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The Car Design Yearbook 2: The Definitive Guide to New Concept and Production Cars Worldwide (Car Design Yearbook)
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Stephen Newbury (Author)
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Merrell (Editor)
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The Car Design Yearbook 3: The Definitive Annual Guide to All New Concept and Production Cars Worldwide (Car Design Yearbook)
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Stephen Newbury (Author)
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Merrell (Editor)
- Brand new edition of the definitive guide to all the new cars launched worldwide from April 2003 to March 2004
- Over 130 cars, clearly organized A-Z
- Over 800 stunning photographs and original renderings show exterior and interior styling, stylistic developments and engine layout
- Performance and technical data provided for each car
- Lists all the major motor shows in the year ahead
- Profiles of the year's leading designers and special features on aerodynamics and the evolution of headlight design
- The Car Design Yearbook remains the only annual reference available to the latest trends in car design worldwide.
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Vespa
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Davide Mazzanti (Author)
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Chronicle Books (Editor)
From Roman Holiday to Quadrophenia, the Vespa scooter has long been a symbol of youthful independence as well as one of the most recognizable pop culture icons of the 20th century. Immortalized as a design classic, the ever-growing ranks of Vespa dealers and scooter clubs worldwide attest to its enduring popularity at the street level. For the first time, the complete history of this chic mode of transport is celebrated in Vespa: Style in Motion. Fully authorized by and drawn from the archives of its manufacturer, Piaggio, this mighty volume tells the Vespa's story from its birth, right after World War II, to the brand new Granturismo model. Vespa is filled with hundreds of film stills, advertisements, and period photographs, offering a visual homage for any fan of Italian flair. Specifications and diagrams of all 41 scooter models, plus in-depth profiles of 15 classic Vespas, provide a detailed reference for true aficionados. Always in vogue, the Vespa remains the ride of choice for hipsters and internationalists everywhere. This, for them, is the last word.
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The Car Design Yearbook 4: The Definitive Annual Guide to All New Concept And Production Cars Worldwide (Car Design Yearbook)
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Stephen Newbury (Author)
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Merrell (Editor)
This brand new title in the definitive Car Design Yearbook series features all the new cars launched worldwide from April 2005 to March 2006. Also included are special features on Italian car design and the latest in dashboard design, profiles of the industry?s leading designers, a full technical glossary and a list of all the motor shows in the year ahead. For the fifth yearbook, Stephen Newbury also assesses the recent evolution of design styles, from retro to ?soft?; of concept types, from SUVs to sports cars; and of new interior materials and exterior colours.
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Ultimate Classic Car Book
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Quentin Willson (Author)
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DK ADULT (Editor)
This beautifully illustrated book features classic cars between the 1950s and the early 1990s.
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The Leading Edge: Aerodynamic Design of Ultra-Streamlined Land Vehicles (Engineering and Performance)
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Goro Tamai (Author)
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Bentley Publishers (Editor)
The Leading Edge is the first book to summarize the aerodynamic design and construction issues of solar cars and ultralight land vehicles. Author Goro Tamai draws on his own experience in designing solar cars at MIT to produce a book for the ground-up streamlined land-vehicle designer or constructor, as well as for the solar/electric/ultralight vehicle enthusiast. As with any engineering problem, the "best" body shape for solar cars, HPVs, or Electrathoners is not the body of absolute lowest drag. The vehicle system, including the driver, chassis, and energy/drive system must work in concert to produce the maximum output. The Leading Edge will help designers quantify the trade-offs, and make logical decisions. - Vehicles covered include solar cars, human-powered vehicles (HPV), solar bikes, electrathon racers, ground-up hybrid or pure electric vehicles, and fuel-economy record cars - Numerous examples using specific race cars and teams, and how designers solved problems - Full definition of terms, with equations and examples provided for determining key aerodynamic parameters - All design and construction issues, from body shape, to wheels, to canopy integration, to solar panel sizing - How to do in-the-field testing and diagnosis of aerodynamic performance - Special overview section reviews the history of ultra-streamlined land vehicle development "An excellent review of the problem of low-drag ground vehicle aerodynamics, filled with references and design examples. It allows the reader to understand the issues involved and quickly come up with a preliminary design, leaving time for the oft-neglected detail work and testing." Jacek Gromadzki, aerodynamicist, 1997 University of Waterloo Solar Car Team "The Leading Edge is an extensive treatise on the aerodynamics of streamlined land vehicles...It is a valuable contribution towards advancing the technology in this important field." Mark Drela, Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics "I wish I had access to this book when I was designing human-powered vehicles. While I've read a lot of the same references, this book pulls them all together and I might have done things a little differently." Douglas Milliken, co-author of Race Car Vehicle Dynamics (SAE, 1995)
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Understanding Boat Design
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Ted Brewer (Author)
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International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press (Editor)
For new boating enthusiasts--even if they've been at it awhile--there are scores of burning questions. If one boat has a round bottom and another's is veed, what difference does it make in the way they perform? What are the advantages of a cutter rig over a sloop? Why does one sailor swear by a full keel, while others won't have anything but a fin keel? Why does one powerboat have more flare in its topsides than another? And what is flare? Why do some hull shapes look "right"? How big an engine and propeller will it take to move that powerboat? What elements make a boat safe, or comfortable? Understanding Boat Design has been the place to look for quick, uncomplicated answers since 1971. Founder of the Yacht Design Institute, a highly respected designer for more than 30 years, and a frequent contributor to SAIL, Cruising World, and other magazines, Ted Brewer has again revised his classic primer. This new volume has been greatly expanded and contains information on many aspects of design that were not even thought of twenty years ago. Understanding Boat Design has eased tens of thousands of readers into the complex world of small-craft design. It is the ideal introduction for backyard boatbuilders, students of boat design, or someone looking to buy a first boat. "This tight little book should be required reading."--Soundings "A natural for those embarking on a first purchase, or the amateur builder."--Sailing "One of the cleanest and clearest expositions on the elements of yacht design ever published . . . by a naval architect who knows what he is talking about."--WoodenBoat
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The Art of the Sports Car: The Greatest Designs of the 20th Century
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Dennis Adler (Author)
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Collins (Editor)
There are great cars, and then there are sports cars, those that have not only withstood the test of time but steadfastly defied it -- cars that have remained desirable and valuable for more than 50 years, to become the most treasured automotive artifacts of our time. Many of the automobiles pictured in this book are stunning examples of the motorcar and require no further credentials. Others have been selected because they were benchmarks in the history of the sports car in this century. Illustrated throughout, with more than three hundred color photos, this gorgeous profile of the most highly coveted cars on earth is sure to evoke the dream of all car enthusiasts: speed and adventure.
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