Driving Gift Directory
Before you drive, make sure you know what's going on and get the most out of your
driving experience. If you've enjoyed a
driving experience recently, then why not follow it up with some reading around the subject?
These gifts complement perfectly a driving experience voucher or would make an ideal birthday present for a
car enthusiast.
> Lotus Elise
> Porsche
> Ferrari
> Aston Martin
> Subaru Impreza
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Alastair Clements
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The Elise saw the return of the genuinely exciting
sports car. This was the first Lotus for a generation to
truly revive Colin Chapman's ideals, proving a worthy
successor to the seminal Lotus 7. The Elise was the first
modern sports car to generate real enthusiasts, tempting
many classic car fans to change their allegiance to this
no-compromise contemporary classic. This volume
charts the complete Elise story, including interviews with
the car's designer and development engineers. It contains
information on buying, owning and running an Elise and
features details of aftermarket accessories and
modifications. Also included are appendices detailing model
specifications, performance data, production figures and
full listings of dealers, specialists and clubs.
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John Tipler
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With its bonded aluminium chassis and its glass
reinforced plastic bodywork, the Lotus Elise has pioneered
some interesting technologies. In this volume, motoring
journalist and historian John Tipler details the story of
the Lotus Elise, illustrated by photographs.
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William Taylor
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This title relates the story of the Lotus Elise from conception through to the latest S2 Exicie model.
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Paul Frere
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The Boxster, launched in 1996, has been a huge success
for Porsche. With sales having improved steadily to reach
today's level of 30,000 a year, it's now level-pegging with
the legendary 911. There is no-one better to write about the
Boxster than Paul Frere, himself something of a Porsche
legend, as the author of Porsche 911 Story, now in its
seventh edition. He tells the full story of this flagship
two-seater, which, despite considerable performance, is
remarkably practical for everyday road use.
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Tony Corlett
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The complete enthusiast's guide to the Porsche 911 3.2
Carrera written by the 911 3.2 Register Secretary of
the Porsche Club Great Britain. The first
comprehensive history of Porsche's very last
factory-designated 911 - the 3.2 Carrera - describing its
history and development. The book covers the model from its
resurrection in 1984 to final production in 1989 and goes
behind the scenes at Porsche's Zuffenhausen factory in
Stuttgart, looking at design, production and quality
control. Over 160 colour photographs.
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Jeff Daniels
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Over the years, Porsche has developed a reputation for technical innovation and for using cutting-edge technology in its road cars. This book travels chronologically through Porsche's technical history, each chapter starting at a crucial point in the company's evolution. From Dr Porsche's preparation of high-powered prototype Beetles for competition purposes, to the technology incorporated in the latest Cayenne and Carrera GT models, as well as the latest 2005-model 911, the reader is taken on a fascinating journey through the Porsche archives, revealing many fascinating and previously unknown behind-the-scenes details of the company's engineering story.
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Robert Edwards
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Fully updated to feature the Vanquish, 007's steed in die Another Day, here is the story of this elegant survivor of Britain's high-quality, low-volume prestige car market. Robert Edwards, who has owned and restored eight Aston Martins, describes every post-war model. The boook includes technical information, buying advice, driving impressions and sidebars on topics as varied as John Wyer (one of the finest managers to grace a pit lane), the R S Williams Lightweight DB4s and the AMR racers.
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Hartmut Lehbrink
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With understatement, high-class individuality, and conservative reliability, the Aston Martin takes its place among the ranks of the most exclusive sports cars. Only an illustrated book of the highest quality can do justice to the charm and elegance of this exclusive British car, making this volume an absolute must-have for every Aston Martin fan. Aston Martin is a feast for the eyes in the truest sense of the word. Lavishly illustrated with more than 400 colour photographs, which were shot especially for this book, it covers the entire history of this automobile a?? a history full of passion.
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David Dowsey
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Each chapter details an individual model's fascinating history and development and includes accurate and comprehensive specifications. This book is also about the talented people behind the scenes who brought these magnificent vehicles to life; their stories are intertwined with those of the cars.
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Philip Raby
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"The Little Book of Aston Martin" is a 128-page hardback book written by motoring writer Philip Raby. Aston Martin - those two simple words conquer up exciting images in any car enthusiast's mind. Images of power, speed and elegance with a dash of suavity thrown in. This little book gives a potted history of Aston Martin, outlining the company's chequered background and how it's evolved to be the prestige marque it is today, recognised around the world. It also features some of the most interesting and important road-going models that Aston Martin has produced over the years complete with performance figures and statistic fact boxes.
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Brian Long
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This is the definitive history, including world rallying, of Subaru's incredibly successful rice rocket Impreza models from inception to the present day and provides year by year coverage of all production models. Quite simply the best and most in depth book about Subaru.
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Graham Robson
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Fascinating book that focuses on the rallying Imprezas
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Richard Burns
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This book is a celebration in his own words and pictures of an extraordinary natural talent honed to perfection through years of gruelling training and competition throughout the world. There are chapters on his early life - his first experience behind the wheel was at the age of eight - plus a behind the scenes look at rallying, one of Britain's fastest growing spectator sports. The book covers the role of the co-driver, what it's like behind the wheel of a rally car and all sorts of technical information about the cars to delight the enthusiast.
Illustrated with 100 photographs, this is a book which will not only appeal to rally devotees but also to the fast growing audience of younger fans.
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Brad De Long
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Whether you're thinking about buying a 4-wheel drive vehicle or are already an experienced 4WDer, there is something in this complete guide for you. Learn how to drive on snow, ice, rocks, mud and hills, plus how to choose and use off-road tires, winches and other specialty gear. Every 4WD owner should own this handy book.
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Nick Dimbleby
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This guide gives information about the vehicles, equipment and techniques needed to drive safely and responsibly off-road in the UK and abroad and includes topics such as preparation and choice of vehicle; equipment and modifications; recovery techniques, basic and advanced techniques and a guide to where to go and who to contact.
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Tom Sheppard
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A guide for all drivers of 4x4s containing important information for those that never go off road, plus essential, detailed and copious information for those that do - recreationally and professionally.
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> Steam
> Diesel
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A.J. Goldfinch
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In How Steam Locomotives Really Work, the authors, both railway experts, cover the design of locomotives, the many processes in the conversion of fuel to tractive effort, the dynamic characteristics of the locomotive as a vehicle, the braking equipment, and a host of other systems, major and minor, that make up a working locomotive.
Steam locomotive design may have started in the United Kingdom, but it quickly developed parallel and sometimes diverging techniques in other countries, leading to many distinct developments that contribute to the national characteristics of some locomotives. The authors embrace this diversity, and railway enthusiasts from around the world will find this book engrossing,
fascinating and enlightening.
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Roger Siviter
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Roger Siviter has gathered together a collection of top-quality photographs that illustrate the last three years of steam traction on Britain's railways. Drawing on his own vast archive, as well as those of other equally talented railway photographers, he has put together a powerful sequence of images that will bring back happy memories for many steam railway enthusiasts.
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Clive Groom
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This is the compelling and inspiring story of steam, from its earliest origins with developments of the GWR and Brunel's involvement in the creation of railways. "The Little Book of Steam" is written by Clive Groom, an ex British Rail driver and fireman. Though steam is no longer our main source of motive power it has lost none of its romance. How many of us have gazed longingly into the cab of a simmering engine as the crew prepare her for the journey ahead. Packaged together with a 110-minute DVD 'The History of Steam', this is a fantastic gift pack for steam enthusiasts.
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D. Cross
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Following the Modernisation Plan of 1955, the railways were in transition from one dominant form of traction to another. Inevitably, one of the areas that saw early moves toward modern traction was London. This collection of photographs covers a wide selection of the diesel motive power which was working in and around London, both Locomotives and multiple units.
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Paul Shannon
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Rail Blue existed alongside steam for more than four years; indeed many of the specials which were operated in the run up to the final demise of steam traction in August 1968, often included coaching stock painted in this livery. In this follow-up to the widely acclaimed "Green Diesel Days", the author portrays through some 170 colour illustrations, the railways as they existed in the period from the mid-1960s through to the mid-1980s.
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Roger Siviter
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In many ways the 1980s was the 'Golden Age' of diesel
locomotive-hauled trains on British Railways. By that
period, for the many railway enthusiasts born in the 1950s
and '60s, travel behind steam traction was a faint memory,
now well supplanted by the thought of seeing Deltics or
Class 40s, to name but two of the popular classes that still
operated in the early 1980s. Although the Deltics ceased to
run in 1982, many popular classes would carry on throughout
the decade, making the 1980s an Indian Summer for many of
the first generation of British diesel locomotives. This was
also a time when many changes took place in the
infrastructure of the railways - and these developments are
also captured here. Roger Siviter illustrates this decade
with a series of photographic essays, including A Day at
King's Cross and St Pancras in 1981, Seaside Days, City
Stations, North of the Border, Freight Workings, Signal
Boxes - and much more. Any enthusiast who remembers this
time of change on the railways will enjoy this trip down
memory lane.
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