High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads

Peter Grimsdale

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Verlag: Simon & Schuster Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2019

147116845X / 9781471168451

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A band of stubborn pioneers rose from the embers of Britains cities after World War Two and created the finest automobiles the world had ever seen .High Performance tells the exhilarating tale of their journey down the fast lane.Ben Collins, bestselling author of The Man In The White Suit and How To DriveA wonderful glimpse "backstage" at the flamboyant mavericks and crazies who populated the British motor industry in the 60s.Alexei SayleHigh Performanceis a cracking read and an adrenaline-packed tribute to the time when British mavericks blew the bloody doors off the competition. The Sunday Times'Peter Grimsdale gives a very different and uplifting slant to the story of . the post-Second World War British Motor industry. He focuses on people who did things differently and whose achievements are with us still . thoughtful and stimulating.'Alan Judd,The OldieChosen as one of The Mail on Sundays 100 Summer Books In January 1964 a team of tiny red and white Mini Coopers stunned the world by winning the legendaryMonte Carlo Rally. It was a stellar year for British cars thatculminated inGoldfingerbreakingbox office records andmakingJames Bonds Aston Martin DB5 the worlds most famous sportscar.By the sixties, on road, track and silver screentheBrits were the ones to beat, winning championships and capturing hearts. Stirling Moss, Jim Clark and Paddy Hopkirk were household nameswho drove the sexiest and most innovative cars. Designers like John Cooper, and Colin ChapmanofLotus, dismissed as mere garagisti by Enzo Ferrari, blew the doors off Formula Oneand grabbed all the prizes, while Alex Issigonis won a knighthood for his revolutionary Mini. The E Type Jaguar was feted as the worlds sexiest car and Land Rover the most durable.But before the Second World War only one British car had triumphed in a Grand Prix; Britains car builders werefiercely risk-averse.So what changed? To find out, Peter Grimsdale has gone in search of a generation of rebel creative spirits who emerged from railway arches and Nissen hutsto tear upthe rulebook with their revolutionary machines.Like theserial fugitives from thePOW camps, they thrived on adversity, improvisation andsheerobstinate determination.Blazing the trail for them was William Lyons, whose heart-stoppingly glamorous and uncompromising Jaguarspropelled a bruised andbankruptnation out of the shadows of war, winning the fans in Hollywood and beating those bloody red cars at Le Mans.High PerformancecelebratesBritains automotive golden age and the mavericks who sketched them on the back of envelopes and garage floors, who fettled, bolted and welded them together and hammered the competition in the showroom, on the road and on the track fuelled by contempt for convention. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Titel
High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads
Autor
Peter Grimsdale
Verlag
Simon & Schuster Ltd, United Kingdom, London
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
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Very Good
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
147116845X
ISBN-13
9781471168451
Artikelgewicht
513 Gramm
Abmessungen
153.0 x 234.0

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