Muscle: America's Legendary Performance Cars

by Darwin Holmstrom, Randy Leffingwell (Photographer), David Newhardt (Photographer)

In the 1960s three incendiary ingredients ? developing V-8 engine technology, a culture consumed by the need for speed, and 75 million baby boomers entering the auto market ? exploded in the form of the factory muscle car. The resulting vehicles, brutal machines unlike any the world had seen before or will ever see again, defined the sex, drugs, and rock & roll generation. America’s Legendary Performance Cars chronicles this tumultuous period of American history through the primary tool Americans use to define their automobiles. From the street-racing hot rod culture that emerged following World War II through the new breed of muscle cars emerging from Detroit today, this book brings to life the history of American muscle. Featuring exquisite photography of classic muscle cars by top photographer David Newhardt and a text that pulls no punches, America’s Legendary Performance Cars is the definitive muscle car history.

Genres: Nonfiction

384 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2006

Reviews

[Chet · Rating 5 out of 5]

My dad got this for me for college graduation. I love car books...but the writing in this is great. The descriptions of why these cars were built range from general marketing to race performance all the way to the social mind set. Beautiful photos and brilliant writing really add to the value of this book!