Legendary Cars

Larry Edsall is a specialist automobile journalist that has worked 12 years for AutoWeek Magazine, the most prestigious American weekly dedicated to automobiles. Edsall has covered the most important motoring events across decades and tested a wide range of vehicles around the world, driving prototypes and production cars for well over half a million miles. For White Star he also wrote the book Concept Cars.

• Preface page 12A Quick Drive Through EarlyAutomotive History page 14A Fresh Wind: Aerodynamicsrounds offff those boxy bodies page 28Fiat 508 Balilla page 32Tatra 77 page 36Citroën Traction Avant page 40Mercedes-Benz 540K page 44Chrysler Airflow page 46Cord 810 page 50Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic page 54BMW 328 page 56Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 page 60Fiat Topolino page 64Talbot Lago page 68Lincoln Continental page 72Accelerating Slowly:The car companies retool page 76Cisitalia 202 page 80Citroën 2CV page 94Jaguar XK120 page 881949 Ford page 92Volkswagen Maggiolino page 96Porsche 356 page 100MG TD page 104Lancia Aurelia B20GT page 106Bentley R-Type Continental page 110Chevrolet Corvette page 114Mercedes-Benz 300 SL page 116Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprintand Spyder page 120Style and Speed:The pace increases page 124Citroën DS page 126Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud page 132MGA page 136Austin Healey 100 page 140Ford Thunderbird page 142Ferrari 250 GT page 144Triumph TR3A page 148Mini page 150Jaguar Mk II page 154Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz page 158Jaguar XK-E (E-type) page 162Shelby AC Cobra page 166Aston Martin DB5 page 168Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray page 172Flexing Their Muscles:Horsepower rules page 174Ford Mustang page 178Porsche 911 page 182Pontiac GTO page 186Lamborghini Miura page 188Alfa Romeo Duetto page 190Ferrari Dino 206 GT page 192Ferrari 365 Daytona page 196Maserati Ghibli page 200De Tomaso Pantera page 202Lamborghini Countach page 204Rough Road Ahead:The gasoline and other crises page 206BMW M1 page 210Audi Quattro page 214De Lorean DMC12 page 216Ferrari Testarossa page 218The Making of the Modern Car:And the modern carcompany page 220Ferrari F40 page 224Bugatti EB110 page 226Dodge Viper RT/10 page 228Jaguar XJ 220 page 232McLaren F1 page 234Full Speed Ahead: These arethe good old days page 236BMW Z3 page 240Volkswagen New Beetle page 242Ferrari 360 Modena page 246Nissan 350Z page 250Mercedes-Benz SRL McLaren page 252Enzo Ferrari page 256Chevrolet Corvette page 262Porsche Carrera GT page 264Audi R8 page 268Bugatti 18/4 Veyron page 272Maserati GranTurismo page 276Chevrolet Camaro page 278McLaren MP4-12C page 280Tesla Model S page 284Ferrari FXX-K Evo page 286Aston Martin Valkyrie page 288Ferrari SF90 Stradale page 290Chevrolet C8 Corvette page 292Rimac Nevera page 294Volkswagen ID.Buzz page 296Lotus Evija page 298Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 page 300Bibliography, Acknowledgmentsand Index page 302