Product Description

The 50th edition of this car annual not only looks back over the past year, with features on all forms of motor sport, the state of the world's car industry and all the most important new production and concept cars of the year. It also takes an overview of the 50 years it has chronicled. Famous racing photographers, representing the best in their field, look back and select their favourite images from five decades of racing. Fifty years of progress in cars is illustrated by comparisons of today's offerings from Mercedes, Renault, Porsche, Lancia, Ford and MG with their equivalents of half a century ago. In the first issue of "Automobile Year", the automotive journalists Charles Faroux, described 50 years of progress in car engines. His article is reproduced, and the story is brought up-to-date by another journalist and engineer, Paul Frere. But it's not all looking back 50 years. Following the pattern it has set over the decades, "Automobile Year" offers illustrated reports on what happened in the motor industry and motor sport during the previous 12 months. With coverage of the season in Formula 1, American racing, Endurance racing, Touring cars and World Rally, together with details of all that is new on the road and the motor show stands, "Automobile Year" is for the enthusiast who wants a record of everything important in the world of cars.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1052489 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 292 pages

From the Author
We work hard to cover everything exciting about cars
I am the Editor of the English edition of Automobile Year (it's also published in French and German) and I'm proud to be associated with it. I used to read it when I was a teenager and now I edit it - that's job satisfaction! We work hard to cover every aspect of cars that makes them interesting and exciting. We don't believe that you have to be deeply interested in the minutiae of Formula 1 or of concept cars to find cars a source of enjoyment. We like to think that we provide an overview of everything that happens over the year, and that means details and super pictures of all the new cars, both productiuon models and concepts, details and super pictures of F1, Rallies, Sports car Racing, American racing and Saloon Car racing and details and super pictures of a number of different aspects of cars and motor sports. You'll have noticed there's an emphasis on super pictures. That's because it's a big, superbly printed, book and we want it to look good. At the Amazon price it's a bargain.