It is not necessary to have driving experience or own a car to love the automotive industry and be eager to learn as much as possible about it. Even though today you can explore a lot on the Internet, true motorists are necessarily engaged in filling their library with interesting, informative, colorful, and collectible publications about cars. We have compiled a rating of the world’s best publications about cars and people.
Top Gear Years, Jeremy Clarkson
The charismatic host of the “Top Gear” series needs no introduction! As for this publication, Jeremy Clarkson was a real expert here. Under one cover, he managed to combine radically different things very harmoniously: objective data on the technical nuances of passenger cars, his original style, subtle English humor, and striking facts that not every fan of the automotive industry knows. We will add that this is the same “reusable” book that drivers can reread several times, as if for the first time.
Bentley Centenary Opus
This limited edition tells about the past, present, and future of the brand, the racing successes of Bentley, and iconic personalities in the history of the brand. If you have ever driven this car, you will agree that it is a true masterpiece. If not yet, we highly recommend not to put it on the back burner. Now as the rental services and rental companies offering the most luxurious vehicles to hire are expanding worldwide, it is becoming much easier to rent Bentley Bentayga in Dubai, New York, London, or any other location you can imagine!
The editions differ only in their design. The Centenary Edition (500 copies) for 3,000 pounds has just a leather cover, for which you can choose one of four colors. The Mulliner Edition (100 copies) cost 12,500 pounds and includes Polaroid photographs, 56 handmade watercolors on silk paper, an aluminum bookcase, and a piece of Michelin front left tire from the Bentley Speed prototype that won at Le Mans in 2003. The most expensive volume is the 100 Carat Edition (only 7 copies) for 200,000 pounds – this is the price of a new Bentley Continental GT – because the book is encrusted with 100 carats of diamonds, as well as platinum or white gold at the buyer’s choice.
Wheels, Arthur Hailey
Critics call this work “a full-fledged automobile and transport novel”, which gives a complete picture not only of the inner workings of the car world but also of invisible to the eye behind-the-scenes games, technologies, and not-bad intrigues. The curtain of mystery in “Wheels” is opened by the “chief specialist in industrial novels”, Arthur Hailey. He is brilliant at revealing the most hidden details regarding the internal operations of different structures, like hotels, airports, and even evening news studios.
You will not only learn how the “stars of Detroit” are born. The book gives exhaustive answers to the questions that we have today: why are cars so expensive? Why is the path from development to the pipeline so long? Why do striking prototypes become unremarkable in reality in driving cars?
American Cars: The Automobiles that Made America, Craig Cheetham
A magnificent collector’s edition, a delightful gift – a catalog of 218 of the most famous cars produced over the past hundred years in America. Under the cover, the reader will find not only more than 2,000 colorful illustrations but also detailed technical specifications, and features of each model that have already earned the right to be called a classic. Additionally, you will learn about the history of the creation of legendary cars, you will be able to “look” inside the power units and “disassemble” the chassis. A lot has been said about engineering and the development of automotive design.
The Flivver King. A Story of Ford-America, Upton Sinclair
Speaking of cars, it would be a real sacrilege to ignore the name of the brilliant Henry Ford, the recognized “father of the automotive industry” and the creator of the automobile conveyor. Have you seen the Ford v Ferrari movie? However, the artistic biography of an outstanding personality, full of bold decisions and real battles for the right to be the first, will be interesting to many motorists. Here is a real novel that reveals the entire history of the legendary factory and the unforgettable Ford A, F-100, Mustang, and Focus models. Note that this is also a book about a leader with an iron will, worthy of becoming a national symbol of his country.
