Chapman's Car Compendium: The Essential Book of Car Facts and Trivia

by Giles Chapman

At this is a book packed with addictive automotive trivia aimed at every car fan worldwide. Intended to be dipped into but also a distractingly compelling read, "Chapman's Car Compendium" takes the reader on a fascinating global journey of bumper-to-bumper facts and other miscellanea. What is the brake horsepower of the 10 most powerful cars available today? In which 69 countries worldwide do cars drive on the left? What are the funniest bumper stickers to have been spotted on cars in America? The answers to these and over 250 other questions will inform and amuse the car lover everywhere, for whom this is the perfect gift. This is a fascinating and amusing book of automotive miscellanea from around the world. It is authoritatively compiled by award-winning car journalist Giles Chapman, a regular contributor to "Auto Express" magazine. It is an ideal gift book for car enthusiasts of all ages.

187 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

Giles Chapman is an award-winning writer and commentator on the industry, history and culture of cars. He began his career in 1984 in automotive consultancy, moving into magazine publishing in 1985. By 1991, he was editor of Classic & Sports Car, the world's best-selling classic car magazine. Since 1994, he's worked freelance across a huge variety of media. Today, he contributes to national newspapers and motoring publications, and was voted Jeep Consumer Journalist Of The Year in 2005, BCA Feature Writer Of The Year in 2008, AA Environment Writer Of The Year 2011, and Classic Writer Of The Year in 2022 as well as being shortlisted as the 2022 Royal Automobile Club Journalist Of The Year.

He's the author of almost 60 books including 'My Dad Had One Of Those' (co-written with Top Gear's Richard Porter) that was a non-fiction hardback best-seller in 2007 and has since sold almost 200,000 copies. This makes it one of the best-selling – and most popular – car books of all time.

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like cars and I like the almanac format, so what's not to like?