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
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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)
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A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
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Racing in the Dark: How the Bentley Boys Conquered Le Mans
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131 books — 29 voters
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23 books — 4 voters
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Retrofuturism (nonfiction)
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In the Car with Your Feet Out
22 books — 7 voters
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YA Roadtrip Fiction
65 books — 122 voters


Arthur C. Clarke
Personally, I refuse to drive a car - I won't have anything to do with any kind of transportation in which I can't read. ...more
Arthur C. Clarke, Report on Planet Three

Boris Johnson
You know, sometimes I don't understand what's wrong with us. This is just about the most creative and imaginative country on earth—and yet sometimes we just don't seem to have the gumption to exploit our intellectual property. We split the atom, and now we have to get French or Korean scientists to help us build nuclear power stations. We perfected the finest cars on earth—and now Rolls-Royce is in the hands of the Germans. Whatever we invent, from the jet engine to the internet, we find that so ...more
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