Classic & Sports Car - December 2015 UK

BOOKS

Anyonefascinated

withAmericanV8s

will enjoylifelong

Moparfan Geoff

Stunkard’s reviewof

Chrysler’s legendary

powerhouse.From

the first-generation

enginesthat powered

the C300,to the

wingedwonders

of the 1970s,this 190-pagehardbackbookcovers

everyperformancedevelopmentand specialist.As

wellas dragracingand NASCAR,Stunkardalso

highlightsspeedboatsand LandSpeedRecord

withthe SummerBrothers’Goldenrod.MW£27

GeoffStunkard,CarTe ch.ISBN 978 1 6132 51881

BOOKOFTHEMONTH

Muchmorethana

bookcoveringthe

genesisof the Rolls-

RoyceSilverCloud

and BentleyS Series,this inspiredproduction

featuresa collectionof reproductionmemorabilia

relatingto thesestylishvehicles.A periodpress

release,HJ Mullinerdrawing,dashboardcontrol

card,and evena 1955MotorShowlunchmenu

are packedintothe slipcase.ItalianauthorDavide

Bassolialso thoroughlyreviewsthe launchin a

96-pagepaperbackthatincludesa wealthof

previouslyunseenphotographs.MW€125

DavideBassoli,NubesArgentea.ISBN 978 8 8909

5712 3. Orderfromwww.nubesargentea.com

WrittenbyF1Racing’s

StuartCodlingwith

imagesbyC&SC’sown

JamesMann,this

impressivetomeis light

on words,but big on

stylishphotography.

Sant’Agataafficionados

won’t learnanythingnew, but as a marqueoverview

it doesthe job verynicely. Thesubjectis addressed

chronologically, kickingoff withthe Miuraand

endingwiththe Huracan.Eachchapterfeatures

studiopictures,factfilesand archivematerial,plus

panels on key characters and developments.JE£50

StuartCodling,Motorbooks.ISBN 978 0 7603 47959

BUGATTISAREBACK

Velocehas reprintedtwo Bugatti

booksby BarriePrice.Thefirstis

TheLastFrenchBugatti,covering

the Ty pe 57 and

includingthe

Ty pe 59 Grand

Prixraceras well

as the post-war

Ty pe 101 (£45,

ISBN978 1 8458

4871 2). The

secondisTheBigBugattis,which

featuresthe Ty pe 46 and Ty pe 50

(£37.50, ISBN978 1 8458 4872 9).

For details,seewww.veloce.co.uk

MOREICONICRACERS

PorterPresshas announced

five forthcomingbooksin its

GreatCarsseries.Thesewill

includethe Maserati250F

chassis 2528

and ERAR4D,

followedby

Ferrari250GTO

(4153GT),

LolaT70and

DaytonaCobra.

Tw oGreatCars

titles(the Jaguar

E-type,4 WPD,and Porsche

917)wereshortlistedfor the

RACBookof the Year.£25

Seewww.porterpress.co.uk

RAC BOOKOFTHEYEAR

SimonMoore’s lavishThe

MagnificentMonopostoswas

giventhe covetedRoyal

AutomobileClub 2015 Book

of the Year aw d

28 October.

Thethree-

volume

masterwork

coversAlfa

Romeo’s

GrandPrix

racersfrom

the P1 to the Alfettaand is

availablefromChater’s.

£300ISBN 978 0 9820 77429

Visitwww.chaters.co.uk

Rarelyhas the subtitle

‘TheCompleteStory’

beenmoreapt than

for RobertFoskett’s

detailedstudyof these

threeV8s.There’s

lots of background,

plusmodelevolution

and specs,but written

in an engagingfashionand illustratedwithphotos

of everyvariation– eventhe black308GT4(on

wires!)that livesat Graceland.It featuresa chapter

on modelsand concludeswitha reallyusefulbuying

and ownershipsection.It’s a bargain,too.DE

£25RobertFoskett,Crowood.ISBN 978 1 8479 78851

Ferrari 308,

328and348

The Early

Days

Hemi Lamborghini

Supercars

December 2015 Classic&SportsCar 47

FromSwallowsidecarsto the C-X17SUV, this 512-page

bookcoversthe historyof Jaguarstyling.AuthorNickHull

has first-handexperienceinsidethe firm’s designstudio–

havingbeeninvolvedin the XJ41, XJ220and XJ-Sfacelift,

as wellas projectswithTWR– so offersa validperspective

on the evolutionof famousmodelsand prototypes.

Thebig namesfeatureextensively,

fromSir WilliamLyons throughto

GeoffLawsonand Ian Callum(who

contributedthe foreword)but Hull

also offersinsightintounsungheroes

suchas BobBlake,whointerpreted

manyof MalcolmSayer’s sketches

and modelsintofull-scaleprototypes.

Thebookis packedwithphotos

showingthe variousstagesof styling,

fromearlyrenderingsto mock-ups.

Thetwo-weektransformationof the

uglyXL prototypeintothe definitive

XK120neverceasesto amaze,but it’s

the cancelledprojectssuchas the Mk1

coupéand XJ4 that are the mostintriguing.

As wellas exteriors,Hullcoversinterior

design,studiomoves,the arrivalof CADand

contractsoutsideof Jaguar.MW£90NickHull,

PorterPressInternational.ISBN 978 1 9070 85291

JAGUAR DESIGN

BRITISHMILITARY

LAND-ROVERS

Thearmedforcesand Land-Rover

havehad a relationshipfor as long

as the marquehas

existed,and James

Ta ylor’s latest

bookexamines

that pairing.As

withthe author’s

previousofferings,

it is detailedand

wellillustrated.It’s authoritative

and greatvalueto boot.£35

ISBN 978 1 9061 33658

award on