Beautiful Machines: The Era of the Elegant Sports Car

Gestalten

43.90€ 51.70€

Gestalten
Beautiful Machines: The Era of the Elegant Sports Car
43.90€ 51.70€



Description

Published by Gestalten, Beautiful Machines: The Era of the Elegant Sports Car introduces over 45 iconic cars that have defined the aesthetics and development of modern automobile design over the decades. The large, gorgeous photos are accompanied by stories written by automobile expert Blake Z. Rong with a preface by Classic Driver’s Jan Baedeker and Gestalten’s Robert Klanten.

Start your engines for a grand tour of the most stylish grand motoring automobiles ever created. Evoking an era when elegance, romance, and outright performance defined the automobile—and the fascinating stories that made them icons of the road. From the shark-inspired Maserati Ghibli to the fiery Lamborghini Miura, from European elegance with American firepower such as the Iso Grifo and Facel Vega to the groundbreaking designs of the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale and Renault Alpine and the advanced technology behind the Jensen FF or Porsche 918 Spyder—these cars are less transportation and more testaments to beauty, freedom, ambition, innovation, and speed.

Author
Gestalten
Language
English
Publication year
2019
Edition
First
Binding
Hardback
Pages
336
Size
27 x 30 x 3.4 cm
ISBN
978-3-89955-995-8
Product ID
GS9783899559880
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