Books
Below is our selection of the best motoring (and motoring-related) books on offer from Amazon. Click the title or book jacket preview for more information
Book of the Week Colin Chapman: The Wayward Genius
Well-received book on Colin Chapman, a man in equal parts brilliant, demanding, complex and controversial. Always hailed as one of most influential and original designers in motorsport, his death in 1982 left Lotus rudderless, financially and technically
Mike Lawrence
Published by Breedon Books in September, 2002
Lotus 25/33
Between 1962 and 1965 the Lotus 25 and 33 were the class of the field, used by Jim Clark to collect driver's titles in 1963 (25) and 1965 (33). John Tipler looks at the design, construction and development of the cars and engines, including the Climax V8, which powered the car to victory. Illustrated with period photos and race reports
John Tipler
Published by Sutton Publishing in November, 2001
Lotus Racing Cars: Dominance and Decline 1968-2000
The second volume of John Tipler's pictorial history of Lotus racing cars celebrates the successes - and later decline - of Lotus between 1968 to 2000. Appropriately subtitled "Dominance, Decline and Revival"
John Tipler
Published by Sutton Publishing in March, 2001
Lotus Racing Cars: Club Racers to World Champions 1948- 1968
The prolific John Tipler looks at the first twenty years of Colin Chapman's legacy - Lotus Racing Cars - in another book in Sutton's Photographic History of Transport series
John Tipler
Published by Sutton Publishing in September, 2000
The Piranha Club: Power and Influence in Formula One
Intermittently gripping book on the men who wield power in Formula One. Collings speak authoritatively on the characters involved and makes a good fist of unravelling some of the Byzantine complexities of F1 since Enzo Ferrari's day, but the book is - like F1 itself - ultimately unfulfilling
Timothy Collings
Published by Virgin Books in September, 2002
Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of a Legend
Villeneuve's passion for the sport eclipsed everything else and the public loved him for it. The book takes a fairly uncritical look at Villeneuve's career and includes quotes from contemporaries including Jacques Laffite, Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Rene Arnoux - and Enzo Ferrari
Gerald Donaldson
Published by Virgin Books in April, 2003
Graham Hill: Master of Motorsport
Graham Hill's hugely successful racing career was tragically cut short by a plane crash in 1975. Unlike many of his contemporaries, who died at the wheel of a race car, he survived Formula One and sports car racing, winning two F1 World Championships, le Mans and the Indianapolis 500 along the way. John Tipler looks at Hill's life and career in a beautifully-illustrated tribute to the man
John Tipler
Published by Breedon Books in September, 2002
Book of the Week Hot Rod
Another one for the coffee table, Hot Rod is a collection of photographs capturing a very American obsession with racing and speed
Barry Gifford, David Perry (Photographer)
Published by Chronicle Books in July, 1997
The American Car Dealership
More Fifties aesthetics in The American Car Dealership by prolific US writer Robert Genat. Car dealerships were shrines to chrome, fins and all kinds of consumer excess, but they had a style that modern sites can't hope to emulate
Robert Genat
Published by Motorbooks International in October, 1999
Cars of the 50S Calendar 2003
The title says it all: If you're a fan of 1950s cars, and have space for another wall calendar, Taschen have just the thing for you!
Taschen
Published by Benedikt Taschen Verlag in September, 2002
