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High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads By Peter Grimsdale
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Title
- High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads
- ISBN
- 9781471168451
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads
- Item Height
- 234mm
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories, Sports
- Topic
- Motor Vehicles
- Item Width
- 153mm
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
À propos de ce produit
Product Information
'A band of stubborn pioneers rose from the embers of Britain's cities after World War Two and created the finest automobiles the world had ever seen ... High Performance tells the exhilarating tale of their journey down the fast lane.' Ben Collins, bestselling author of The Man In The White Suit and How To Drive 'A wonderful glimpse backstage at the flamboyant mavericks and crazies who populated the British motor industry in the 60s.' Alexei Sayle 'High Performance is a cracking read and an adrenaline-packed tribute to the time when British mavericks blew the bloody doors off the competition.' The Sunday Times 'Peter Grimsdale gives a very different and uplifting slant to the story of ... the post-Second World War British Motor industry. He focuses on people who did things differently and whose achievements are with us still ... thoughtful and stimulating.' Alan Judd, The Oldie Chosen as one of The Mail on Sunday's '100 Summer Books'? In 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 Bond's Aston Martin DB5 the world's most famous sports car. By the sixties, on road, track and silver screen the Brits were the ones to beat, winning championships and capturing hearts. Stirling Moss, Jim Clark and Paddy Hopkirk were household names who drove the sexiest and most innovative cars. Designers like John Cooper, and Colin Chapman of Lotus, dismissed as mere 'garagisti' by Enzo Ferrari, blew the doors off Formula One and grabbed all the prizes, while Alex Issigonis won a knighthood for his revolutionary Mini. The E Type Jaguar was feted as the world's sexiest car and Land Rover the most durable. But before the Second World War only one British car had triumphed in a Grand Prix; Britain's 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. Blazing the trail for them was William Lyons, whose heart-stoppingly glamorous and uncompromising Jaguars propelled a bruised and bankrupt nation out of the shadows of war, winning the fans in Hollywood and beating 'those bloody red cars' at Le Mans. High Performance celebrates Britain's 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13
9781471168451
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13046657770
Product Key Features
Book Title
High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Motor Vehicles
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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Numéro de TVA :
- GB 724498118
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