry Carter presents a selection of memorable
motorsport events, competitors, venues and personalities in the
region from the 1920s onwards. The circuit at Croft is justly
famous, witnessing the early days of stars such as James Hunt,
Barry Sheene, Niki Lauda and Wilson Fittipaldi, but the huge
variety of motorsports, both cars and bikes, in the region are
represented in this book, including circuit racing, rallying,
rallycross and trials. The North East has spawned many great racers
over the years, both men and women, some of whom died tragically
young, such as motorcyclist Ken Redfern and sidecar legend Mac
Hobson. Also included are famous clubs such as the Darlington &
District Motor Cub and lesser-known venues at Catterick military
base and Albemarle Barracks. This book is also a tribute to events
that have declined or disappeared - grass track racing, sand racing
on the Cleveland beaches, hill-climbs, scrambling, speedway and
stock car racing. Delving through archives, Larry Carter has
unearthed a fascinating collection of the most memorable
motor-sporting events and achievements of the last 100 years in the
North East which will appeal to all motorsport enthusiasts in the
area.
Brembo, a leader in the development and production of high
performance braking systems is turning 60. Over the decades, the
principal mission of the Italian company has been to brake to best
effect the greats on two and four wheels as well as daily users of
private cars and motorcycles. The history, evolution and on-going
success of this prestigious Italian company are the themes of this
official book, which opens with a preface by the Brembo chairman,
Alberto Bombassei. The book reviews the diverse facets of the
"Brembo universe": from its commitments in the automotive,
motorcycling and motorsport fields to its attention to all aspects
of design, always one of Brembo's strong suits, from the
progressive internationalization of the company through to the
particularly topical aspects of sustainable production. The
contributions of the six principal authors - Vincenzo Borgomeo,
Massimo Clarke, Gaetano Cocco, Patrizia Giangualano, Lorenzo
Ramaciotti and Umberto Zapelloni - are complemented by a similar
number of testimonies from figures from within the company and
those who worked there at length. The Brembo "phenomenon" is also
presented through a wealth of fascinating photographs, mostly drawn
from the company archives, which document the unique story of a
manufacturing company born in Italy and now a true icon of Italian
excellence throughout the world.
The 1963 Lola Mk VI GT was the car that inspired the Ford GT40 and
then the Lola T70, both of which today are seen as true classic
racecars. This book describes how all that happened, concentrating
particularly on Allen Grant’s Lola Mk VI, one of just three
built, which he bought in 1965 and still possesses today. The book
also contains never seen before photos from the Ford Archives. John
Starkey, an established automotive author and racecar consultant,
has previously authored books about the history of the marque and
the famous T70 racing sports cars, one of which he used to race
himself.
Cars are the scourge of civilization, responsible for everything
from suburban sprawl and urban decay to environmental devastation
and rampant climate change--not to mention our slavish dependence
on foreign oil from dubious sources abroad. Add the astonishing
price in human lives that we pay for our automobility--some thirty
million people were killed in car accidents during the twentieth
century--plus the countless number of hours we waste in gridlock
traffic commuting to work, running errands, picking up our kids,
and searching for parking, and one can't help but ask: Haven't we
had enough already? After a century behind the wheel, could we be
reaching the end of the automotive age? From the Model T to the
SUV, "Autophobia" reveals that our vexed relationship with the
automobile is nothing new--in fact, debates over whether cars are
forces of good or evil in our world have raged for over a century
now, ever since the automobile was invented. According to Brian
Ladd, this love and hate relationship we share with our cars is the
defining quality of the automotive age. And "everyone" has an
opinion about them, from the industry shills, oil barons, and
radical libertarians who offer cars blithe paeans and deny their
ill effects, to the technophobes, treehuggers, and killjoys who
curse cars, ignoring the very real freedoms and benefits they
provide us. Focusing in particular on our world's cities, and
spanning settings as varied as belle epoque Paris, Nazi Germany,
postwar London, Los Angeles, New York, and the smoggy Shanghai of
today, Ladd explores this love and hate relationship throughout,
acknowledging adherents and detractors of the automobile alike.
Eisenhower, Hitler, Jan and Dean, J. G. Ballard, Ralph Nader, OPEC,
and, of course, cars, all come into play in this wide-ranging but
remarkably wry and pithy book. A dazzling display of erudition,
"Autophobia" is cultural commentary at its most compelling, history
at its most searching--and a surprising page-turner.
In a book of Porsche photography and engaging conversation, Lance
Cole journeys through a personal passion for Porsche one that many
supercar enthusiasts share. Herein light falls on sculpted metal
and paint -shiny and less shiny. Throwing off the conventions of
Porsche purism, yet at the same time always respecting the origins
of Porsche, and the status of the 911, this is a book that
celebrates the engineering and the design language of Porsche amid
its culture. From an oily-rag 356 to old 911s and new 911s, with a
brief alighting upon other cars of the Porsche clan, this is an
eclectic collection of enthusiasts moments captured across a
British Porsche landscape.
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