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<p><b>CORVETTE</b>: The Chevrolet Corvette is a treasured American icon and one of the worlds most popular sports cars.

The experts at <i>Car and Driver</i>, who have tested nearly every version of this sleek machine, have now compiled and curated over 50 years of articles, reviews, and news about the Corvette, from the first Vettes of the fifties to todays Corvette Stingray.

The original articles in this eBook come from the pens of some of the magazines most prominent writers: youll ride shotgun with Brock Yates on a 4,000-mile road trip to that "wilderness boulevard of dreamers and fortune hunters and runaways and outcaststhe Alaska Highway." Youll meet Zora Arcus-Duntov, the engineer most closely associated with the distinctive designs of the early 60s Stingrays, and learn about "dead-end Vettes"showcars with startling innovations that wound up ignored and discarded.

Corvette aficionados and lovers of classic sports cars will savor this collection of photographs and articles that cover every significant aspect of these well-muscled machines.<br>Features 81 color photographs.</p><p><b>PORSCHE</b>: Its been called the best sports car money can buy and theres no doubt about the power, beauty, and prestige that the Porsche name implies. <i>Car and Driver</i> has chronicled the German brand from its humble beginnings with the 356 Roadster to its modern lineup of supercars, super sedans, and even super SUVs. And now the magazine has collected its most important and most entertaining Porsche reviews and features in one volume, spanning road tests and comparisons from 1975 to today.

The articles are reproduced with 79 of the stunning original photos in bright color or crisp black and white.

The pages of <i>Car and Driver</i> have never looked so good.</p><p><b>CHEVROLET CAMARO</b>: Since the debut of the Camaro in 1966, the Chevy coupes combination of high style, stout performance, and affordable price have made it an automotive icon.

This eBook, compiled from the pages of <i>Road &amp; Track</i> magazine, includes the launch, the racers, the duds, and, of course, the Camaros return.

Youll find road tests, reviews, feature stories, and comparisons from the guys who know best, along with interviews with the folks behind the Camaro and columns from Matt DeLorenzo and Peter Egan.</p><p><b>FORD MUSTANG</b>: Nothing says America like the Ford Mustang, the original pony car and the countrys most loved sporting machine.

This eBook, pulled from the pages of <i>Road &amp; Track</i>, documents the rise of an iconthe brainchild of crude engineering, modern styling, and fantastic marketing.

This eBook looks back over 50 years of coverage, from Le Mans recaps to 060 times to the dark years of the Mustang II.

There are road tests, comparisons, and reviews from the R&amp;T archives, which taken as a whole explain how the car that defined a generation continues to mean so much to so many.</p><p><b>BMW M SERIES</b>: From the 3.0 CSLs debut in 1972, BMW has taken a very balanced approach to tuning its M division cars, turning already competitive models into well-rounded, capable performance machines.

This eBook collects <i>Road &amp; Track</i>s BMW M car coverage, including features, reviews, comparison tests, and interviews on everything from the M3 and M5 to the short-lived M1 supercar, and even todays M-badged SUVs.

Its a great way for the enthusiast to revisit the brand or for the uninitiated to see what theyve been missing.</p>

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Product Details
Rosetta Books
0795348134 / 9780795348136
eBook (EPUB)
27/10/2015
US
English
861 pages
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