Convertibles: History and Evolution of Dream Cars (Hardcover)

by Giuseppe Guzzardi (Author), Enzo Rizzo (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Booksales (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785811664
• ISBN-13: 978-0785811664
• Product Dimensions: 14.1 x 10.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,052,776 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Glossy Plates But..., September 4, 2008

By	Ed "emobiles" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Convertibles: History and Evolution of Dream Cars (Hardcover)

The photographs included in this historical overview of the world's great convertible automobiles are fine quality, and, occasionally breathtaking for the enthusiast. However there are some omissions and errors which make the reading somewhat disappointing. One example is omitting the relevant technical date about the 1936 Cord 810 featuring front wheel drive. The technical data on the 1960 Cadillac convertible erroneously described the Hydramatic automatic transmission as a 3 speed! The Cadillac Hydramatic was a true, fully automatic 4 speed transmission, first developed by Cadillac in 1940. Why is this important? Because this transmission is the world's first successful fully automatic tranny ever produced. Despite minor problems such as these, the product looks great on any coffee table.

3.0 out of 5 stars too bad, September 19, 2007

By	carcrazy "dan" - See all my reviews

this book is somewhat a disappointment. the original car pictures are awesome. the cars featured are the best. the text is clear and entertaining. the problem is the publisher, for whatever reason, decided to make every car picture a 2 page display. almost every car pictured in this book is cut in half. this includes smaller pictures that could have been fit on one page. this is expected for SOME of the pictures but not every one. after browsing only a few pages it becomes really annoying. the publisher could have made the book wider, or made some of the pictures smaller, or both. this could have been one of the most beautiful car books ever. even with this problem i rate this book 4 stars and i would still recommend it to others if bought at a discount.