FreshAlloy.com Consumer Guide: Recommended Auto Books
The Creative Priority :
Putting Innovation to Work in Your Business
Jerrry Hirshberg
Paperback - 262 pages (February 1999)
Harperbusiness; ISBN: 0887309607 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.65 x 7.98 x 5.29
One of Nissan's most recognized faces
and long time design veteran, Jerry Hirshberg's book on creative management
isn't so much about cars but the decisions and events behind the scenes of a
company that can make or break it.
Some good behind the scenes info at Nissan during the 80s to the mid 90s but not
as much as Nissan or car design enthusiasts may desire. Overall a good book.
Hardcover - Second edition (December 1996)
Lamm-Morada Publishing Company; ISBN: 0932128076 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.95 x 12.33 x 9.49
This book by Michael Lamm and Dave Holls represents the most comprehensive history of American automobile body design (styling) ever published. It covers the years 1896 through 1996.
The book is oversized, hardcover, has 306 richly illustrated pages and nearly 900 photographs and sketches. You'll find fabulous pictures and details--many never before published--of all the important cars, designers, coachbuilders, events, trends and processes that affected and still affect the shape and look of American automobiles.
Jonathan Thompson, Road and Track:
"Lamm and Holls...have put just about all that one could ask for on this huge subject into a large, solidly structured and masterfully written book."
L. Scott Bailey, founder and former editor/publisher Automobile Quarterly magazine:
"What a book! Undoubtedly, without any reservations, this is the most significant automotive book of the decade. How I wish Automobile Quarterly...could have published
it".
Paperback - 0160
pages (April 10, 2000)
John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 047160786X ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.54 x 8.65 x 9.49
It may seem unusual that architects--designers of stationary objects--should
concern themselves with the design of automobiles, but the car has long touched
architects' imaginations as another form of understanding human lifestyles and
trends and of the ever-changing scene of human existence. Just as carmakers can
learn from architects, so architecture can learn from car design.
50 Years of Road & Track:
The Art of the Automobile
William Motta
Hardcover - 294 pages (June 1997)
Motorbooks International; ISBN: 0760303983 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.97 x 12.33 x 9.34 50 Years of Road & Track is a colorful collection of illustrations and photographs, articles and advertising selected from more than 500 issues of America's most popular automotive magazine.
For 50 years Road & Track magazine has covered automotive speed, performance and design in high style. 50 Years of Road & Track traces the development of the automobile in the last half of the 20th century and the drivers and race cars that paced their eras, Included are reflections from those who shaped the magazine, such as John R. Bond who assumed control in 1952 and pioneered the road testing of cars that has long been the foundation of Road & Track.
Paperback - 425 pages 1 edition (September 2000)
Bentley Publishers; ISBN: 0837601436 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.63 x 9.21 x 6.96
This volume updates and expands the 1977 edition of the same title. Much has changed in the automotive world since then, including the addition of such safety features as anti-lock brakes, air bags, and reinforced passenger compartment structures; emission reductions through computer-controlled combustion and fuel injection; and performance enhancements owing to reduced weight, improved tires, active suspension systems, and peppier engines. These changes and many other automotive terms are covered in this easy-to-read text. Dinkel (editor-in-chief, Road & Track magazine) writes with the right combination of technical expertise and clear, concise language as he explains everything automotive. Over 400 photos and illustrations help the reader decipher even the most intricate automotive concepts.
Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2000
". . .the book makes a useful tool for when your mechanic is talking over your head."
Drag Racer, November 2000
"...it packs a veritable truckload of definitions, explanations, tech terms, slang terms, charts, graphs, photos, and diagrams between its covers."
