250 Years of Automobile History: from Steam Tricycles to Flying Cars

In this book, Stephen Parisien examines the impact, development and significance of the automobile over its colorful 130-year history. He tells the story of the car and its creators: from its beginnings in the 1880s, when it was just an electric four-wheel-drive wagon, to the early pioneering car manufacturers, through the interwar years and the postwar years of the 1950s-1970s, and finally to the present day in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This is not only a book about the horsepower and performance of cars, but also a personal story. It tells about super car manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz, Agnelli, Royce and Citroën; outstanding designers such as Iskunis, Loew Bouvier, McIlroy and Bongra, as well as visionary automobile industry experts such as Ford, Tata and Porsche. This is an epic and great book about cars and the people behind them.