The Driving Machine: A Design History of the Car

by Witold Rybczynski

In this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski--hailed as "one of the best writers on design working today" by Publishers Weekly--tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists, engineers, dreamers, and gearheads who created them. Delving into more than 170 years of ingenuity in design, technology, and engineering, he takes us from Carl Benz's three-wheel motorcar in 1855 to the present-day shift to electric cars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324075287
• ISBN13: 9781324075288
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"