LACar.com Book Review Robot, Take The Wheel The Road to Autonomous Cars and the Lost Art of Driving By Jason TorchinskyForward by Beau BoeckmannApollo Publishers 2019Hardbound – 244 pagesChapter illustrations by the author$24.95 USDISBN: 978-1-94806-226-8 (Print)ISBN: 978-1- 948062-27-5 (Ebook) WIRED AND WONDERING ALOUD… Before we start this revue, I feel that I must let on to...
LACar BOOK RECOMMENDATION: THE FORD That Beat FERRARI A Racing History of the GT40 By John S. Allen and Gordon J. JonesForeword by Jacky Ickx• Publication: September 2019• ERVO Publishing• UK price: £90.00 US price $120.00• ISBN: 978-1-910505-47-2• Format: 280 x 230mm 11.25 x 8.25in• Hardback 496 pages• 850 photos color and b/w This new...
Dean Batchelor Award-winning motorsports author Tim Considine says “Unequivocally, Ford v Ferrari is a TERRIFIC movie and evidenced by the enthusiastic applause at the end of the film, our opinion was shared virtually unanimously by the Academy audience.” Featured image above courtesy of The Cahier Collection (Bernard Cahier) Ford v Ferrari … Author Tim Considine’s...
This new book by Tony Baker stands out and deserves a second look. For anyone who expects it online soon, that’s not going to happen … just break down and buy the darn book. LACar.com Book Review:Southern California Road Racingby Tony BakerPaperback 128 pages, 223 photos$22.95Published 2019ISBN: 978-1-4671-0362-6Arcadia Publishing/www.arcadiapublishing.comReview by Dave WolinPhotos courtesy of the...
LACar.com Book ReviewThe Land Rover StoryBy Dave PhillipsEVRO Publishing – 2019, 311 pagesReviewed by: Don TaylorPhotographs courtesy of ERVO Publishing (except top featured image of the 50,000th Land Rover rolls off the assembly line in 1952 courtesy of Jaguar Land Rover) Try this. Look at the current Porsche vehicle line-up, but with a hand over...
LACar Movie Review“Ford v Ferrari – A Racer’s Review” by Dave Wolin By the time you read this, “Ford vs Ferrari” will likely already be gone from theaters; soon to be streamed or available on Blu-Ray or DVD. If you didn’t get to see it on the big screen, you’ve missed out … but do...
11.14. 19 … ln light of the imminent debut of the feature film “Ford v Ferrari”, fans (and non-fans as well) should also be aware of a new and highly-accurate documentary about the life and times of Carroll Shelby which goes on sale November 19th. -Doug Stokes Editor-at-Large Called, quite simply, “Shelby American”, it features some terrific...
1970-75 seems a long time ago in any sort of talk about modern motorsports technology, but this bright new book by the highly-respected motor-journalist Pete Lyons brings the subject into very sharp focus. LACar.com Book Review: 1970-1975 Formula 1 Greats LOTUS 72 By Pete LyonsForward by Emerson FittipaldiErvo Publishing July 2019Westrow House, Holwell, Sherborne, Dorset,...
Each of the pantheon of famous motorsports figures who Will Buxton interviewed for this book tells their own story LACar Book Review MY GREATEST DEFEAT Author: Will BuxtonArtwork by Giuseppe CamuncoliPublished: May 2019, by Ervo Publishing UKISBN 978-1-910505-40-3USA: $29.95 / CAN: $34.95Review by Doug Stokes My Greatest Defeat” by Will Buxton Just to set the...
LACar Radio-Play Audiobook Revue The Last Open Road By “BS” Levy Adapted from the book for audio, produced, and directed by the author 20 hours with bonus video features USB Flash drive: $55 or 20-disc CD set: $65 available at: www.lastopenroad.com photos by ASH and the author HERE’S THE DEAL: This is a very fun, funny, sardonic,...