Great Car

by Quentin Willson

More than 130 in-depth profiles of the world's greatest cars. Quentin Wilson, the classic car specialist, is well known to millions of TV viewers and readers around the world. In Great Car, Quentin... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789471876
• ISBN13: 9780789471871
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 511 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Great job

As journalist and car lover I think that Quentin Willson realize a great book, because he worked with a lot of information that is presented in a didactic style that invite you to read it.Data hasn't mistakes, fact that demonstrate a good job.Beautiful photos complete a fantastic collection book. If you love cars, you love it.

Great Car Book

Great Car has 1 or 2 two-page spreads on each car. There are good photos of front, side, back, and something else of interest, such as engine, depending on the car. Minor irritation: pictures split across the fold. Book is sewn, so you can open it fairly flat without having the pages pop out, but it's still a little annoying. Each car has a smattering of history, a smattering of performance, and a little bit of whatever else was interesting. Some in an introductory paragraph for the car, some in captions distributed across the display. I've been poring obsessively over the book for several evenings, and I'm still finding neat new stuff.The selection of cars is partly "Great Cars" like the Ferrari Dino, AC Cobra or the Maserati Ghibli and partly landmarks, like the Citroen 2cv, or the Edsel. Hardly any boring cars (the Audi Quattro (looks boring next to a Lamborgini anyway) or the Olds Toronado come to mind). Usually there is something interesting to say about every car.Not a reference. More like a micro coffee-table book. Pick it up, open it to a random spot, see what you're driving today.