Cars By Make D to L - Books

By: Chris Rees . Widely recognised as the standard work on the history of Caterham, covering all models from the original Lotus Seven of 1957 and its Caterham derivative of 1973 to the latest Cosworth-powered Caterham CSR of 2005. Caterham Sevens is the...

By: Dennis Ortenburger . - Mercian Reprint of classic original Low to the ground and satisfyingly noisy, the Lotus Seven comes as close to fulfilling the sports car fantasy as any vehicle before or since. Just how the legend grew and what the Seven is...

By: Brooklands Books . The Fulvia saloon of 1963 was one of Lancia?s first front-wheel-drive models. It was successful but disappeared from the range not long after Fiat bought the company out at the end of the 1960s. However the coupe derivative,...

By: Brooklands Books . The Stratos was built for one reason only  to give Lancia the World Championship, which it did in 1974, 1975 and 1976. It stayed competitive for several years. It was only for homologation reasons that cars for sale were...

By: Brooklands Books . This is the story of a rare and desirable Italian car, the Lancia Stratos that dominated the World Rally Championship and rewrote the rules in the 1970s. It is also the story of co-operation between rivals within the Italian...

By: Brooklands Books . In the 1950s these cars were offering a 60-degree V6, a transaxle on an affordable production saloon and independent rear suspension. The Aurelia saloon was an attractive shape and the GT coupes made from 1953 represented a classic...

By: Graham Robson . This book describes the birth, development and rallying career of the Lancia Stratos, Europe's very first purpose-built rally car, in the mid/late 1970s, providing a compact and authoritative history of where, when and how it became...

By: Brooklands Books . Road tests and specifications covering Kaiser built cars. Included are reports on Kaiser and Frazer models, plus the Henry J, 4, 6 and Corsair. Also covered are the Willys Aero Wing, Ace, Eagle, Bermuda plus the Kaiser-Darrin 161...

By: Patrick R. Foster, Bill Tilden . It was a marriage made in heaven - two great minds uniting to create an all-new car. Henry J. Kaiser and Joseph Washington Frazer, strong-willed men of vision, boldly decided to take on America's Big Three...

By: Geoff McAuley, Edmund Nankivell . Even before the end of World War Two the small Bradford firm of Jowett began to plan its post-war return to car manufacturing. Founded in 1906, the company had specialized in the production of small, economical cars...

By: Noel Stokoe . Ben and William Jowett built their first Jowett in 1906. In 1920 a large purpose built factory was constructed which enable the Jowett to be manufactured after WW1. Two important appointments were then made in respect of publicity and...

By: Graham Robson . The XJ-S was Jaguar's most controversial car. Despite offering a superb blend of performance and refinement it was a radical departure in style from the elegant E-type. It appeared at a time when fuel-thirsty luxury cars were...