Drive On! Is the Greatest Book About Cars Ever Written
LJK Setright’s last book is 400 pages of dense, hyper-erudite British prose about cars and humans and the ways we’ve…
The two Czechs who drove across the world in a Tatra
In April 1947, two wild and crazy Czechs set off from Prague in a Tatra 87 and drove 40,000 miles across Africa and…
NASCAR Then & Now by Ben White
The entire review of this coffee-table NASCAR history book might as well be boiled down to the staggering power of a…
If You Buy Just One Book About Engines This Year, Buy This
Veloce Today's Pete Vack recently took a look at Griff Borgeson's The Classic Twin Cam Engine, a dive into the origins…
The Best Damn Alfa Book Ever Written
Pete Vack of Veloce Today wrote this compelling summary of one of the coolest books written about Alfa Romeos. We love…
The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History by Jason Vuic
As author Jason Vuic points out in The Yugo's introduction, the Yugo wasn't really the worst car in history. How did it…
The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Cars by David Borgenicht & Ben H. Winters
Every so often, a book comes along that redefines your notion of literature. The Worst-Case Scenario: Cars is not that…
Proving Ground: A History of Dodge, Chrysler, and Plymouth Racing by Jim Schild
I keep meaning to review a couple of books that every car freak should read (Nader's Unsafe At Any Speed and DeLorean's …
Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, by Matt Stone
This first words in this book come from the pen of Mario Andretti: "Paul Newman was one of us."
Ferdinand Porsche - Genesis Of Genius by Karl Ludvigsen
You know how a lot of marque-specific car books tend to be a bit on the lightweight side? A couple of anecdotes about…
Dean Jeffries: 50 Fabulous Years In Hot Rods, Racing & Film by Tom Cotter
I've been letting the titles stack up in the Jalopnik Book Review On-Deck Circle- including a really intimidating…
Glory Days: When Horsepower and Passion Ruled Detroit, by Jim Wangers
We've seen a worshipful GTO history book in this series, and now we're going to look at a book by the brilliant adman…
GTO: Pontiac's Great One, by Darwin Holmstrom
When this monstrous volume showed up at Chez Murilee- and this is one freakin' huge slab-o-musclecar-porn, displacing…
Hot Rod Garages, By Peter Vincent
For those of you who like to get your 90-weight-coated paws on some car-themed reading material, we're continuing with…
Cars Of The Soviet Union: The Definitive History, by Andy Thompson
Whether you're wrenching on a flying Spitfire or a leaking Spitfire, Haynes has a shop manual for you. Very useful, but…
Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life And Tragic Death Of A Racing Legend
If you're one of those weirdo intellectual gearheads who reads books, we're not going to give you the…
Amuse, Offend The Literate Gearheads In Your Life: You Are What You Drive
The mating call of the TVR owner? "I'd love to, but let's use your car." 24 Hours Of Lemons Chief Perpetrator has…
Tennessee To California in 20 Hours, Impala Style
I've been hearing a lot about Kerouac's On The Road lately, and even though I think it's a pretty weak novel- don't…