Cars

A car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation and a product of the automotive industry. Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels with tyres, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car. In that year, German inventor Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars did not become widely available until the early 20th century. One of the first cars that was a ...more

The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport―A High-Octane History of Formula 1's Rise in America, Racing Culture, and Engineering Marvels
Surviving to Drive
Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1
The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles to Paris―The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century
Bluff (Stacked Deck, #6)
Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best
A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership: Uncomplicating Cars for All of Us
Little Fox and the Wild Imagination
Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It
Racing in the Dark: How the Bentley Boys Conquered Le Mans
A Letter for Bob: An Award-Winning Indigenous Picture Book About Family and Memories for Kids (Ages 4-8)
Bye, Car
Backtrack, Vol. 1
Road Trip!: A Whiskers Hollow Adventure
How To Build A Car
How Cars Work
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
All the Way to Havana
Christine
If I Built a Car (If I Built Series)
From a Buick 8
Toot Toot Beep Beep
My Car: A Wonderful Story About Vehicles, Colors, Shapes, and Community for Preschoolers
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
Auto Repair For Dummies
Car Science
Car: The Definitive Visual History
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Car Mirrors
24 books — 5 voters
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb CalettiDriving Lessons by Annameekee HesikBe Still...and Let Your Nail Polish Dry by Andrea BoeshaarDriving Sideways by Jess RileyWhy We Took the Car by Wolfgang Herrndorf
In the Car with Your Feet Out
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Retrofuturism (nonfiction)
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Cab Driver and Taxi Books
111 books — 10 voters


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After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.
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