Top Gear: The Cool 500: The Coolest Cars Ever Made (Top Gear (Hardcover))

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The undisputed coolest rides on this planet, from the car fanatics at Top Gear

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 one of the crucial finest cars in motoring history. At the same time as many have fallen short of Top Gear’s exacting standards, others have triumphed, proving so damn cool they are termed “SubZero.” This unique bible of motoring coolness recounts the stories at the back of history’s greatest cars, from prewar vintage motors to the supercars of the future, pairing stunning Top Gear photography and rarely seen archive photographs with expert remark. It breaks down the technology at the back of these improbable machines and places every car in the context of its time, with anecdotes and analysis that provide an explanation for just what’s so cool about every 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 by way of Steve McQueen’s Ford Mustang and James Dean’s doomed Porsche Spyder, this is social history as much as car worship. This is the evolution of cool, Top Gear-style; the definitive guide to the undisputed coolest cars on this planet.

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