Coffee Table Books Cars
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This behemoth is one of the most popular and highly rated car books on the market today. With 360 color pages jam-packed with cars from every era, it's an invitation to expand your knowledge about the automobile.
As Formula 1 popularity gains traction stateside, it's important to brush up on its history. This comprehensive chronicle looks at every Formula 1 World Driving Championship since the first race on May 13, 1950. The book highlights the rise of drivers, the prominence of various teams, and the greatest triumphs in the racing world.
Taschen sent us a copy of this two-book set, and it frankly blew us away. Checking in at 25.5 pounds and boasting more than 900 pages, the set covers the most desirable automobiles from the early days of driving through today. The cars within the pages add up to a whopping $1 billion value.
Anyone obsessed with Germany's most iconic sports car needs this book in their collection. The Porsche 911 Book traces this historical model back to its roots, the humble Volkswagen Beetle. In all, photographer Ren Staud and writer Jrgen Lewandowski have compiled an excellent history of the 911's essence.
This comprehensive book covers every Vette model from 1953 and has been updated to include the new mid-engine Stingray. Along with the common models, the tome also details prototypes, one-offs, and other random models to surprise even the most astute Corvette fan.
This 628-page masterpiece chronicles the history of NASCAR year by year with a stunning array of pictures. Inside, enjoy stories about drivers, tracks, and cars between 1949 and 2016. The padded cover looks great on the coffee table of any motorsports fan.
This fascinating book zeroes in on various Porsche collectors and enthusiasts around the world and takes the reader into their gorgeous garages. Detailing the motives behind these incredible collections, author Edwin Baaske compiles stories from prolific Porsche luminaries such as Magnus Walker, Patrick Long, and Hans Peter-Porsche.
Certain individuals view automobiles in a different light, not just as a form of transportation, but as works of art. This crowd deemed car enthusiasts has grown into a movement. Celebrating and embracing the design behind vehicles that roll off the production floor. Designs that deliver inspiration to the art and photography world, resulting in an archive of beautiful books that highlight the two industries. This week Top 10 features a list of must-have automotive coffee table books for the home of a car enthusiast.
Fully illustrated throughout, The Supercar Book is a sumptuously designed guide full of everything you could ever want to know about the best supercars on the planet. From number-one bestselling author Martin Roach, The Supercar Book is a must-have for all boys and their dads (plus petrol-head girls and mums!) interested in fast cars.
BMW Art Cars presents 19 artists who have designed BMWs, including John Baldessari, Alexander Calder, Sandro Chia, Ken Done, Olafur Eliasson, Cao Fei, Ernst Fuchs, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Michael Jagamara Nelson, Matazo Kayama, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Esther Mahlangu, Csar Manrique, A.R. Penck, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol.
Type 7 is the daily magazine for those who are driven, combining a love of Porsche and those who drive them with a deep and detailed exploration of art, architecture, and collector culture at large. Now, one year after the first post was published to the @type7 Instagram page, Type 7: Volume One is a celebration of our favourite stories so far, curated by Editor-In-Chief Ted Gushue, Porsche Marketing Project Manager Franziska Jostock and the whole Type 7 team.
Just as Gumball 3000 is much more than a car rally, 20 Years on the Road is much more than a car book. A best-of compilation of the glitzy and famed international event from the past two decades, this volume is as effervescent and exciting as the road trip itself.
911 Love RS is an illustrated collection paying homage to the Porsche R and RS models that tackle the roads and tracks. It highlights the past and present vehicles through in-depth interviews with enthusiasts, racing drivers, and customers.
Ultimate Toys for Men New Edition is the definitive catalogue for any discerning gentleman. Richly illustrated and meticulously curated, it gathers the best bespoke and luxury products and premium experiences around the globe, anchored in the belief that only top quality is true value for money.
The Ferrari Book based on expertise and the single-minded pursuit of a theme over several decades, and with the resources of cars and culture magazine, ramp, a team of authors working with editor-in-chief MICHAEL KCKRITZ developed a novel idea for a series: In The Ultimate Ferrari Book, Ferrari enthusiasts will find 40 spectacular icons, all of them selected for their design. Describing the core elements of the contemporary craze for Ferrari and automobiles, in general, this book is a new and different treat for all ultimate fans.
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The outstanding coffee table books are just as classy and high-quality as the cult objects that determine their content. Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Jaguar, Ferrari and Co. are of course represented in the programme! But cult vehicles such as the VW Beetle and the Volkswagen Bus, affectionately known as the Bulli, and the "Harley Davidson" also make the hearts of millions of fans beat faster. Photo books on motor sports show impressions of special races, the design of very special vehicles - be they old or new. Photo books on cars and motor sports are always a great gift idea, especially for men, who are often completely in love with the exclusive design of the dream cars.
But the handling! After World War II, the British turned their old airfields into race tracks, and set to work building sports cars, and learning how to make a car go around a corner as fast as possible. My MGB has a set of Spax adjustable tube shocks in place of the original lever-action shocks; they were installed by a previous owner, and help the car take corners with authority.
If it is a coffee table book about cars, I suggest that you prepare, prepare, prepare and then get
ready. That is what I have learned from doing a couple of books for Bob Marvin who owns The Shed in
Warroad, MN.
I was writing for a car publication and did a cover story on the Camaro, when it was published I
took a few copies to Bob as a courtesy. That was my first visit to The Shed, little did I know that Bob
would become a good friend, and I would spend more than a few hours in the Man Cave that is an annex
to The Shed.
Bob was happy with his copies of the publication and a short conversation revealed he would like
a coffee table book featuring the cars of his museum. I went home and did my home work on
photographing classic automobiles, then I spend a few visits to Warroad scouting locations that would be
suitable for the cars. Then I prepared some more, I read everything I could find about photographing cars,
I did test shots of the locations I had scouted. To the point of having a dozen locations and noting when
the light was best at each one and how it changed during the day.
Then I developed a schedule of how I would shoot the 100 plus cars over 4 weekends, shooting
two days per weekend. This allowed us time for bad weather if it did happen, show cars do not come out
in the rain.
Beginning around the 1950s, Roger Baillon, a French transportation and shipping magnate, started to assemble a collection of cars. Like any enthusiast, he lavished care and attention on his cars, and even had dreams of displaying the collection in his own museum. However, his business suffered a downturn in the 1970s, and he was consequently forced to sell some of the cars to settle some debts.
Fiat, in conjunction with Rizzoli, have published Fiat 500: The Design Book. While ostensibly about the model and its derivatives that have been in production since 2007, the current Cinquecento builds its reputation and identity on the back of an automotive classic. The original Fiat 500 of 1957-1960 was an original design based on a clean sheet of paper. It offered style, as well as economy and versatility, all qualities which propelled the little car into the history books as an icon.
Illuminating Minds, Shaping Culture Taschen is a renowned book publisher widely recognised for its distinctive blend of art, design and culture. Founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany, the company has established itself as a leading authority in the production of high-quality, visually stunning books on subjects ranging from photography and architecture to fashion and film. Celebrated for their attention to detail, innovative design and accessibility, Taschen publications are coveted additions to personal libraries and coffee tables around the world. With an extensive catalogue of collaborations with some of the most influential artists and authors, Taschen continues to shape contemporary publishing with a commitment to excellence and creativity.
US $895.00
The Impossible Collection of Cars is part of the Assouline Ultimate Collection, a homage to the art of luxury bookmaking. Each book is hand-bound using traditional techniques and is the perfect coffee table book for the automotive connoisseur.
I wouldn't have thought it, but after I finish school I'll actually write another report on a book. Maybe my teacher was right that you can always use that know how. Still, I'm a bit rusty when it comes to this. But of course I can tell you what the book has to offer for fans like us.
Everyone knows smart for its unconventional cars and in this book there are plenty of stories and information about exactly that. As a companion, there is of course an interview with Dieter Zetsche and insights into his time at Daimler.
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