Detroit Cars: 50 Years of the Motor City [VINTAGE 2002]
Language: English
Published by PRC Publishing, London, England, 2002
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
AbeBooks seller since March 20, 2019
Condition: Used - As new
US$ 68.00
Quantity: 1 available
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As new condition heavy oversized (12 inches tall) glossy color photographic stiff softcover wraps with additional extended inner front and rear cover French-style jacket type flaps. Table of Contents is as follows: Introduction; The Birth of an Industry; The Arrival of True Mass Production; The Growth Years; The 1950s; The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The 1990s; Concept Cars and the Future and Index. Profusely illustrated with both black-and-white and color photographs. "The models are legendary; the names alone conjure images of power, independence, and dynamism - they are the cars that have rolled off the production lines of Detroit and the best can be found on these pages. The auto industry touches all North Americans in a way that no other industry does. While we may not have been the first to build a motorcar, once we got started we quickly built the biggest and the finest. This was possible because during the 20th century the economy was continually expanding, despite the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression. An expanding economy meant more disposable income. And nearly everyone dreamed of spending money on a car. From the Ford Model T of the earliest days to the great Chevys, GTOs, Corvettes, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds of the 1950s and 1960s, right up to today's icons - perhaps the Dodge Viper - we have always wanted cars to fantasize about, to aspire to, and - in our later years - cars with histories so vivid they have the power to transport us back to our youth. The Detroit auto industry is a world-class business and one of the pillars of our massive economy. But most important of all, it has always been, and it remains today, the supreme symbol of the great American dream. The greatest cars to have ever been built in the legendary Motor City will seem to rev off these pages. Get an overview of the industry: its birth, growth, and position in the modern marketplace. Compare the changing designs from decade to decade, spanning the earliest days of the business to the cars of the future. This is one wild ride you'll want to take again and again." - from the extended inner front cover flap.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Detroit Cars: 50 Years of the Motor City [VINTAGE 2002]
- Author
- Derrick, Martin
- Publisher
- PRC Publishing, London, England
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Printing
- 2nd Printing
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Vero Beach Books
Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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