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Books boeken steven parissien martin press hardcover 2014: The Life of the Automobile is the first comprehensive world history of the car. The automobile has arguably shaped the modern era more profoundly than any other human invention and author Steven Parissien examines the impact development and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history.

Readers learn the grand and turbulent history of the motor car from its earliest appearance in the 1880sas little more than a powered quadricycleand the innovations of the early pioneer carmakers. The author examines the advances of the interwar era the Golden Age of the 1950s and the iconic years of the 1960s to the decades of doubt and uncertainty following the oil crisis of 1973 the global mergers of the 1990s the bailouts of the early twenty-first century and the emergence of the electric car.

This is not just a story of horsepower and performance but a tale of extraordinary people. of intuitive carmakers such as Karl Benz Sir Henry Royce Giovanni Agnelli Fiat Andr Citron and Louis Renault of exceptionally gifted designers such as the eccentric Ohio-born Chris Bangle BMW and of visionary industrialists such as Henry Ford Ferdinand Porsche the Volkswagen Beetle and Gene Bordinat the Ford Mustang among numerous other game changers.

Above all this comprehensive history demonstrates how the epic story of the car mirrors the history of the modern era from the brave hopes and soaring ambitions of the early twentieth century to the cynicism and ecological concerns of a century later. Bringing to life the flamboyant entrepreneurs shrewd businessmen and gifted engineers that worked behind the scenes to bring us horsepower and performance The Life of the Automobile is a globe-spanning account of the auto industry that is sure to rev the engines of entrepreneurs and gearheads alike.

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