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BMW E30 - The Complete Story by James Taylor
$79.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
The E30 3 Series was the car that defined BMW more than any other during the 1980s, and it has gone on to become a much-loved modern classic. This book tells the full story of the cars from the time in 1976 when work first began on the successor to the original E21 3 Series. This new book features the ...Show more
British Ford Cars of the 1960s and 1970s by James Taylor
$99.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
The 1960s and 1970s were a pivotal period for Ford in Europe and, seen from a British perspective, were a time of experimentation and exploration. At the start of the 1960s Ford had models aimed at just two market sectors small family saloons and large family saloons but by the end of the 1970s they wer ...Show more
Factory Original Mercedes SL: The Originality Guide to Mercedes-Benz SL Models, 1963-2003 by James Taylor
$129.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
This originality guide covers the classic Mercedes SL sports cars from the W113 'Pagoda' of 1963 to the R129 which ended production in 2003. Model-by-model, with hundreds of pictures, it gives you all the details of correct factory specifications and equipment, including body panels, external trim and b ...Show more
Family Cars of the 1960s by Taylor James
$36.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport | Series: Britain's Heritage Ser.
The 1960s saw car ownership take off in Britain, as the newly opened motorways created new opportunities for the family to travel on holiday, to see distant relatives, or simply for work. But this was also a period of great change in the motor industry, and one from which it would not emerge unscathed ...Show more
Jaguar MKs 1 and 2, S-Type and 420 by James Taylor
$79.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
This is a history of all four generations of compact Jaguar, and their Daimler equivalents, tracing the gradual development of Sir William Lyons' original idea over a period between 1955 and 1969. From the powerful, luxury MK 1 and 2 cars to the 4.2-litre 420, this book covers design, development and st ...Show more
Mercedes-Benz Cars of the 1990s by James Taylor
$69.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
As the 1990s began, competition from rivals was threatening the Mercedes-Benz marque's position at the top of the automotive tree. Through a combination of audacious diversification and sometimes less-than-successful cost-cutting, Mercedes began a turnaround that would not achieve final success until th ...Show more
Mercedes-Benz W114 and W115 - The Complete Story by James Taylor
$75.00 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
The W114 and W115 models were enormously successful for Mercedes-Benz, and their sales in nine years of production between 1967 and 1976 almost equalled the total of all Mercedes passenger models built in the 23 years between 1945 and the time of their introduction in 1968. There were many reasons for ...Show more
Pack Up Your Troubles How Humorous Postcards Helped to Win World War 1 by TAYLOR JAMES
$21.99 NZD
Category: History
Artist-drawn humorous postcards were growing considerably in popularity at the start of the 20th century. When war broke out in 1914 trade in them soared as the government utilised them as a widespread means of communication, to bolster morale, stiffen resolve and lift up the spirits in the field, at se ...Show more
Picturing the Pacific: Joseph Banks and the Shipboard Artists of Cook and Flinders by James Taylor
$52.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
For over 50 years between the 1760s and the early 19th century, the pioneers who sailed from Europe to explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of a new world in the form of oil paintings, watercolors and drawings--a sensational view of a part of the world few would ever see. Today these works represe ...Show more
Range Rover Third Generation - The Complete Story by James Taylor
$79.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
The third-generation or L322 Range Rover was in production during a pivotal period in the history of Land Rover and it took the Land Rover marque firmly into the luxury market at the start of the 2000s, and set the tone for the models to follow. This book documents the whole story of this milestone mod ...Show more
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud - The Complete Story: Including Phantom V and VI, Bentley S and Continental by James Taylor
$79.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
Rover SDI - The Full Story 1976-1986 by James Taylor
$59.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
David Bache's superbly styled hatchback gave Rover a highly distinctive large executive-class car in the 1970s and 1980s, and a successful motorsport programme in the first half of the 1980s only added to its desirability. The original carburetted V8 and 6-cylinder petrol models were supplemented by inj ...Show more