Cars (Past & Present)

by NeilMorris (Author), TerenceHadler (Illustrator)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $6.33

  A younger version of the Travelling Through Time series, this book explores the history of cars from early steam-driven horseless carriages to today's high performance designer cars and mass-produced vehicles. It is one of a series which uses simpler vocabulary and a larger typeface, to explore the history of travel and transport from early inventions to today's high-speed vehicles. Each titles takes an in-depth look at a different method of transport , examining the great milestones in its development and its impact on the way we live.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $77.06

  The first cars, built at the end of the nineteenth century, were slow, uncomfortable and only for the very rich. But by 1924 Ford was producing two million Model Ts a year and motoring was here to stay. Exploring the history of cars from the 1800s to the present day, this book which is one of a series, describes the impact the 35 million new cars produced every year, have had on the way we live. It explains the increased speed and efficiency of car travel all over the world and highlights the milestones in their development.