Automotive category: 1940 books
by Jennifer Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Do your homework before buying a used car. Anyone buying a used car has a lot to consider -- from deciding which type of car is right for you to checking out the condition of the vehicle. In this ebook, you'll find sound advice that will help you get the car of your dreams rather than the "lemon" of your worst nightmare.
by John D. Murray
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Ever had the feeling that your car's repair bill was too high? This small but powerful book can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars over the life of your car. Inside you will find the most common tactics that mechanics and service managers use to separate you from your hard earned cash....
by JON MEYER
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
This booklet by Jonathan Meyer is a wonderful example of combining your personal and professional skills for the benefit of others. This material will benefit you on the topics of car theft, insurance fraud, and personal safety; topics of concern for every motor vehicle driver. Add to this subject...
The Car Care World
How to Get Your Car Fixed Without Being Taken for a Ride
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
We all need mechanics, yet half of us dont trust them. The Car Care World is a collection of humorous factual auto advice columns. Easy reads, these pearls of wisdom are written in consumer-advocate style by an experienced mechanic. The sometimes contentious viewpoints of owners and mechanics are...
by Gillian Bardsley
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
At its launch in 1948 the Morris Minor was an exciting and fresh concept, with radical engineering and daring ‘American’ styling. Morris Motors had given a young engineer named Alec Issigonis his first chance to head up a design team and, though he would become most famous for the Mini ten years...
by Jean Duncalf
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
From a unique perspective 'A View from the Pillion' relates Jean's hair raising and fun filled adventures as she endures blizzards, howling gales, freezing fog, downpours and blistering heat whilst perched uncomfortably on the pillion of a motorcycle. Read about her exploits as she travels to rallies...
Fuel Saving Tricks For Your Car
A Consumer Guide On Gas Saving Devices With Very Helpful Gas Saving Tips So You Can Get Better Gas Mileage With Lesser Fuel Consumption To Help You Save Money On Gas
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Can those gas saving devices out in the market today really help your car save on gas? Or is it another one of the many consumer scams riding along on the “Go Green” campaign?
Reality is, some of them are cunning deceptions intended to cheat the general public while there are several...
Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend
The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
When Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were assassinated in their driveway in the pre-dawn hours of March 16, 1988, the salacious details of the crime and the years of legal wrangling that followed made for hundreds of splashy headlines and sexy television soundbytes. After all, the story had it...
A Most Deliberate Swindle
How Edwardian fraudsters pulled the plug on the electric bus and left our cities gasping for breath
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
On a warm April morning in 1906 a crowd of expectant correspondents from London's leading newspapers gathered at the Hotel Cecil in the Strand to view the new wonder of the age - the electrobus.This clean, green machine was gearing up to take on the noisy, polluting petrol vehicle, which was just starting...
Car Crazy
The Battle for Supremacy between Ford and Olds and the Dawn of the Automobile Age
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
In Car Wars, G. Wayne Miller, author of Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies That Make Them and Men and Speed: A Wild Ride through NASCAR's Breakout Season, takes readers back to the wild and wooly years of the early automobile era-from 1893, when the first U.S.-built...
by Arthur Pound
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
“ …GENERAL MOTORS in 1933 reached its twenty-fifth milestone. Since the founding of General Motors Company of New Jersey in 1908, the growth of the organization has contributed a unique chapter to American industrial history. From beginnings so small that its birth escaped notice in financial...
How Toyota Became #1
Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Everyone knows that Toyota has had an amazing twenty-five- year run, rising from a humble Japanese start-up to a thriving global giant. But how did it pass Ford and GM to become the world?s largest auto manufacturer? And how does it continue to thrive while so many competitors are struggling and failing?
Journalist...
Jewels in the Crown
How Tata of India Transformed Britain's Jaguar and Land Rover
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Jewels in the Crown provides an analysis of Tata’s acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008, and subsequent transformation of their fortunes, written by an award-winning motoring writer. Ray Hutton goes behind the scenes to examine how Tata have not only returned the business to profit, but...
The Yugo
The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy...