Out Of Print Books

By: James Taylor . The 1990s were a time of major change at Mercedes-Benz. As the decade opened, rival manufacturers were already making serious inroads into the company's traditional sales territory and, worse, were offering wider ranges of cars that...

By: Brooklands Books . Collector's edition limited to 500 copies, articles are drawn from leading motoring journals covering Maserati production between the years 1957 to 1998. Models reported on include the Sebring, 3500 & 3500GT, Mistral,...

By: Brooklands Books . Experts from four continents comment on the second generation of Japan's only real iconic sports car - the MX-5. The models covered include the 1.6i, 1.8i and Sport, the Turbocharged and 10th Anniversary edition together with the...

By: Brooklands Books . The Citroen Company influenced the Maserati models and a new engine was developed for the Citroen SM. However, by 1975 the plan was to put Maserati into liquidation. Fortunately rescue came in the shape of de Tomaso who put the...

By: Brooklands Books . This book covers the period when Maserati secured its future by strategic liaisons first with Chrysler in the USA and then with Fiat in Italy. In 1982 the Biturbo was introduced, a car aptly described as a 'mass market Maserati'...

By: Brooklands Books . In the year that Maserati won the Formula 1 World Championship they began to focus on low-volume production of high-performance road cars. All the early cars had the 3.5L six-engine, upgraded to 3.7L in 1964.  Later there were...

By: Brooklands Books . Between 1951 and 1959 Lotus produced the Mark III in 1951, the Mark VI in 1952, the Mark VIII in 1954, the Mark IX and X in 1955. The Eleven came in 1956, the Fifteen in 1958 and the Seventeen in 1959. At this point Lotus moved the...

By: Brooklands Books . Maseratis are true luxury cars that will always remain exclusive because of their very nature and that is the way it should be. Include are road and comparison tests, new model introductions, updates, plus a buying guide and full...

By: Brooklands Books . Creating a sensation when announced in 1989, the MX-5 was more than a simple re-creation, it was more of a re-interpretation bringing the earlier concept of a two-seater right up to date. Initially the only comparisons made were to...

By: Mike A. Sutcliffe . Mike Sutcliffe is a man with a passion. That passion is the early Leyland motorbus and he has devoted the last thirty years of his life to the rescue and restoration of several, now famous, examples. The Mike Sutcliffe Collection...

By: John Bolster . This is a book about the second phase of Lotus history. The first phase was that of the do-it-yourself cars, generally competition-orientated; the third phase has seen the Lotus become an up-market super car. For many enthusiasts, the...

By: Graham Robson . All the cars were brave in concept sophisticated in engineering, their specification so advanced and high-tech that prices were always bound to be high and sales limited. Yet when Colin Chapman conceived the Elite/Eclat at the end of...