Ultimate Performance Cars: Fast, Faster, Fastest

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From the classic 1960s AC Cobra 289 to the fast and slippery Vector W8-M12, Ultimate Performance Cars is a comprehensive collection of the sports cars, supercars, and muscle cars every enthusiast desires. Fast, glamorous, and outrageous, these vehicles are the ultimate in automotive style and engineering.

Covering all the most famous road burners, including AC, Aston Martin, BMW, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Lotus, Mercedes-Benz, Pontiac, Porsche, and more, Ultimate Performance Cars provides a readily accessible guide to some of the world's favorite and fastest automobiles.

Illustrated with specially commissioned photography, each vehicle is examined from all angles in close-up detail. Detailed specifications are provided for each machine, inlcuding performance statistics, engine type, transmission, special features, running gear, and dimensions. The book also takes a close look under the skin, examining the chassis and suspension, as well as the type and style of engine. Radical design and engineering modifications are explained in detailed annotations.

Finally, the book follows the production milestones in each car's life, and marks developments in styling, engineering, and performance. If you love cars, you'll love this book.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• AC | Aston Martin | Audi
• Bentley | Bizzarini | BMW | Bugatti | Buick
• Callaway | Chevrolet
• De Tomaso | Dodge
• Ferrari | Ford
• Honda
• Iso
• Jaguar
• Lamborghini | Lancia | Lotus
• Maserati | Mazda | McLaren | Mercedes-Benz | Mercury | MG | Mitsubishi
• Nissan
• Oldsmobile
• Plymouth | Pontiac | Porsche
• Renault
• Subaru | Sunbeam
• Toyota | TVR
• Vector
• Glossary of technical terms
• Index

About the Author

Lifelong motoring enthusiast Richard Gunn is the deputy editor of Britain's Classic Car Weekly newspaper, as well as author of Classic Cars: The World's Greatest Marques and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Classic Cars. When not writing about vehicles, he can be found enjoying his own ever-changing fleet of increasingly eccentric classics.

Ultimate Performance Cars: Fast, Faster, Fastest