Bugatti 57 – The Last French Bugatti –
Classic Reprint
By Barrie Price
The magnificent Type 57 was the final flowering of the genius of Ettore Bugatti and Jean Bugatti, and was the last truly new model from the Bugatti factory in Molsheim, France.
Conceived as a fast, luxurious and exclusive touring car, the T57 was in production from 1934 to 1939, and was so successful that the model accounts for around 10 percent of all Bugattis built at Molsheim.
Not only a sales success, the T57 formed the basis of a Grand Prix model, a twice Le Mans-winning sports racing car and, in road-going form, wore some of the most beautiful bodies ever created by the great coachbuilders of the vintage period.
This work by author Barrie Price is a concise history of the T57 and its derivatives the T59, T64 and T101, as well as an engineering analysis and the most thorough survey yet of the many coachbuilt bodies fitted to this famous chassis. The reader will also find appendices crammed with detailed and valuable information ranging from chassis numbers and original owners to sales and service statistics.
$75 (£45) www.veloce.co.uk
Tricycles, Quadricycles and Light Cars 1894-1907: A Forgotten History
By Aldo Carrer
This book illustrates with rare, vintage photographs the birth of three- and four-wheeled internal combustion, steam and electric motor vehicles from the years 1894-1907. These fascinating images depict the large and unusual variety of vehicles in the United States, France, England, Germany, Austria and Italy during this seminal time in transportation history. The book shows in detail the vehicles, people and the spirit of the era, and also reveals a period in history full of genius ideas, brave bikers and a romanticism long gone. It is coprised of 176 pages of black & white images with English, German and Italian captions.
$59.99 www.schifferbooks.com
