The Ultimate Classic Car Book

by Quentin Willson

Book Overview

At the core of The Ultimate Classic Car Book is the lavishly illustrated car gallery: more than 90 of the world's greatest classic cars, specially photographed in glowing detail, including interior... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789401592
• ISBN13: 9780789401595
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

a thorough work that is well worth [the money]

It seems Quentin Willson has made the ideal coffee table book. The Ultimate Classic Car Book groups together all shapes and sizes of classic cars from DeLoreans to Datsuns and Vegas to Volkswagens, and all with original and beautiful photographs wrapped in concise and precise text equavalent to about a page of novel. Willson does a very consistent job of presenting each car with basic facts and statistics along side special traits or other interesting items that make each car unique. One example of an interesting fact is the mention of the "Autronic Eye" available as an option on the 1959 cadillac convertible that would dim the headlights when an oncoming car approached. Willson also gives us insight into the cars by adding his own commentary. Examples of this can be found in his reference to the "Autronic Eye" as a mere marketing gimmick that never took off and his accusal that the stainless steel of the delorean was a "cynical marketing ploy." Even if you aren't interested in reading about the many classic cars of the world, this book is worth a purchase just for the full color meticulously crafted photographs and trivia. I would recommend The Ultimate Classic Car book to anyone interested in learning about automobiles of the past

For your eyes...

What diferentiate this book from the others are the photos. We can see that all of them were taken exclusively to this book. For all the cars there are front/side/rear view photos. For some of them there are also top-views, that is hard to find in other sources.The text is consice, yet informative, and includes summarised technical specifications.

Great book, needs a follow up please

A great book,cars from all round the world, not just european snob cars. We need a follow up please, there are many more classic Australian and american cars that could be written about, and some more european of course.

the Ultimate Classic Car Book

A truly great book that captures the essence of the car industry so well. From the humble 2cv to the Ferrari 250 GT, the Caddilac Eldorado to the Bugeye Sprite, this book has it all. It shows what this is industry is from the beggining to the present. If you don't have it already buy it, even just for the pictures, a masterpjece.