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The distinguished 130-year history of the Triumph company from original pedal cycles, to the first Triumph cars, and then every model up to the end of production. The authors reveal the in-house politics of the company, its design and engineering achievements, competition activities, and its international sales and marketing success.

Lasting six weeks and covering 16, 000 miles from London to Mexico City via some of the most varying, tortuous and difficult terrain on three continents, the 1970 World Cup Rally was a unique high-speed event. Attracting many serious works teams such as Ford and British Leyland, it was, and remains, the toughest rally of all time.

The Escort RS Cosworth became Ford's most successful model since the legendary Escorts of the 1970s. The combination of Cosworth power, 4WD transmission, and an effective aerodynamic package made it a Rally Giant in all conditions, making this generation of Escorts the most effective rally car that Ford had produced at that time.

The Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger were revolutionary cars from a British manufacturer with no history or reputation for sports car design. Robson, who worked at Rootes during the Alpine Tiger era, chronicles the history of these sports cars.

The story of the 97 Ford Focus WRC cars during their 12-year rallying career, there were 44 World Championship victories, and the team won the World Rally Manufacturers' Championship.

When Fiat entered rallying in 1970, its ultimate aim was to become World Rally Champion - and the 131 Abarth of 1976-1980 provided the machinery to make that possible.

The Audi Quattro was the world's first successful four-wheel-drive rally car. It brought new standards to the sport, and inspired many others to copy it. This is the complete story.

The Ford Escort MkII, the RS1800, became Ford's most successful rally car, and is still winning historic events today. It brought new standards to the sport, inspiring many others to copy it. This books contains full details of every 'works' Escort MkII that went rallying, plus driver and personality profiles, and detailed car evolution.

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Predecessor to the Lotus-Cortina, the Ford Escort Mk1 was versatile, accessible, and competitive at all levels, dominating rally racing throughout the 1970s.

The definitive history of the hugely successful model which stayed in production for five generations, enjoyed great success in motor racing and rallying and which redefined the family car. With over 180 colour and black and white photos this is the fascinating story of a incredibly successful car.

Rechtzeitig vor der Präsentation der neuesten M3-Generation kommt die spannende Geschichte der Sportausführung der BMW 3er-Reihe. Sachkundig und reich bebildert wird die Sportikone in allen Facetten vorgestellt. Seit nun mehr als drei Jahrzehnten elektrisiert das magische Kürzel sportliche Fahrer auf und neben der Rennstrecke und vermittelt die ultimative Freude am Fahren, die selbstverständlich auch in der neuesten, inzwischen fünften M3-Gen...

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Dieses Buch beschreibt die Geschichte von Bentley, einer der berühmtesten britischen Automarken, von der Gründung 1919 bis zur Gegenwart unter der Obhut von VW. Im Laufe der Jahre erlebten Unternehmen und Produkte bemerkenswerten Wandel. Erst kamen die Rennmodelle, dann ab 1933 wurden besonders sorgfältig verarbeitete Bentley unter Regie von Rolls-Royce hergestellt. In den letzten dreißig Jahren setzten die turbogeladenen Bentleys neue Akzente...

An essential, illustrated introduction to one of Britain s foremost sports car manufacturers and the cars it produced.

Sir William Lyons enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to fame and fortune in the motor industry, and the Jaguar brand that he introduced became world-famous. This title explores the history of the Jaguar Company and its many classic marques.

The Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts were humble family cars that ended up as highly successful competition cars, both on the rally stage and the race track. Car by car, and illustrated by colour photographs of carefully selected original or correctly restored examples, this book covers all Ford's works cars.

Peugeot designed, developed, campaigned and won with the first truly sophisticated four-wheel-drive Group B Car - the 205 Turbo 16. This book tells the story, and lists all the cars, the influences, and the personalities behind a magnificent success story.

In nine eventful years - 1957 to 1965 - the six-cylinder-engined Austin Healey evolved into a formidable and increasingly specialised rally car. This book relates how the cars were improved by the engineers, and how the drivers came to love their heavy and sometimes self-willed steeds.

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