Modern Sports Cars
Modern Sports Cars

Author: Quarto Publishing PLC

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781845734190

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This is a comprehensive guide to the world's fastest and most powerful sports cars. These machines are the thoroughbreds of the automotive world. Painstaking design and precision engineering combine to create vehicles that perform to the optimum and thrill and entertain in equal measure. Superior road handling, braking, manoeuvrability, low weight, and high power are the key ingredients of a successful sports car, and this book profiles the most outstanding models currently available. Cars manufactured by the world's automobile giants are featured, such as Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Porsche and Lotus. Alongside these famous names are the models from smaller manufacturers, whose commitment to excellence is just as strong. With stunning colour photography of all the featured models, plus detailed profiles and specification boxes, this is an essential book for automobile enthusiasts.

Sports Cars
Sports Cars

Author: Ian Graham

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781432916480

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Have you ever wanted to drive a sports car? This new edition of 'Sports Cars' looks at how the sleekest cars on the road and track are designed, built, and driven. Check out the high-performance BMW Z4 3.OSI Sport, the best-selling Mazda MX-5 Miata, and race Le Mans with the Audi R10. Learn about the design secrets of muscle cars, glamorous classics, and super-streamlined Porsche Cayman S. You can even take a closer look under the hood of the superbly-designed Bugatti Veyron. Buckle up and get ready to go fast! The revised and updated 'Designed for Success' series shows how designers create the very best cars, planes, motorcycles, and other exciting vehicles. It explains the many design challenges that designers and engineers must overcome and the factors they must take into account, such as materials, cost, and new technology.

Modern Sports and GT Cars Under $20k
Modern Sports and GT Cars Under $20k

Author: Matthew L. Stone

Publisher: Motorbooks

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780760308998

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If you're in the market for an affordable sports car, this is an invaluable guide. Read complete background information on popular sports and GT cars, including quotes from auto magazine tests, "for" and "against" comments, and a report card rating system for everything from performance and reliability to resale value. Showcased cars include the Mazda RX-7 and Miata; Toyota MR-2 and Supra; Pontiac Firebird; Ford Mustang; Honda CRX and Prelude; Alfa Romeo Spider; BMW 3-series, and more.

Modern Sports Cars
Modern Sports Cars

Author: Roger Bell

Publisher: Haynes Publications

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781859606766

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This beautifully illustrated Haynes volume delivers an informative and interesting appraisal of today's modern sports cars. Bell describes all production open-top sports cars currently available from manufacturers worldwide including Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Honda, Mercedes, Jaguar, Mazda, Porsche, Lotus, Toyota, and many others. Detailed specification and performance tables give a full comparison of models. Nearly all of the cars featured have been driven and tested by the author.

Modern Classics
Modern Classics

Author: Rich Taylor

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13:

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In this lavishly illustrated and highly readable guide, well-known automotive journalist Rich Taylor looks at eighty post-World War II sports cars - the best of the United States, Britain and continental Europe, from Kurtis and Crosley to Corvette and Cobra, MG and Morgan to Jaguar and Aston Martin, Cisitalia and Delahaye to Mercedes and Ferrari. He discusses the development of each, introduces fascinating people and often bizarre events behind the scenes, gives a bit of racing history, indicates what makes each car memorable and even tells what price to pay for the car you want.