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by PETER HENSHAW

PETER_HENSHAW Automotive English
  • ISBN: 0785822488
  • Category: Engineering
  • Author: PETER HENSHAW
  • Subcategory: Automotive
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Book Sales, Inc. (May 15, 2008)
  • Pages: 448 pages
  • FB2 size: 1295 kb
  • EPUB size: 1380 kb
  • Rating: 4.7
  • Votes: 550
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American cars are known for their sleek beauty, speed and impeccable design.

American cars are known for their sleek beauty, speed and impeccable design. Learn all this and more, including specs and design details from the great classics! Every nation has its car enthusiasts, and most have a motor industry to go with them, but nowhere is the car more strongly a part of society and a means of personal expression than in America. Whether it's for the daily commute to work, a weekend trip to a national park or simply a visit to the supermarket, the car is an essential part of daily life. The Ultimate Encyclopedia of American Cars. 0785822488 (ISBN13: 9780785822486).

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Peter Henshaw has had an enthusiasm for anything with wheels from an early age – from bicycles to 500hp tractors

Peter Henshaw has had an enthusiasm for anything with wheels from an early age – from bicycles to 500hp tractors. He’s also written over 30 books, including 10 about bikes, and is an all-year-round motorcyclist who does not own a car.

Ultimate Encyclopedia of American Cars. American cars are known for their sleek beauty, speed and impeccable design.

This is an extensive guide to the history of car manufacturing, including over 500 different makes and models listed alphabetically for reference. It is illustrated with over 600 photographs ranging from the earliest coupe to the latest Mercedes-Benz.

The Corvette has long been regarded as America's only true sports car and has proved its longevity, having been in production for more than 50 years. Since then, every year has been seen remarkable technical and stylistic developments, culminating in the fabulous ZR-1 of 1989, the seventh generation C6 Corvettes and the Z06. Illustrated throughout in full color.

The hand-crafted car used an Edelbrock-built Mercury flathead V8 and set the record at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Tailfins gave a Space Age look to cars, and along with extensive use of chrome became commonplace by the end of the decade. The hand-crafted car used an Edelbrock-built Mercury flathead V8 and set the record at the Bonneville Salt Flats

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American cars are known for their sleek beauty, speed and impeccable design. Learn all this and more, including specs and design details from the great classics! Every nation has its car enthusiasts, and most have a motor industry to go with them, but nowhere is the car more strongly a part of society and a means of personal expression than in America. Whether it's for the daily commute to work, a weekend trip to a national park or simply a visit to the supermarket, the car is an essential part of daily life.
Reviews about Ultimate Encyclopedia of American Cars (7):
Winawel
This is a big heavy book filled with exquisit color photos. There are also a few photos in black and white. The pictures are clear and vivid and in my opinion are suitable for framing right out of the book. Many will end up framed on my wall. If you love beautiful photos with limited text, this is the book for you. There are over 400 pages of cars.
Thetahuginn
I bought it as a gift for my husband and he absolutely loves it!
Biaemi
A good look at how the automobile industry grew from a few independent car makers to what it is today. It has many great pictures.
Vivados
I have been an automobile hobbyist for over 50 years with an extensive library of automotive books. This book is bar none the worst auto related book that I have ever seen. Just glancing through it it was hard to find a page that did not have glaring factual errors and I'm not being picky. For example there are a pair of photos labeled as 56 Chevys with a caption talking about the 409 engine and the Impala Super Sport model. One photo is of a 56 the other is of a 58. Doesn't take a car enthusiast to notice that the two cars don't even look the same. In addition Impalas did not come out until 58 and Super Sports and 409's were not introduced until 1961. In addition a lot of the photos are of modified cars and/or just plain mislabeled. Just a sloppy compilation of misinformation put together by an obviously lazy uninformed author for a book company that did not employ anyone to check his work. Junk.
Broadraven
This book is terribly flawed with typo, poor writing, lacking transitional cohesion in it's layout and importantly is factually wrong and emits key information. Here are some examples:

Page 48, in the heart of the chapter on Buick is a stand-alone image of Starsky & Hutch version Gran Torino circa 1976. Huh?

The author includes four pictures of various 1958 models and none of the GNX or T-Type Regal, newer model Lucerne's, Reatta, Sport Wagon's and so much more.

In the Cadillac section the author fails to mention that the picture is actually of a 1959 Eldorado Biarritz convertible, not just an Eldorado. On the following page, he calls the car a Cadillac convertible with out stating that it is a Series 62 model. AND, he uses pictures of Cadillacs and other manufacturers taken in England. Like England has the best sampling of American cars??!!

With Chrysler, the author image selection consists of a smattering of late 40's to mid-50's models and then a 1958 300, 1959 New Yorker, 1959 Imperial and a 1970 300. All other images skip to the late 90's. What?? No Cordoba?? No 80's Imperial?? No '70's Newport or even mid-60's Engle styled Chryslers?

I cannot even go on!! Every chapter is this bad. I am not nit-picking here!! This book was poorly planned and written as if the deadline was 24 hours and without conviction or even care for the quality of the workmanship!
Umsida
I find the reading informative and the pictures are striking. The reader will have to cross-reference to another encyclopedia as far as relying on accurate labeling of the pictures. Far too many are in error.
Gralsa
The book is very interesting. The pictures in the book are my favorite part.
I bought this for my son who is a car enthusiast. He said it's a really good book for anyone who is interested in cars. It was delivered quickly and just as described.

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