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Porsche: A History of Excellence by Randy Leffingwell
$70.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
No other sports car has had a run like Porsche's, on the street or on the world's racetracks. This richly illustrated volume tells the story of that fabled marque. Renowned automotive writer and photographer (and Porsche aficionado) Randy Leffingwell focuses his lens on each important model from the fir ...Show more
Zephyrs and Zodiacs: A Kiwi Passion by Tim Chadwick
$30.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
Ford Zephyrs and Zodiacs were a quintessential part of life in New Zealand for everyone over 40. Not many Kiwis won't have had at least one memorable ride in a Zephyr. Nowadays Zephyr and Zodiac car clubs meet in almost every town and city, and the army of enthusiasts all know each other, have their ...Show more
Official New Zealand Road Code - Car 2009 by Land Transport NZ
$24.90 NZD
Category: Motoring
Dop April 2009, Auckland A5 softcover There is no change in content in the forthcoming 2009 edition, there is to be a change in format. The 2009 edition will be a single volume and will be published in an A5 portrait style format. The theory questions have also changed format. They are now categ ...Show more
Aston Martin: Power, Beauty and Soul by David Dowsey
$110.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
For nearly a century now the Aston Martin name has been synonymous with performance, style and sophistication. Perhaps more than any other luxury car it possesses a mystique and charisma that have established it as a cultural icon and the pinnacle of automotive ingenuity. Yet the brand's survival has no ...Show more
The World's Fastest Indian by Roger Donaldson
$60.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
This book reveals the real Burt Munro - the man behind the movie. Roger Donaldson has been studying Burt Munro for many years. He made a documentary on him back in 1971, called 'Offerings to the God of Speed', as well as the 2005 international hit "The World's Fastest Indian'. Roger Donaldson is a high ...Show more
Fifty Cars That Changed the World by The Design Museum
$30.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? "Fifty Cars That Changed the World" imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 cars that have made a substantial impact in the world of British design today. From the1908 F ...Show more
Stars and Cars of the 50's by Edward Quinn
$245.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
A reprieve from post-war austerity, the 1950s epitomized a time of glamour with its film icons and automobiles, which are admired and emulated to this day. Nothing said, "You've made it," quite like getting glammed up and going for a spin in your brand new automobile. The shapes and shades of cars were ...Show more
Any Colour - So Long as It's Black: Designing the Model T Ford 1906-1908 by John Duncan
$35.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
Henry Ford's design of the Model T automobile between 1906 and 1908 was an extraordinary achievement. The industry was, at the time, still in an experimental phase and yet this design lasted without major change for nearly two decades. More than 15 million Model Ts were built: performance and price gave ...Show more
The Mini: 50th Anniversary by Brian Laban
$50.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
The most innovative, fun-filled and spectacularly successful British car ever built, the Mini has come to be regarded as far more than just an automobile. This book is a celebration of the Mini and all that it stands for. It tells the story of the car's development, from Issigonis' original right up to ...Show more
Real Racers: Formula 1 in the 1950s and 1960s - A Driver's Perspective, Rare and Classic Images from the Klemantaski Collection by Stuart Codling
$65.00 NZD
Category: Motoring
The visceral sensations of driving a Formula 1 race car in the 1950s and 1960s brought to life through the extraordinary images of the Klemantaski Collection (one of the world's largest and finest archives of motorsports photography) and first-person accounts from the drivers who experienced them. Origi ...Show more
The British Motor Industry by Jonathan Wood
$20.00 NZD
Category: Motoring | Series: Shire Library
Austin, Hillman, Morris, Standard and Wolseley were a handful of the myriad marques that once constituted Britain's indigenous motor industry. Born in 1896 into the high summer of Victorian prosperity, the native British industry survived until the collapse of The Rover Group in 2005. Jonathan Wood chro ...Show more
Harley-Davidson Museum Masterpieces: Road Bikes by Dain Gingerelli
$40.00 NZD
Category: Motoring | Series: First Gear
Ask just about any motorcycle fan, and they'll tell you that Harley Davidson builds the ultimate motorcycle. And the motorcycles housed in Harley Davidson's Archive Collection represent the best of the best. Harley Davidson Archive Collection: Road Bikes tells the story of this amazing company through t ...Show more
