num_pages: 160
description: Curious about supercars? Speed Read: Supercars is the guide you've been looking for to every aspect of these imagination capturing eye widening land-bound speed missiles. When Lamborghini unleashed its Miura on an unsuspecting world in 1966 it set off a high-performance arms race that continues to this day. Ferrari Maserati Jaguar Porsche Lotus all accepted the challenge and over the following 5 decades numerous others stepped up as well; including stalwarts like Aston Martin BMW and Audi as well as small-volume specialists such as Koenigsegg Pagani Noble and Spyker. The result is a veritable smorgasbord of blazingly fast incredible handling delicious-looking land missiles available to anyone with several hundred thousand dollars to spare. Supercars are a complex subject and one in which nearly all car enthusiasts people have an interest. Every part of a supercar represents myriad decisions informed by engineering aesthetics human interface and emotion. Speed Read: Supercars helps the you understand the hows and whys of these fantastic cars offering an engaging review of history engineering design key concepts and key people.
language: English
title: Speed Read Supercar: The History, Technology and Design Behind the World’s Most Exciting Cars (Volume 6)
publisher: Motorbooks