Richard Sutton, Motor Mania (London: Collins and Brown, 1996).
Timothy Whisler, At the End of the Road (Greenwich, CN: JAI Press, 1995).
…, The British Motor Industry 1945–94 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999).
Winfried Wolf, Car Mania (London: Pluto, 1996).
Peter Wollen and Joe Kerr, Autopia: Cars and Culture (London: Reaktion, 2007).
Jonathan Wood, Wheels of Misfortune (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988).
…, Coachbuilding (Oxford: Shire, 2008).
…, The British Motor Industry (Oxford: Shire, 2010).
Design
C. Edson Armi, The Art of American Car Design (Philadelphia: Penn State University Press, 1988).
Ronald Barker and Anthony Harding (eds), Automobile Design (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1970).
Stephen Bayley, Sex, Drink and Fast Cars (London: Faber, 1986).
…, Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything (London: Conran Octopus, 2008).
… and Giles Chapman (eds), Moving Objects (London: Eye-Q, 1999).
Ian Beatty, Automotive Body Design (Sparkford: Haynes, 1977).
Helen Evenden, New Directions in Transport Design (London: V&A, 2007).
Peter Grist, Virgil Exner: Visioneer (Dorchester: Veloce, 2007) .
Raymond Loewy, Industrial Design (Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1979).
Beryl McAlhone (ed.), Directors on Design (London: Design Council, 1985).
L. J. K. Setright, The Designers (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976).
Penny Sparke, A Century of Car Design (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2002).
Paul C. Wilson, Chrome Dream: Automobile Styling since 1893 (Radnor, PA: Chilton, 1976).
Motoring
Georgine Clarsen, Eat My Dust: Early Women Motorists (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2008).
Frank Coffey and Joseph Layden, America on Wheels (Los Angeles: General Publishing, 1996).
Julian Holder and Steven Parissien (eds), The Architecture of British Transport in the 20th Century (London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004).
John A. Jakle, Motoring: The Highway Experience in America (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2008).
David Jeremiah, Representations of British Motoring (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007).
D. L. Lewis and Laurence Goldstein (eds), The Automobile and American Culture (Ann Arbor: Michigan Press, 1983).
Peter Merriman, Driving Spaces: A Cultural-Historical Geography of Britain’s M1 Motorway (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007).
Joe Moran, On Roads (London: Profile, 2009)
P. D. North, Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008).
Sean O’Connell, The Car in British Society (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998).
Dianne Perrier, Onramps and Overpasses: A Cultural History of Interstate Travel (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009).
John B. Rae, The Road and Car in American Life (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1971).
Graham Robson, Motoring in the 30s (Cambridge: Stephens, 1979).
David St Clair, The Motorization of American Cities (New York: Praeger, 1986).
Motor Cities
Coventry’s Motor Car Heritage (Stroud: History Press, 2011).
John Gallagher, ReImagining Detroit (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2010).
Donald McDonald, Detroit 1985 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980).
Kathryn A. Morrison and John Minnis, Carcapes (London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012)
Johannes F. Spreen and Diane Holloway, Who KiIled Detroit? (Detroit: iUniverse, 2006).
David Thoms, The Coventry Motor Industry (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000).
Fuels
Iain Carson and Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future (London: Penguin, 2008).
David Kirsch, The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000).
Ernest H. Wakefield, History of the Electric Automobile (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1994).
Daniel Yergin, The Prize (New York: Free Press, 1992).
People
David Abodaher, Iacocca (New York: Zebra, 1985).
Martin Adeney, Nuffield: A Biography (London: Robert Hale, 1993).
Lee Albert, Call Me Roger (Chicago: McGraw-Hill Contemporary, 1988).
Richard Bak, Henry and Edsel (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003).
Neil Baldwin, Henry Ford and the Jews (New York: Oxford Publicity Partnership, 2001).
Gillian Bardsley, Issigonis (Thriplow: Icon, 2006).
David Bastow, Henry Royce, Mechanic (Derby: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, 1989).
Malcolm Bobbitt, W. O. Bentley (Derby: Breedon, 2003).
John Bullock, The Rootes Brothers (Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1993).
Walter Chrysler, Life of an American Workman (New York: Dodd Mead, 1937).
R. A. Church, Herbert Austin (London: Europa, 1979).
Peter Collier and David Horowitz, The Fords: An American Epic (New York: Summit, 1989).
Vincent Curcio, Chrysler (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000).
Michael Edwardes, Back from the Brink (London: Collins, 1983).
Ivan Fallon and James Srodes, Dream Maker: The Rise and Fall of John Z. DeLorean (New York: Putnam, 1983).
David Farber, Sloan Rules (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002).
Henry Ford, The International Jew (Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2003).
… [and Samuel Crowther], Moving Forward (London: William Heinemann, 1931).
Carol Gelderman, Henry Ford (New York: Dial Press, 1981).
Lawrence R. Gustin, Billy Durant (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing, 1973).
Lee Iacocca, Iacocca (New York: Bantam, 1984).
Robert Jackson, The Nuffield Story (London: Frederick Muller, 1964).
Guy Jellinek-Mercédès, My Father Mr Mercédès (London: G. T. Foulis, 1966).
Peter King, The Motor Men (London: Quiller, 1989).
David L. Lewis, The Public Image of Henry Ford (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1976).
Axel Madsen, The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors (New York: John Wiley, 1999).
John F. Morris (ed.), Wealth Well-Given (Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1994).
R. J. Overy, William Morris, Viscount Nuffield (London: Europa, 1976).
Philip Porter and Paul Skilleter, Sir William Lyons (Sparkford: Haynes, 2001).
John Reynolds, André Citroën, (Stroud: Alan Sutton, 2006).
Alfred Sloan, My Years with General Motors (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1964).
Miles Thomas, Out on a Wing (London: Michael Joseph, 1964).
Henry Turner, General Motors and the Nazis (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005).
Patrick J. Wright, On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors (Grosse Point, MI: Wright Enterprises, 1979).
Peter Wyden, The Unknown Iacocca (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988).
Marques and Models
James Ward Arthur, The Fall of the Packard Motor Car Company (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995).
Martin Bennett, Rolls-Royce (Yeovil: Oxford Illustrated, 1983).
…, Rolls-Royce and Bentley (Sparkford: Haynes, 1998).
Malcolm Bobbitt, The British Citroën (Glossop: Transport Publishing, 1991).
…, Rover (Godmanstone: Veloce, 1994).
…, Rolls-Royce at Derby (Derby: Breedon, 2002).
…, Citroen DS (Dorchester: Veloce, 2005).
Chris Brady and Andrew Lorenz, End of the Road: BMW and Rover, A Brand Too Far (London: FT Prentice Hall, 2001).
David Burgess-Wise, Ghia (London: Osprey, 1985).
…, Ford at Dagenham (Derby: Breedon, 2001).
Leslie Butterfield, Enduring Passion: A History of the Mercedes-Benz Brand (Chichester: Wiley, 2005).
Richard Copping, VW Beetle (Dorche
ster: Veloce, 2006).
Chester Dawson, Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit (Chichester: Wiley, 2004).
H. R. Etzold, VW Beetle: The Chronicle of the People’s Car (Sparkford: Haynes, 1991).
Peter Haguma, Bentley (Ferring: Dalton Watson, 2003).
Charles K. Hyde, Riding the Roller Coaster: A History of the Chrysler Corporation (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2003).
David Kiley, Driven: Inside BMW, the Most Admired Car in the World (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004).
Robert Lacey, Ford (London: Pan, 1986).
Karl Ludvigsen, Battle for the Beetle (Cambridge, MA: Bentley, 2000).
Horst Mönnich, The BMW Story (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1991).
George Oliver, Rolls-Royce (Sparkford: Haynes, 1988).
…, The Rover (London: Cassell, 1971).
Werner Oswald and Jeremy Walton, BMW: The Complete Story (Sparkford: Haynes, 1982).
Karen Pender, Rover SD1 (Marlborough: Crowood, 1998).
Jon Pressnell, Citroën DS (Ramsbury: Crowood, 1999).
A. S. Price, Rolls-Royce (London: Batsford, 1980).
Anthony Pritchard, British Family Cars of the 1950s and 60s (Oxford: Shire, 2008).
John B. Rae, Datsun (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982).
Dave Randle, The True Story of Škoda (Stroud: Sutton, 2002).
Martin Rawbone, Ford in Britain (Sparkford: Haynes, 2001).
Edwin M. Reingold, Toyota (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1999).
John Reynolds, Eighty Years of Citroën in the United Kingdom, 1923–2003 (Ferring: Dalton Watson, 2003).
…, Citroën 2CV (Sparkford: Haynes, 2005).
Graham Robson, Metro (Sparkford: Haynes, 1982).
…, Mini (Sparkford: Haynes, 1986).
…, The Cars of BMC (Croydon: Motor Racing Publications, 1987).
…, BMW (Sparkford: Haynes, 2005).
… and Richard Langworth, Triumph Cars: The Complete Story (Orpington: Motor Racing Publications, 2004).
L. J. K. Setright, Rolls-Royce (New York: Ballantine, 1975).
Nigel Tron, Lancia (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1980).
Martin Wainwright, Morris Minor (London: Aurum, 2008).
David Waller, Wheels on Fire: The True Inside Story of the DaimlerChrysler Merger (London: Coronet, 2001).
Jeremy Walton, Capri (Sparkford: Haynes, 1990).
…, BMW 3-Series (London: Osprey, 1993).
…, Audi Quattro (Sparkford: Haynes, 2007).
Andrew Whyte, Jaguar (Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1980).
…, Cadillac (London: Octopus, 1986).
…, Jaguar (Princes Risborough: Shire, 2007).
Jonathan Wood, The VW Beetle (London: Motor Racing Publications, 1983).
…, MG (Oxford: Shire, 2000).
…, The Citroën (Oxford: Shire, 2003).
…, Morgan (Sparkford: Haynes, 2004).
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank all those who have helped me with the ideas, research and illustrations for this book. Particular thanks must go to Richard Milbank, whose idea this was, and whose enthusiasm and wisdom have provided me with invaluable guidance throughout the project.
Index
Note: Names of cars are indexed under the makers name, i.e. Model T is under Ford Motor Company.
A40 ref1
AA (Automobile Association) ref1, ref2
Adeney, Martin ref1
advertising, role of in selling cars ref1
Agnelli, Eduardo ref1
Agnelli, Gianni ref1, ref2, ref3
Agnelli, Giovanni ref1, ref2
Aikawa, Yoshisuke ref1
Alfa Romeo ref1, ref2, ref3
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain ref1, ref2, ref3
Allen, Frederick Lewis ref1
AMC (American Motors) ref1, ref2, ref3
closure of Kenosha plant ref1
Gremlin ref1
problems ref1
purchase of by Chrysler ref1, ref2
takeover by Renault ref1
Arkus-Dontov, Zora ref1
assembly line ref1, ref2
Aston Martin ref1, ref2
Audi ref1, ref2
80 ref1
100 ref1
hybrid A6 ref1
Austin, Cedric ref1
Austin, Sir Herbert ref1, ref2
Austin Motor Company ref1, ref2, ref3
1800 ref1
A40 ref1, ref2, ref3
Allegro ref1, ref2
Healey ref1
and Lord ref1, ref2
Maestro ref1
Maxi ref1
‘merger’ with Morris to form BMC ref1
Metro ref1, ref2
Mini Cooper ref1
Montego ref1
Morris ref1
postwar production ref1, ref2
Seven ref1, ref2, ref3
Austin/Morris 1100 ref1, ref2, ref3
Auto Union ref1
auto-camping ref1
Autocar ref1, ref2
automatic transmission ref1, ref2
Automobile Association see AA
Automobile Association (US) ref1
Automobile Club of Great Britain ref1
automobile term ref1
Automotive Information Disclosure Act (1958) ref1
Avanti ref1
average mileage per car ref1
Bache, David ref1, ref2, ref3
Back to the Future ref1
Bahnsen, Uwe ref1, ref2
Ballard, J.G.
Crash ref1
Bangle, Chris ref1
Bantam ref1
Barber, John ref1, ref2, ref3
Bardsley, Gillian ref1
Barnato, Woolf ref1, ref2
Barthes, Roland ref1
Bashford, Gordon ref1
Bayley, Stephen ref1
Beale, Peter ref1
Beaverbrook, Lord ref1
Beckett, Terence ref1
Bedford Motors ref1
Bennett, Harry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Bentley Boys ref1
Bentley Motors ref1, ref2, ref3
acquisition by Rolls-Royce ref1
and Barnato ref1
Continental GT ref1
models ref1
success on racetrack ref1
Bentley, Walter Owen ref1, ref2
Benz, Bertha ref1
Benz, Karl ref1, ref2, ref3
Benz Patent Motorwagen ref1
Berliet ref1
Berlin Motor Show ref1
1933 show ref1
berline ref1
Bertoni, Flaminio ref1, ref2
Besse, Georges ref1, ref2
bicycle makers
shift towards car production ref1
Billancourt factory ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
biofuels ref1
Birch, Reg ref1
Birkigt, Marc ref1, ref2
Birmingham (Alabama) ref1
Black, Sir John ref1
Blackhawk ref1
BMC ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
alliances ref1
employment of Pininfarina design house ref1
merger with British Leyland ref1
merger with Jaguar ref1
and Mini ref1, ref2
on verge of bankruptcy ref1
BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
3 series ref1, ref2
5 series ref1
7 series ref1, ref2
and Bangle’s design ethos ref1
and bubble car ref1
buys rights to Rolls-Royce ref1
growth ref1
M3 ref1
postwar production ref1
pulls out of Rover ref1
purchase of Rover ref1, ref2, ref3
and Second World War ref1
under Quandt’s tenure ref1
X5 ref1
Boano, Mario ref1
Bond, James ref1, ref2, ref3
Bono, Gaudenzio ref1
Bordinat, Eugene ref1, ref2, ref
3, ref4
Borghese, Prince ref1
Boulanger, Pierre-Jules ref1, ref2
Bouton, Georges ref1
Bowser & Co, S.F. ref1
Bracq, Paul ref1
Breech, Ernie ref1
Briggs Motor Bodies ref1
Britain
car production in austerity years ref1
decline of car industry ref1, ref2
effect of oil crisis on car industry ref1
industrial relations ref1
pioneers ref1
road/motorway networks ref1, ref2, ref3
shadow factories built during Second World War ref1, ref2
speed limit ref1, ref2
British Aerospace (BAe) ref1
British Leyland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
alliance with Honda ref1, ref2
closure of plants under Edwardes ref1
decline in exports ref1
formation of ref1
government purchase of and report commissioned ref1
losses ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
merger with BMC ref1
problems and failed models ref1, ref2, ref3
staff cuts and closures under Edwardes ref1, ref2
strikes and industrial relations ref1, ref2
under Day’s tenure ref1
under Edwardes’ tenure ref1, ref2, ref3
under Musgrove’s tenure ref1
British Motor Holdings (BMH) ref1
British Motor Syndicate ref1
British Union of Fascists ref1
Bronx River Parkway ref1
brougham ref1, ref2
Brown, Roy ref1
bubble car ref1
Buehrig, Gordon ref1
Bugatti, Ettore ref1, ref2, ref3
Bugatti Royale ref1
Buick, David Dunbar ref1
Buick Motor Car Company ref1, ref2, ref3
Riviera ref1
Y Job ref1
Bullitt ref1
Bullnose Morris Oxford ref1
bumper/fender ref1
Cadillac Ranch ref1
Cadillacs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
30 ref1
Cimarron ref1
Eldorado ref1
Caine, Michael ref1
Callaghan, Jim ref1
car emissions ref1, ref2, ref3
car hire business ref1
car manufactures, top ten (2011) ref1
car ownership
Germany ref1
Nazi Germany ref1
spread of ref1, ref2
United States ref1, ref2, ref3
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