Road and motor vehicles: general interest

In 1893, Indianapolis carriage maker Charles Black created a rudimentary car--perhaps the first designed and built in America.

'Formula 1 is as complex as it is competitive, existing in a world which has built up a language almost unique to itself.

The first forty-five years of the twentieth century saw the most formative period in the history of commercial vehicles: in 1900 the mechanically powered lorry was a novelty, yet by 1945 the ancestors of today's 38-ton juggernauts were clearly identifiable.

Once upon a time it was easy to tell one make of car from another.

The North Western Road Car Company is just a fading memory now, but for fifty years its red and cream buses served a broad sweep of England's North West from the Cheshire plain to the Pennines, and from Manchester's industrial mills to the threshold of the Potteries.

Cars, cars and more cars!

Essex has long been full of interest for followers of Britain's bus industry.

The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling, thereby revolutionized the way cars were made, marketed, and even imagined.

Like most European countries, Belgium's main towns and cities developed their own tramway networks.

This book takes the car owner step-by-step through every stage of the MoT test, with clear details on what the tester is looking for, and how to check components for wear and tear yourself.

Take the driver's seat on your very own RV adventures!

The MG Z cars were produced at a pivotal time when the MG Rover Group separated from their previous owners BMW and stood alone in the highly competitive mass car market.

This book contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of tractors.

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Prior to World War I, auto racing featured expensive machines and teams financed by auto factories.

Just as life in Britain generally changed dramatically during the 1960s, so did London Transport's buses and their operations.

The American Icons series celebrates the people, places, and objects that have informed American popular culture over the last 75 years.

This latest title in the highly successful 'my cool' vehicle series covers the world of open top motoring.

Here is the definitive history of one of Britain's oldest, most important and influential car manufacturers.

Millions of Chevrolet vehicles were built and sold in the 1960s and 1970s, and the great majority of those were rear-wheel-drive models with differentials known as 10-bolts or 12-bolts.

'A comprehensive and informative guide to the law, set in its historical and technical context, by an author with a deep understanding of transformative technology could not be more timely.

Jaguar All the Cars meets the needs of not only the Jaguar aficionado, but also enthusiasts who don't have a detailed knowledge of the wide range of Jaguar models produced over the years.

This is the first book to cover the little-known car production of the famous Birmingham Small Arms company (BSA).

We took a low-mileage, ex-military, unregistered Series III Land Rover, stripped it down to its bare bones, and then blended it with an original Series III Station Wagon in very poor condition.

The buses on Britain's roads went through a period of great change between 1950 and 1986.

Relive the roar of 'Dyno Don' Nicholson's iconic drag racing cars from Chevrolet, Mercury, and Ford and dive into at his legendary career with the detailed accounts in this book.

An in-depth look at the world's finest scooter, from the Model A to the GP 200.

Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park offer a remarkable diversity of natural and human history.

While Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed on what constitutes safe, decorous driving or who is capable of it.

The Essential Guide to buying the Lotus Europa of your dreams, this book will guide you through all you need to know.

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Ford's legendary Sierra and Escort RS Cosworths conquered worldwide motorsport, while changing the face of high-performance road cars forever.

DRIVEN is John Aston's hugely entertaining motoring autobiography.

Everyday on the roads, emergencies happen without warning.

Donny is the Winner of the 2012 International Book Awards.

For fans of Sons of Anarchy, Kristen Ashley, Madeline Sheehan and Joanna Wylde.

In the early 1960s, travel-writer Simon Gandolfi drove a VW from England to Goa where he rented a bungalow on the beach at Calangute.

In this, the fourth edition of the Transport Philately series the author looks at the treatment of transport using roads rather than rail or air.

"e;A unique automotive pictorial history .

In 2022, Volvo Bus UK celebrated fifty years of trading in the UK and Ireland.

Sometimes living under the shadow of the flashier, high-profile Triumph Twins, the equivalent BSAs were just as numerous and were exported all over the world.

Life is full of complications.

This Essential Buyers Guide gives prospective buyers key information about the Porsche 924, allowing them to make informed decisions about the pros and cons of buying one.

With the cost of family holidays increasing, more an more people are looking to take their holidays at home, so a campervan or motorhome makes an ideal choice.

Located in the Chiltern Hills, Luton has a rich transport history, being home to London Luton Airport and Vauxhall Motors.

Many words have been written about the Honda CBR600 (or the Hurricane, as it was named in the USA), about its history, performance, lineage and specification, but few tell you what to look for when buying one second-hand.

Perfect for readers of Colleen Hoover, Jay Crownover, and K.

Although there had been experiments with the use of a new form of transport - the 'trackless tram' (better known as the trolleybus) - during the first decade of the 20th century, it was in June 1911 that Bradford and Leeds became the country's pioneering operators of trolleybuses.

Most driving literature for parents focuses on how to teach a teen to drive, without explaining why teen driving is so dangerous in the first place or giving parents a plan to preempt the hazards teens face.

Buckle your seat belt and get ready for an action-packed race through the world of automobiles.