Road & Track

Road & Track
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1012
Release: 1978
Genre: Automobile racing
ISBN:

National Policy, Global Giants

National Policy, Global Giants
Author: John Wormald
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2020-01-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781108486064

What can we tell about the future of automobiles and the industries that make them by examining their past? Wormald and Rennick trace the history of powered land transport, the rise and fall of the railways, the spectacular rise of the automobile, and what might come next. Delving into the mighty and complex automotive industry, following the growth of the markets and production, this book illustrates the globalization of vehicle manufacturers and component suppliers, giving form to the development of the industry's business model. A key factor in an auto-industry's successes and failures is the often-difficult relationship it has with government, which varies in nature from country to country. As an illustrative case, Wormald and Rennick present and analyse the entire lifecycle of Australia's automotive history - including its birth, growth, functioning and death - and its shifting relationship with the government that supported it.

Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2000-01
Genre:
ISBN:

Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

The Yugo

The Yugo
Author: Jason Vuic
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1429945397

Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who imported it, and the decade that embraced and discarded it is rollicking and astounding, and one of the greatest untold business-cum-morality tales of the 1980s. Mix one rabid entrepreneur, several thousand "good" communists, a willing U.S. State Department, the shortsighted Detroit auto industry, and improvident bankers, shake vigorously, and you've got The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History. Brilliantly re-creating the amazing confluence of events that produced the Yugo, Yugoslav expert Jason Vuic uproariously tells the story of the car that became an international joke: The American CEO who happens upon a Yugo right when his company needs to find a new import or go under. A State Department eager to aid Yugoslavia's nonaligned communist government. Zastava Automobiles, which overhauls its factory to produce an American-ready Yugo in six months. And a hole left by Detroit in the cheap subcompact market that creates a race to the bottom that leaves the Yugo . . . at the bottom.

The American Axis

The American Axis
Author: Max Wallace
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2004-12-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312335311

Examines how Charles Lindbergh's support for Nazi militarism and U.S. isolationism and Henry Ford's business dealings with Germany tarnished their idealized images. Drawing on original lsources, Wallace brings out some pertinent connections between the two men's anti-Semitism and their ties with the rising Nazi regime. Their influence culminated in an abuse of power that helped strengthen Hitler's regime and undermined the Allied war effort.

Encyclopedia of American Cars

Encyclopedia of American Cars
Author: Auto Editors of Consumer Guide
Publisher: Publications International
Total Pages: 864
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781412719889

The world's most comprehensive look at the American automobile. Year-by-year coverage of all major makes, from 1930 to today. More than 3,500 photos. Includes the GM-Ford-Chrysler Big 3, plus the spectrum of makes from Allstate and AMC, through Duesenberg and LaSalle, to Tucker and Willys. Authoritative reports on the cars, the companies and the individuals behind them. Detailed specifications charts include horsepower, original prices, annual production volume, and much more.

Science & Technology Firsts

Science & Technology Firsts
Author: Leonard C. Bruno
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Total Pages: 686
Release: 1997
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

A chronological listing of scientific discovery and technological invention.