| Cars We Loved in the 1980s Contributor(s): Chapman, Giles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750958456 ISBN-13: 9780750958455 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Automotive - History - Transportation | Automotive - General |
| Dewey: 629.222 |
| Series: Cars We Loved |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 7.8" (0.66 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It was brash, it was loud--the 1980s put paid to the glumness of the 1970s, and nowhere was that more obvious than in cars, which took a quantum leap in durability, performance, equipment, and style. They had to: Japanese quality and European design were luring away ever more customers. Features like fuel-injection, turbochargers, computer-controlled systems, and four-wheel drive became commonplace. This was also the decade that brought the people-carrier and the off-roader, new classes of car that radically reshaped family transport. Meanwhile, seatbelt-wearing became law, the M25 opened, speed cameras appeared, and ram-raiding was the new motoring nemesis. Relive everything car-related in Britain in the 1980s with Giles Chapman. |