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Author: Graham Robson
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
Published: 2022-04-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781787116320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe complete history of BMC and a comprehensive directory of the marques and models that made up the whole.This book details the company's origins, its achievements and its legacy, and provides a close look at the many car models that were produced during its heyday.
Author: James Taylor
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2015-07-31
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1847979904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe British Motor Corporation's 1100 and 1300 model range was amongst the most successful in the Corporation's history, selling more than 2.1 million of all types between its introduction in 1962 and its demise in 1974. World-wide, it was sold under eight different marque names and in two-door saloon, four-door saloon, two-door estate, and five-door hatchback forms - and very nearly as a van as well. In Britain, it was the country's best-selling car between 1962 and 1971, being beaten just once (in 1967) by the Ford Cortina. BMC 1100 and 1300 looks at the design and development of a model range that at the time confirmed BMC as a pioneer of new automotive ideas and had a profound impact on other manufacturers. It covers not only the full standard model range, but special conversions, cars built abroad, and owning and running the cars today. Superbly illustrated with 150 colour photographs.
Author: Bill Price
Publisher: Haynes Publications
Published: 1998-11-02
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781859604397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom 1955 to 1980, the British Motor Corporation -- later British Leyland -- committed itself to motorsports, mainly rallying, as a means of product improvement and publicity. This fascinating story of those years is written by Bill Price, who was involved with BMC's various departments for more than two decades. Included are profiles of the managers, drivers, and mechanics; the stories behind marques like Austin, Austin-Healey, Morris, and Triumph; and the races, the victories, the disappointments, and the boardroom politics. Nearly 600 evocative photographs show the cars in action, and appendices provide event results for BMC/BL cars entered and supported in the events for a quarter of a century.
Author: Graham Robson
Publisher: Motorbooks
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 0760320039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssential MG tells the full story of this well loved sports car from its early days, covering developments in style, increases in power, and its history in racing and speed trials. The first MG cars were produced in Oxford, England, in 1924. The car was instantly appealing, with a cheekiness of spirit that would characterize the marque all of its life, winning the hearts of millions around the globe, not least in the United States. The price was as attractive as the styling and the performance. It was cheap and it was fun, quintessential MG traits.
Author: Karel Williams
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781571818515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCar manufacturing involves the movement of large numbers of heavy, awkward objects incorporating some 20,000 parts, through a large number of short cycles. As to be expected the constant flow of the processes involved is disrupted by both the inherent complexities of production and those of market restrictions. This study, a unique blend of analysis, history and case studies, not only characterizes the essence of car manufacturing but also explains the links between production, market conditions and financial results and constraints. At the same time, it challenges fashionable views on the car industry and rejects the current preference for facile dichotomies (e.g. mass production vs. lean production; Japan vs. America; freedom vs. regulation). However, it also shows that the failure of BMC, the largest failure in the industry to date, cannot be attributed to its incomplete adoption of the best system. Ford and Toyota were exceptionally successful in their production organization but their solutions had more in common than is generally acknowledged, and those solutions also required exceptional market conditions for their successful implementation.
Author: Graham Robson
Publisher: David and Charles
Published:
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 1787117820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHillman, Humber, Singer, Sunbeam, Sunbeam-Talbot
Author: Rob Malpas
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-01-15
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1445688611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccompanied by superb colour photographs of all the Riley models, this book tells you all you need to know about this great British motoring name.
Author: Robert Young
Publisher: Herridge & Sons, Ltde.
Published: 2021-01-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781906133962
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorks Minis in Detail presents the most in-depth study of the works Minis ever published, made possible by years of research by Robert Young, a lifelong Mini enthusiast.
Author: Bryan Appleyard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2022-09-06
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1639362312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA spirited, insightful exploration of our favorite machine and it's cultural impact on society over the past one hundred and fifty years. More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed our sense of distance and made the world infinitely more available to our eyes and our imaginations. They have inspired cinema, music and literature; they have, by their need for roads, bridges, filling stations, huge factories and global supply chains, re-engineered the world. Almost everything we now need, want, imagine or aspire to assumes the existence of cars in all their limitless power and their complex systems of meanings. This book celebrates the immense drama and beauty of the car, of the genius embodied in the Ford Model T, of the glory of the brilliant-red Mercedes Benz S-Class made by workers for Nelson Mandela on his release from prison, of Kanye West's 'chopped' Maybach, of the salvation of the Volkswagen Beetle by Major Ivan Hirst, of Elvis Presley's 100 Cadillacs, of the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and the BMC Mini and even of that harbinger of the end—the Tesla Model S and its creator Elon Musk. As the age of the car as we know it comes to an end, Bryan Appleyard's brilliantly insightful book tells the story of the rise and fall of the incredible machine that made the modern world what it is today.
Author: Rudi Volti
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2006-03-10
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780801883996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car's development.
