Cars We Loved In The 1980s

Author : Giles Chapman
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750980648
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cars We Loved in the 1980s written by Giles Chapman and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was brash and it was loud – the 1980s put paid to the glumness of the ’70s and nowhere was that more obvious than in the cars we drove, which took a quantum leap in durability, performance, equipment and style. They had to: Japanese quality and European design were luring away ever more customers. Features such as fuel injection, turbochargers, computer-controlled systems and four-wheel drive became commonplace. This was also the decade that brought us the people-carrier and the off-roader, new classes of car that radically reshaped family transport. Meanwhile, seatbelt-wearing became law, the M25 opened, speed cameras appeared and ram-raiding was the new motoring nemesis. Relive everything car-related in Britain in the 1980s with Giles Chapman.

Author : Giles Chapman
Publisher : Cars We Loved
ISBN 13 : 9780750993180
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cars We Loved in the 1990s written by Giles Chapman and published by Cars We Loved. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone's favourite cars of the 1990s in this lavishly illustrated little book

Author : James Kaster
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0982822049
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those 80s Cars - GM written by James Kaster and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback: Those 80s Cars is dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are now entering classic and collectible status. This is your resource guide of exterior and interior color views with hundreds of images (front, back, profiles, interiors, dashes, seats and a few cut-a-ways), and quotes and specs from the brochures. Includes cars from 1980-1989 from these manufacturers: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet & Geo, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac.

Author : Anova Books
Publisher : Portico
ISBN 13 : 9781906032494
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best of Car Magazine: The 70s & 80s written by Anova Books and published by Portico. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up as a child in the ''80s had its ups and downs - it's perhaps the one decade that, more than any other, begets groans of, ''oh, what were you thinking?'' Those 10 years saw some huge changes - pop music went electronic, yuppies ruled the financial world, and fashion was never the same again. Neither was the car. Yes, despite some four-wheeled disasters, the ''80s still had plenty of cool cars. The petrol heads of the time lusted after Magnum P.I.''s Ferrari 308; they salivated over the Ferrari Daytona and Testarossa from Miami Vice, they watched ''Back to the Future'' in cinemas across the country, mesmerised at the sight of the Doc''s De Lorean (surely the ultimate in customisation?). Other 80s supercars included Porsche''s peerless 911, the original Audi Quattro (a car resurrected on current U.K. television in the show Ashes to Ashes) and the Ford Capri SLE 71R driven by Terry McCann in Minder... the list goes on. Now, 'The Best of Car' takes you back to the days when cars were flash, angular and mean. It''s time to don the shades and head out for a cool cruise down the strip. Flick through the glossy pages of what became the bible for aspiring car enthusiasts in the 80s - the only motoring magazine that reflected the true age of excess, and relive those long-forgotten dreams.

Author : David Sirota
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345518802
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Back to Our Future written by David Sirota and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street scandals. Fights over taxes. Racial resentments. A Lakers-Celtics championship. The Karate Kid topping the box-office charts. Bon Jovi touring the country. These words could describe our current moment—or the vaunted iconography of three decades past. In this wide-ranging and wickedly entertaining book, New York Times bestselling journalist David Sirota takes readers on a rollicking DeLorean ride back in time to reveal how so many of our present-day conflicts are rooted in the larger-than-life pop culture of the 1980s—from the “Greed is good” ethos of Gordon Gekko (and Bernie Madoff) to the “Make my day” foreign policy of Ronald Reagan (and George W. Bush) to the “transcendence” of Cliff Huxtable (and Barack Obama). Today’s mindless militarism and hypernarcissism, Sirota argues, first became the norm when an ’80s generation weaned on Rambo one-liners and “Just Do It” exhortations embraced a new religion—with comic books, cartoons, sneaker commercials, videogames, and even children’s toys serving as the key instruments of cultural indoctrination. Meanwhile, in productions such as Back to the Future, Family Ties, and The Big Chill, a campaign was launched to reimagine the 1950s as America’s lost golden age and vilify the 1960s as the source of all our troubles. That 1980s revisionism, Sirota shows, still rages today, with Barack Obama cast as the 60s hippie being assailed by Alex P. Keaton–esque Republicans who long for a return to Eisenhower-era conservatism. “The past is never dead,” William Faulkner wrote. “It’s not even past.” The 1980s—even more so. With the native dexterity only a child of the Atari Age could possess, David Sirota twists and turns this multicolored Rubik’s Cube of a decade, exposing it as a warning for our own troubled present—and possible future.

Author : James Kaster
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257764829
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those 80s Cars - AMC & Chrysler (Black & White) written by James Kaster and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback: Those 80s Cars is dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are now entering classic and collectible status. This is your resource guide of exterior and interior views with hundreds of images (front, back, profiles, interiors, dashes, seats and a few cut-a-ways), and quotes and specs from the brochures. Includes cars from 1980-1989 from these manufacturers: AMC & Eagle, Chrysler & Imperial, Dodge, and Plymouth.

Author : James Kaster
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257764802
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those 80s Cars - Ford (Black & White) written by James Kaster and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback: Those 80s Cars is dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are now entering classic and collectible status. This is your resource guide of exterior and interior views with hundreds of images (front, back, profiles, interiors, dashes, seats and a few cut-a-ways), and quotes and specs from the brochures. Includes cars from 1980-1989 from these manufacturers: Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Merkur.

Author : Eric Peters
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780760317877
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Automotive Atrocities written by Eric Peters and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the author's picks for the most poorly designed, ill-conceived, and ugly automobiles, including the Yugo GV, the Ford Pinto, the AMC Pacer, the Chevy Chevette, and the Delorean DMC-12.

Author : Russell Hayes
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760370621
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Tiny Cars written by Russell Hayes and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Book of Tiny Cars presents entertaining profiles of automotive history’s most famous—and infamous—microcars and subcompacts from 1901 to today. Illustrated with photos and period ads.

Author : Giles Chapman
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 1803995505
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Million Miles in a Volvo and Other Curious Car Stories written by Giles Chapman and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest book from Giles Chapman celebrates the fascinating lives of 50 amazing, memorable and often quirky characters, who all added significantly to the culture of cars and motoring in a wide variety of often surprising ways. These curious car tales encompass both men and women, some famous, some lesser known. This is not the place to find biographies of Henry Ford or Enzo Ferrari, towering figures who have been written about to excess already, but stop here to learn about the life of the stunt driver who crops up in so many 70s films you will be stunned not to know his name; great racing drivers such as Mary Davies; Nils Bohlin, the seatbelt inventor who saved millions of lives; as well as many designers, stylists, company founders, importers, experts and larger than life salesmen, plus some very car obsessed movie stars and producers. The modern car scene would have looked very different without these impactful individuals.