Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything
by Stephen Bayley
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Author: Stephen BayleyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-11-01
ISBN: 1840915048
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Conran
Book Reviews of Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything
Book Review: Popular Cars Coffee Table Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book for my father for christmas, and for my grandfather for his birthday. They both really liked the book. I looked through it some and there are a lot of popular cars that shaped america over the years. The book lists the most memorable car of each year for the past 100 years or so, and somtime a couple of cars for some years. This is a great coffee table peice. This book will definitely stir up a conversation about cars.
Summary of Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything
The ultimate car book-a love letter to the most beautiful 86 cars ever manufactured by an award -winning car columnist and important cultural and design critic.The story of the car is the story of how objects of industry became a medium of artistic expression. Memorials of our tastes, yearnings, and capabilities, these machines have layers of meaning and can (as Henry Ford knew) be read like a book . . if only you know how.
Stephen Bayley, car columnist, design authority and cultural commentator knows how, and in this opinionated volume, presents a spectacular study of achievements in car design. Bayley's 86 favorite designs range from the 1908 Ford Model T, to the 1961 Jaguar E-Type, to the 2003 BMW 5. All presented in chronological order, each automobile also makes a statement about the national character of the country of manufacture.
In addition, hundreds of ravishing photographs (including full-body, interior and detail shots) and an elegant slipcase, make CARS the perfect gift book for all car enthusiasts and design aficionados.
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