High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads (Paperback)

Peter Grimsdale

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd, London, 2020

1471168484 / 9781471168482

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Paperback. A band of stubborn pioneers rose from the embers of Britains cities after the war and created the finest automobiles the world had ever seen. High Performance tells the exhilarating tale of their journey Ben Collins, bestselling author of How To DriveHigh Performance is a cracking read and an adrenaline-packed tribute to the time when British mavericks blew the bloody doors off the competition Sunday TimesIn January 1964, a team of tiny red and white Mini Coopers stunned the world by winning the legendary Monte Carlo Rally. It was a stellar year for British cars that culminated in Goldfinger breaking box office records and making James Bonds Aston Martin DB5 the worlds most famous sports car.By the sixties, on road, track and silver screen the Brits were the ones to beat, winning Formula One championships and capturing hearts. Designers like John Cooper, and Colin Chapman of Lotus, dismissed as mere garagisti by Enzo Ferrari, grabbed all the prizes, while Alex Issigonis won a knighthood for his revolutionary Mini. The E Type Jaguar was feted as the worlds sexiest car and Land Rover the most durable.But before the war only one British car had triumphed in a Grand Prix; Britains car builders were fiercely risk-averse. So what changed? To find out, Peter Grimsdale has gone in search of a generation of rebel creative spirits who emerged from railway arches and Nissen huts to tear up the rulebook with their revolutionary machines. Like the serial fugitives from the POW camps, they thrived on adversity, improvisation and sheer obstinate determination. High Performance celebrates Britains automotive golden age and the mavericks who sketched them on the back of envelopes and garage floors, who fettled, bolted and welded them together and hammered the competition in the showroom, on the road and on the track fuelled by contempt for convention. A heady mix of nostalgia, superb car design and reckless spirit. The best book you will ever read about the glory years of British racing car design. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Titolo
High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads (Paperback)
Autore
Peter Grimsdale
Editore
Simon & Schuster Ltd, London
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1471168484
ISBN 13
9781471168482

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