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Author: James Taylor
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2021-06-15
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 1398101222
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWonderfully illustrated look at the Rover 200 and 400 models and their variants written by an acknowledged authority on Rover cars.
Author: David Knowles
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Published: 2024-03-12
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 0760383154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMG Century, authored by marque expert David Knowles, offers a complete and richly illustrated history covering the evolution of this storied British car company.
Author: Mike Gould
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2015-05-31
Total Pages: 652
ISBN-13: 1847979408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Rover Group - Company and Cars is a comprehensive history of the company and a guide to its products. Centring on the period of the official existence of the Rover Group, the book also examines the events leading up to its formation in 1986 and its controversial aftermath, following its dismemberment in 2000. The book is backed by first-hand accounts from Rover employees, as well as a foreword by Jon Moulton, the man behind several bids to acquire elements of the company. Including production histories and full specification guides to its cars, The Rover Group is a compelling insider's account of one of the most controversial periods in the British motor industry. The book covers: the beginnings of Rover and its place in British Leyland; Land Rover's expansion in the 1980s and how it led to the foundation of the Rover Group; Rover under British Aerospace and the sell-off to BMW; Rover's struggle under German management and BMW's disposal of the Group and finally, the aftermath of Rover's collapse - MG Rover, Land Rover and MINI. Fully illustrated with 270 historical and original colour photographs.
Author: James Taylor
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Published: 2016-08-31
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 1785002252
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Rover 800 grew out of a pioneering collaboration between Rover in Britain and Honda in Japan during the 1980s. This book tells the story of how the two companies worked together to produce the Rover 800 and its cousin, the Honda Legend. For those who remember the big front-wheel-driver Rover with affection, this book sets out the full history looking at the design and development of all models: saloons, fastbacks and coupes; the Sterling in North America; comtemporary aftermarket modifications; Police usage and export variants. There is a helpful chapter on buying an owning a Rover 800 and the book is illustrated with 250 colour and black & white photographs.
Author: David Knowles
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 693
ISBN-13: 1847975178
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMG V8 tells in unprecedented detail the stories of some of the most powerful and exciting cars ever to wear the evocative MG octagon badge. Topics covered include: The story of each MG V8 model, from concept to development and production; Detailed information tables of notable cars and their chassis numbers for each model, plus special editions and colour charts; Interviews with the original MG V8 design and engineering teams; Background on development and testing work on each model; Rare input and insight from many of the outside suppliers and specialists who helped develop the cars; Information on sales and servicing literature, production changes, product placement, celebrity stories and much more. Illustrated with 400 pictures, including concept cars, design sketches and specially commissioned photography. For the first time, a complete and in-depth history of each of these remarkable MG V8 models. Covers concept through to development and production. Will be of great interest to all MG and motoring enthusiasts. Superbly illustrated with 400 colour photographs, many specially commissioned. David Knowles is one of the foremost MG historians of his generation.
Author: James Taylor
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2014-03-31
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1847976867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the moment of its launch in 1998, the Rover 75 caught the public's imagination. Here, at last, was a car that felt like traditional Rovers and had been designed in Britain. Rover 75 and MG ZT charts the evolution of the models from the early 1990s onwards including full production histories and comprehensive specification details. Contents include: the development and production of the Rover 75 under BMW in the 1990s; becoming the MG Rover Group - from BMW to Phoenix Venture Holdings; expanding the Rover 75 with Longbridge Rover Salooons and Tourers; the MG models of the new millennium - the ZT and ZT-T; monogram 75, the five-millionth Rover; a facelift for the cars with the new V8 engines; moving production to China and the end of the MG Rover Group. Illustrated with 267 colour photographs, this is essential reading for motoring enthusiasts and fans of the Rover brand.
Author: Craig Cheetham
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2020-11-15
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1398100943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe illustrated inside story of the car that saved the British car industry - Austin and Rover Metro.
Author: Sam Skelton
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2023-09-15
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1398102164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAustin Rover: Maestro and Montego is the story of the cars designed to save the British volume car industry.
Author: Mike Carver
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2015-03-02
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 0750963492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Leyland Motor Corporation, formed in the wake of the post-war manufacturing boom, brought together almost all the British-owned car and commercial vehicle companies that then existed. At the head of the sixth largest car manufacturer in the world, its management confidently expected to give the United Kingdom a leading place in the global motor industry. Their catastrophic failure was one of the biggest and most disappointing disasters in British industrial history.From their unique insider perspective, three former employees of the brand reveal how and why, despite producing profitable marques such as Jaguar, Rover and Land Rover, as well as the iconic best-selling Mini, British Leyland came to its sad end ...
Author: Mary Ann O'Donnell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-02
Total Pages: 727
ISBN-13: 1351957791
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis annotated bibliography constitutes a thoroughly revised and more easily readable study of Behn's publications, of those edited or translated by her, of publications that included her works, and of writings ascribed to her, along with an annotated bibliography of over 1600 works about her from 1671 to 2001, with an unannotated update covering 2002. The augmented primary bibliography describes all known editions and issues of her works to 1702, and adds a catalogue of editions to 2002, including on-line sources. The secondary bibliography adds close to 1000 items published since 1984 to the original 600 of the first edition along with about 175 more from 1671 to 1984, with attention to materials not in English. New appendices include a list of dedicatees, actors, recent productions (with reviews), and provenances. This volume will be invaluable for book dealers, collectors and librarians, as well as students and scholars of Aphra Behn and of Restoration literature.
