Car
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Whether you’re a vintage car spotter or an armchair petrolhead, strap yourself in for an unforgettable ride through motoring history. This sumptuously designed visual guide is packed with everything you could ever want to know about cars through the ages, from the earliest "horseless carriage" to the modern supercar and Formula 1. Inside the pages of this visually stunning car encyclopedia, you’ll discover an iconic celebration of automotive design and motoring history. • Trace the history of the car decade-by-decade in stunning visual detail • In-depth profiles highlight the most important cars of each period along with their specifications and special features • Includes beautifully photographed "virtual tours" that showcase particularly celebrated cars such as the Ferrari F40 and the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost • Tells the story of the people and companies that created sports cars like Porsche and Lamborghini Take a trip through decades of automotive history See the fastest, biggest, most luxurious, most innovative, and downright sexiest motorized vehicles come to life in the most spectacular way! Packed with stunning photography and featuring more than 2000 cars, Car shows you how the finest cars from every corner of the globe have evolved over the last 130 years. Lavishly illustrated feature spreads reveal the stories behind the car world’s most famous marques and models, the geniuses who designed them, and the companies and factories who built them. It’s the ultimate gift for men or anyone interested in cars, motoring, and motor racing. This new edition has been updated to include hybrid and electric cars, as well as the cars of today and tomorrow. Want to learn more about machines? There’s more to discover in this epic series from DK Books! Take an action-packed flight through the history of air travel in Aircraft . Stay on the right track and step off at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world in Train . Review: Great for car and mechanics enthusiasts - Great book. Full of models and companies history. The images are excellent. The text is tiny so I need good light. Review: Lovely history of the Car in pictures - A fun book as long as you have a large enough tablet to read it on. I wouldn't go below 10 inches. The book is written chronologically from the earliest cars through each decade of the 1990s before finishing with a chapter on the 2000s. Every 'page' is really a two page spread as it is modified from a coffee table book. Many of these pages have 15 to 18 related cars pictured with a little blurb about each one. Cars from all countries are included under headings like sports cars or luxury cars. The pictures are quite lovely and the layout gives a nice impression of what was going on in a given decade with a given type of car. My favorite pages gave an overview of the history of a particular automotive marquee. Another enjoyable feature illustrated a specific car in-depth across two pages. The pictures of these cars were quite beautiful. Anyone who enjoys cars or is interested in the history of the automobile would enjoy this book.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 116 Reviews |
A**R
Great for car and mechanics enthusiasts
Great book. Full of models and companies history. The images are excellent. The text is tiny so I need good light.
J**Y
Lovely history of the Car in pictures
A fun book as long as you have a large enough tablet to read it on. I wouldn't go below 10 inches. The book is written chronologically from the earliest cars through each decade of the 1990s before finishing with a chapter on the 2000s. Every 'page' is really a two page spread as it is modified from a coffee table book. Many of these pages have 15 to 18 related cars pictured with a little blurb about each one. Cars from all countries are included under headings like sports cars or luxury cars. The pictures are quite lovely and the layout gives a nice impression of what was going on in a given decade with a given type of car. My favorite pages gave an overview of the history of a particular automotive marquee. Another enjoyable feature illustrated a specific car in-depth across two pages. The pictures of these cars were quite beautiful. Anyone who enjoys cars or is interested in the history of the automobile would enjoy this book.
L**Y
Excellent read
Excellent read
J**.
Decent for a overview on automobile history. With good photoselection.
For the price a very good source of information and history. The book got good reviews in Automotive Magazines. Worth the addition to a auto library.
C**E
Nice big car book
This is a big and beautiful book about cars. I bought this for my dad and he loves it!! It is fun to flip to a random page and read the interesting info or just look at the pretty pictures.
E**.
Works Well With Kindle Reader On iPad
I am using an iPad Pro (the one with the big screen) and the Kindle reader app. Some books, especially those with lots of photos or illustrations, just don’t work well with a Kindle reader. I took a chance on this book and it has worked out very well. There are many pictures included in the book, mostly small, but they hold up well when you zoom in. Likewise, you will need to zoom in to read much of the text, but that hasn’t been much of a bother. I’m about 0n Page 80, and I’ve really been enjoying the book. There are lots of little blurbs about certain cars, and some longer sections (few pages) which go more in depth on some topics. I don’t know how this would work on a black & white reader, or a more compact reader. There are so many photos that it really begs to be on a color screen.
C**G
The only car book you'll ever need.
My favorite of all my car books. Photos of everything with great captions that give historical significance of all. Spans the history of the automobile. I have copies in several rooms of my home.
H**E
Excellent Book for Car Fans
I sent this book as a gift to my grandson. upon receiving it he was thrilled at discovering the history and details of his favorite cars, new and old. He loved how it is well illustrated with photos and the clear descriptions as well as their historical facts. Beautiful format and well presented. I would recommend this book without hesitation to car lovers young and old.
P**A
Excellent quality
Bought this as a gift for my son. Huge success. Great quality as all his DK book collection. Well worth the price.
A**O
Ótima aquisição
O livro é muito bom!
H**N
This is a complete overview for a car person
This is an overview, not a critique or a history. Very nostalgic in a way and a nice catalog. Recommended.
M**.
Amazing and a must have.
Amazing, awesome, well pictured and a must have for your encyclopedia collection.
D**O
I LOVE ALL OF the DK books great pictures and info.
I have bought amsny DK books for myself and grandkids
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