Author : Tony Ierardi
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 26,37 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780985657819
Update Second Edition -Many people, when shopping for a DeLorean, live in an area where the one they are considering may be the only one available for miles around. This means they often have nothing to compare it against, unlike more common collector vehicles. This book serves as a reference as to what is right, what is wrong, what to "snap up" and what to run away from.
Author : William T. Collins, Jr.
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2012-06-16
Category :
ISBN : 9780985657802
Many people, when shopping for a DeLorean, live in an area where the one they are considering may be the only one available for miles around. This means they often have nothing to compare it against, unlike more common collector vehicles. This book serves as a reference as to what is right, what is wrong, what to "snap up" and what to run away from.
Author : Richard Copping & Kenneth Cservenka
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 18,44 MB
Release : 2018-07-12
Category :
ISBN : 1787113981
A unique volume dedicated to three generations of VWs legendary Transporter. Meticulously researched with many model specific photographs reproduced to illustrate a genuinely informative text.
Author : Paul Ingrassia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 145164065X
A narrative like no other: a cultural history that explores how cars have both propelled and reflected the American experience— from the Model T to the Prius. From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66, from the lore of Jack Kerouac to the sex appeal of the Hot Rod, America’s history is a vehicular history—an idea brought brilliantly to life in this major work by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Paul Ingrassia. Ingrassia offers a wondrous epic in fifteen automobiles, including the Corvette, the Beetle, and the Chevy Corvair, as well as the personalities and tales behind them: Robert McNamara’s unlikely role in Lee Iacocca’s Mustang, John Z. DeLorean’s Pontiac GTO , Henry Ford’s Model T, as well as Honda’s Accord, the BMW 3 Series, and the Jeep, among others. Through these cars and these characters, Ingrassia shows how the car has expressed the particularly American tension between the lure of freedom and the obligations of utility. He also takes us through the rise of American manufacturing, the suburbanization of the country, the birth of the hippie and the yuppie, the emancipation of women, and many more fateful episodes and eras, including the car’s unintended consequences: trial lawyers, energy crises, and urban sprawl. Narrative history of the highest caliber, Engines of Change is an entirely edifying new way to look at the American story.
Author : Mark Paxton
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 49,9 MB
Release : 2019-11-28
Category :
ISBN : 1787116727
Given the small cost of this book, you would be foolish to spend thousands on an example of Citroen's classic and iconic 2CV without taking it's expert advice ...
Author : Hillel Levin
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 2018-07-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781983219467
With a new AFTERWORD about the extreme measures DeLorean took to stop this book--as first revealed in the 2018 documentary, FRAMING JOHN DE LOREAN... WHEN IN OCTOBER 1982 THE FLAMBOYANT AUTO EXECUTIVE JOHN DELOREAN was arrested for possession of over sixteen million dollars' worth of cocaine, the world was aghast and fascinated. FEW STARS HAD SHONE MORE BRIGHTLY THAN HIS: he was an "A" student who didn't need to crack a book, a brilliant engineer renowned for saving Pontiac, a visionary entrepreneur who shot to the top of GM and then left it behind, a reputedHollywood swinger, and a charismatic millionaire who seemed to care about the little people who worked for him. But there was a darker side to the DeLorean story, a side that more and more clouded his life until he was forced into what most believe was a last desperate attempt to save the two-year-old auto factory in Northern Ireland and its startling gull-winged stainless steel cars.FROM THE SHATTERED FRAGMENTS OF DELOREAN'S ACTS AND DREAMS, investigative journalist Hillel Levin--who began to look closely at the truth behind the image a year before anyone else did--has pieced together a fascinating picture of the man behind this contemporary myth. From the beginning, DeLorean's flight was fueled by a remarkable talent for financial legerdemain and corporate intrigue. Through meticulous research and interviews with the players in DeLorean's inner circle, Levin tracks the court cases and the lawsuits that accompanied his ascent, disentangles his convoluted and bizarre business schemes, explores the labyrinth of holding companies and paper corporations that channeled huge sums of other people's money into his personal control, and reconstructs the saga of the gull-winged car that, until the last, De Lorean believed would rise, Phoenix-like, from the ashes.AUTHORITATIVELY RESEARCHED FROM DETROIT TO BELFAST, packed with new information, GRAND DELUSIONS is a riveting, uniquely American story, and a cautionary tale of genius misapplied in the service of a runaway ego.
Author : Barrie Wills
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 30,37 MB
Release : 2015-10-21
Category :
ISBN : 9780985657888
Author : John Lamm
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Matt Stone
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 2024-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0760384711
DeLorean recounts auto industry titan John Z. DeLorean’s story, from General Motors executive, to the 1975 founding of DeLorean Motor Company, to its 1982 bankruptcy, and the DeLorean car’s subsequent rebirth as pop-culture star in 1985’s film Back to the Future as well as efforts to relaunch the brand in the 21st century.
Author : Kenneth Whyte
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0525521674
"Vigorous, provocative... The Sack of Detroit is compelling, bold and stylishly written." —Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal A provocative, revelatory history of the epic rise—and unnecessary fall—of the U.S. automotive industry, uncovering the vivid story of innovation, politics, and business that led to a sudden, seismic shift in American priorities that is still felt today, from the acclaimed author of Hoover In the 1950s, America enjoyed massive growth and affluence, and no companies contributed more to its success than automakers. They were the biggest and best businesses in the world, their leadership revered, their methods imitated, and their brands synonymous with the nation's aspirations. But by the end of the 1960s, Detroit's profits had evaporated and its famed executives had become symbols of greed, arrogance, and incompetence. And no company suffered this reversal more than General Motors, which found itself the main target of a Senate hearing on auto safety that publicly humiliated its leadership and shattered its reputation. In The Sack of Detroit, Kenneth Whyte recounts the epic rise and unnecessary fall of America's most important industry. At the center of his absorbing narrative are the titans of the automotive world but also the crusaders of safety, including Ralph Nader and a group of senators including Bobby Kennedy. Their collision left Detroit in a ditch, launched a new era of consumer advocacy and government regulation, and contributed significantly to the decline of American enterprise. This is a vivid story of politics, business, and a sudden, seismic shift in American priorities that is still felt today.
