Speed Read Supercar: The History, Technology and Design Behind the World’s Most Exciting Cars (Volume 6)

by Basem Wasef

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.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

Published September 18, 2018

Reviews

[Literary Redhead · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Speed Read Supercar: The History, Technology and Design Behind the World’s Most Exciting Cars” by Basem Wasef is a truly fascinating look at the sexiest vehicles alive, ones I will drive only in my dreams. This is the kind of book that gives my engineer husband the greatest thrills and will make a fab Christmas present for him and any man on your birthday or Christmas list! 5/5

Pub Date 11 Oct 2018   

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Motorbooks and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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[Randal White · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great source of information about "supercars". Those cars that can exceed 200 mph and that have the iconic sweeping silhouettes. The McLaren's, Lamborghini's, and Ferrari's.
The book covers the history of the cars, and where they are going to today.
It explains the advances in technology that are occurring, things like carbon fiber and aerodynamics.
And the tracks that they are tested and raced on, places like Stuttgart and Nardo.
There is a lot of good information here that will appeal to any car guy.
I am disappointed, however, that there are no photos in the book, only colored sketches. If not for that, I would have rated the book higher.

[Michael Cartner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book about cars

[Finnegan Steele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learn all about cars and the biggest names in the car world