Top Gear: The Cool 500

Product Description

Ever since Karl Benz first powered up his Patent-Motorwagen in 1885, man has salivated and swooned over automobiles. And none more so than the motoring fanatics at Top Gear Magazine, who have test-driven, critiqued and worshipped some of the finest cars in motoring history. While many have fallen short of Top Gears exacting standards, others have triumphed, proving so damn cool theyre SubZero. In this unique bible of motoring coolness, Top Gears Matt Master recounts the stories behind historys greatest cars, from pre-war vintage motors to the supercars of the future, pairing stunning Top Gear photography and rarely seen archive photographs with expert commentary. Hell break down the technology behind these incredible machines and place each car in the context of its time, with anecdotes and analysis that explain just whats so cool about each one. From the quintessential British luxury of the Bentley Brooklands to the Italian sex appeal of the Bizzarini Strada, the old Hollywood glamour of the Chrysler Airflow to the futuristic lines of the Aston Martin Bulldog via Steve McQueens Ford Mustang and James Deans doomed Porsche Spyder, this will be social history as much as car worship. The only book like it on the market, this is the evolution of cool, Top Gear-style; the definitive guide to the undisputed coolest cars on the planet.