Originally published in French with an English edition in 1981. I had a copy years ago and probably loaned it to someone and then forgot all about it so I was pleased to come across it again on the net recently and bought a used copy (inexpensive and in really good condition, too). What I liked about the book are the more than four hundred photos in color and mono and the coverage fortunately doesn't include anything before 1939, so the reader doesn't have to wade through a lot of irrelevant auto design history.
The cars are from the three main America manufactures but in Europe the vehicles are mostly from coach builders, page ninety-one explains why there isn't anything from Japan. The contents are arranged in year order with quite detailed captions for each photo. the back pages have list of companies and their output (and slightly annoying there isn't an actual Index). There is also a listing of cars produced by toy makers.
A great book for anyone who wants a visual record of fantasy cars from the forties to the seventies.
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