NEW BOOK NEWS In The Electric Vehicle Revolution, automotive journalist Kevin Wilson explores the fascinating, evolving world of electric vehicles, from the first EVs in the Victorian era, their rapid expansion today, and where EV technology is heading. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, EVs have gone from wonky and toes-in-the-water efforts like GM’s EV1Read Full Story
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Celebrating 70 years of F1 with the sport’s Champions
In Formula One: The Champions—70 Years of Legendary F1 Drivers author Maurice Hamilton and award-winning photographers Bernard and son Paul-Henri Cahier have produced a 240-page hard cover book that pays tribute to the great F1 champions of the modern era. To attain the title of F1 World Driver’s Champion is considered the pinnacle achievement inRead Full Story
Finding your Inner Zen on a motorcycle
Most people seek inner peace through quiet meditation and reflection, but a new self-help book has a different take. Meditation by Motorcycle – Ride Your Carbon Footprint to the Apex of Enlightenment shows readers how to achieve enlightenment by riding a motorcycle, something decidedly louder and more dangerous than the traditional yoga class or spiritualRead Full Story
See the world on your motorcycle: 38 guided tours on six continents
Colette Coleman has been riding motorcycles for 25 years over four continents and she considers it the best form of transportation on which to explore the globe. In 1995, Coleman and her husband spent two years motorcycling overland from England to Australia, covering 15 countries and 40,000 kilometres. This adventure inspired her to write GreatRead Full Story
Le Mans 24 Hours 1949-1959 – The Official History by Quentin Spurring
This book is, as it states on the cover, ‘The Official History of the World’s Greatest Motor Race,’ and as such deals with much more than just the cars and drivers who took part. What it reveals, as a history should, is the very fabric of the revival and the very French complexity of theRead Full Story
Austin-Healey: The Bulldog Breed (Haynes Classic Makes Series)
Reviewed by Mike Tate The title of this book is somewhat of a misnomer, as not only do we enjoy Healey’s BMC relationship but also some of the company’s other associations with Nuffield, Riley, Nash, Alvis, Innocenti, Leyland, BMH, BLMC, Austin-Morris, of course, and latterly, Jensen. Donald Mitchell Healey was a staunch Cornishman and aRead Full Story
AUTOBOOKS: Morgan 4/4: The First 75 Years
Reviewed by Mike Tate The Morgan Motor Company itself is batting just over a century in cricketing terms, but the Morgan 4/4 as an automobile within the Morgan marque has been 75 years in production and is surely the very DNA of this traditional manufacturer. Even today, that particular 4/4 look is still recognizable inRead Full Story