Speed Read Supercar: The History, Technology and Design Behind the World’s Most Exciting Cars

Speed Read Supercar: The History, Technology and Design Behind the World’s Most Exciting Cars

<b>Curious about supercars? <i>Speed Read: Supercars </i>will guide you through every aspect of these imagination-capturing, eye-widening, land-bound speed missiles.</b><br /><br /> When <b>Lamborghini </b>unleashed its Miura on an unsuspecting world in 1966, it set off a high-performance arms race that continues to this day. <b>Ferrari</b>, <b>Maserati</b>, <b>Jaguar</b>, <b>Porsche</b>, and <b>Lotus </b>all accepted the challenge. Over the following five decades, numerous others stepped up, including stalwarts like <b>Aston Martin</b>, <b>BMW</b>, and <b>Audi</b>, as well as small-volume specialists such as <b>Koenigsegg</b>, <b>Pagani</b>, <b>Noble</b>, and <b>Spyker</b>. The result is a veritable smorgasbord of blazingly fast and delicious-looking land missiles available to anyone with several hundred thousand dollars to spare.<br /><br /><b>Supercars </b>are complex subjects that interest nearly all <b>car enthusiasts</b>. Every part of a supercar represents myriad decisions informed by engineering, aesthetics, human interface, and emotion. <i>Speed Read: Supercars</i> answers the hows and whys of these fantastic cars, offering an engaging review of history, engineering, design, key concepts, and key people.