Extreme Cars is a hard-driving showcase of automotive achievements and oddities, geared for anyone who has ever lusted after a Ferrari Lusso, pined for the debut of the flying car, or wondered just what was so great about the Ford Model T. You’ll go behind the wheel with some of the most famous and infamous personalities in the automotive world, from the Sultan of Brunei, with his stable of Rolls Royces, Jaguars, and Lamborghinis, to a dedicated Volvo owner who has driven more than two million miles in his beloved machine.
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Jim Travers is a freelance automotive journalist, photographer, and researcher and has contributed to many specialty car magazines, including MPH, Automobile, and Corvette Fever. He is also the Consumer Reports associate automotive editor.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Extreme fun read,
This review is from: Extreme Cars (The Extreme Wonders Series) (Paperback)
Automotive compendiums are a dime a dozen these days. (Actually, they are a bit pricier and even more plentiful, but you get the picture.) Most are textbook dry, rehashing automotive milestones that any self-respecting gearhead can recite quicker than their own phone number. The obligatory first Corvette, Mustang, GTO, blah, blah, blah are often complimented by the usual array of vehicles just odd enough to inspire disdain and disinterest. Then there is "Extreme Cars," a fresh, entertaining book that reads less like an encyclopedia than an automotive insider's list of fun tales to share at a party. It hits myriad key, historically significant production models, race cars, green machines, and military vehicles, contrasted with interesting, often off-beat vehicles and personalities. Presented with prose laced with a dry, knowing wit, it makes for an entertaining read. Where else can you bone up on the history of alternative fuel vehicles, the greatest automotive flops, and the sultan of Brunei's obscene car collection in one volume?
Extreme cars, extreme personalities, extreme "otherwordly" vehicles, and extremely fun. Worth $12? Hell, yeah. I'm ordering a couple as gifts next holiday season.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Lots of Fun...,
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This review is from: Extreme Cars (The Extreme Wonders Series) (Paperback)
My significant other received this book as a gift. He isn't a "book" kind of guy, so at first he was a little taken aback. But it didn't take long for this little gem to suck him in. He is an auto lover and he really enjoyed the entertaining anecdotes and facts about his favorite cars. He was also delighted to find a plethora of fun facts, tales and car models that he wasn't familiar with. There were even a few "Honey! Come check this out!" moments. Overall, this book will get my highest rating for the sheer excitability it created in a non-reader. And I have to admit, the book is sitting on our coffee table and even I have picked it up a time or two and gotten sucked into an interesting little snippet about a subject I usually don't get all that excited about.
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Great buy! fantastic book!,
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This review is from: Extreme Cars (The Extreme Wonders Series) (Paperback)
Wow this is a GREAT book. This is the first purchase from amazon that i have been compelled to write about. It has great facts as well as pictures and funny stories. I read it in a day it was so good. I really enjoyed the writer's selection of vehicles, they were all very interesting and amazing. It is definately not an encyclopedia on cars, it is more like some of the greatest and craziest cars in the world. I learned tons from this book and for only 15 bucks it is one of the best buys I have every made. I strongly suggest this book to anyone, it is great.
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