Road and motor vehicles: general interest

Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a designer's drawing board.

The history of East Yorkshire is well documented, going back to 1919 when Ernest John Lee purchased a fourteen-seat Ford Model T bus for a service between Elloughton and Hull.

When the Range Rover was launched in 1970 it immediately drew attention.

First appearing in 1972, National Express coaches have become a familiar site on the UK's roads, and are very much a part of popular culture, celebrated in songs and on television.

Launched in 1961 as Renault's answer to the Citroen 2CV, the Renault 4 went on to become one of the most successful French cars ever made.

When London first applied as a contender to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, there was cynical speculation as to whether the transport infrastructure could cope should it win.

This informative and entertaining book captures the atmosphere and essence of caravanning and motoring in the 1970s.

The North East has been a hotbed of motorsport since the early years of the last century.

In 1973 there were approximately 150 Fire Brigades protecting the United Kingdom - all with their own ideas on how to design and specify fire engines.

Heralded as one of the best examples in the bus and coach industry of deregulation working in almost textbook fashion, Oxford has enjoyed an excellent and dynamic transport system.

Motorways are found all over Britain, from Perth in Scotland to Exeter in Devon.

Inspired by the sight of RAF Lightning fighter interceptors climbing vertically into the sky at 50,000 feet per minute and by other British engineering and design achievements, Richard Noble, determined to put Britain back in the lead during the resurgence of national confidence of the 1980s, wanted Britain to regain the world land speed record.

This book covers the ever-changing bus scene in and around Perth, the Fair City.

This book covers the operations of Jersey Motor Transport from the late 1980s, as well as looking at how the island's bus scene has developed over the last three decades, including the Easylink and Connex era.

Merseyside is an area with a colourful bus history.

Manchester and its surrounds, such as Bolton, Wigan, Rochdale, Oldham and Stockport, have always been a haven for bus enthusiasts, with a wide variety of operators and liveries to be seen.

During the mid-1990s Nottingham's scene was dominated by Nottingham City Transport and the Wellglade group that included Trent buses and Barton buses.

Philip Wallis visited West and East Yorkshire with his camera in 1962.

There have always been small buses used by bus companies for a variety of reasons, but in the 1970s a number of companies employed van-derived minibuses on experimental services such as Dial-a Ride schemes.

Preston Corporation Tramways began operation of electric trams in June 1904, and they exclusively served the town until 1922.

In the early 1980s Potteries Motor Traction was part of the state-owned National Bus Company with all vehicles in standard NBC poppy red livery.

Shuttle Buses, based in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, celebrates thirty years in business in 2020.

Scania's first venture into the British double-decker bus market came in 1973, when with partner MCW, based in Birmingham, they produced the 'Metropolitan' double-decker.

The London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle run is one of the premier events in the calendar for preserved commercial vehicle owners and enthusiasts alike.

Birmingham City Transport's association with Crossley Motors came about after 1945, when BCT required a large number of buses to be delivered quickly, with many manufacturers unable to fulfil orders in the aftermath of the war.

The Alexander ALX400 was the first low-floor bus body built in the United Kingdom, first appearing in 1997.

Plaxton launched the President model in 1997 but construction of the type did not commence until 1999.

Launched in 2001, the second generation Mini, produced by BMW, was an instant success.

The Blackpool Electric Tramway Company commenced operation of a conduit system of railed vehicles along the Promenade between Cocker Street and Station Road on 29 September 1885.

The transport scene in Northampton was dominated for many decades by Corporation-owned Northampton Transport.

What happens to old buses at the end of their career, when they are replaced by newer vehicles?

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

From its launch in 1958, the Leyland Atlantean played a pivotal role in the British bus industry.

In 2018, five gas buses using Scania NU280D chassis with stylish AD E40D MMC City bodywork were presented by Nottingham City Council.

From 1914 until 1969, when it was absorbed into WMPTE, Birmingham City Transport had various periods when they hired buses for evaluation.

Launched in 1977, the V8 front-engine Porsche 928 Grand Tourer received widespread praise as an engineering masterpiece and won the European Car of the Year award in 1978.

In this book, MG Y Type owner and expert Neil Cairns provides the reader with a detailed history of the development of the MG Y as well as descriptions of the different models - the YA, the YT and the YB.

The North East is a region of great geographic, economic and social contrasts.

This book, the first ever written on the subject of Leyland buses in Israel, tells the story of the company's decades-long partnership with the state of Israel.

This book offers a chronological view from the oldest colour images to the latest buses.

Following the 1920s, bus transport experienced several decades of strong growth with an explosion of new operators and bus types.

For fans all over the world the thrilling partnership of Silverstone and Formula 1 has long represented one of the pinnacles of motor sport.

Between the 1930s and 1960s, during the peak of Britain's railways, road hauliers were in stiff competition to transport goods.

The design of buses and coaches is constantly changing as new technology is developed and environmentally friendly and emission-related legislation evolves.

The AEC Regal IVs and Regent IIIs, or to give them their class prefix letters RFs and RTs, are among the most revered buses to have served London over the years.

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

The AEC Regal IVs and Regent IIIs, or to give them their class prefix letters RFs and RTs, are among the most revered buses to have served London over the years.

In the 1980s Great Britain had steadily seen an influx of foreign manufacturers, a trend that was to eventually see the demise of all the major UK makes.

Road tankers come in many forms, with certain goods very often dictating the type and shape.

It is not possible to save and restore all lorries that have come to the end of their working life.