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- General Automotive Books
- Automotive Industry Books
- Automotive Magazines
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General Automotive Books
Ultimate Performance Cars: Fast. Faster. Fastest.
Sports and performance cars are every car enthusiast's dream, combining outrageous open-road performance, stunning good looks, and superlative handling. Ultimate Performance Cars celebrates these ultra-desirable machines, providing a detailed look at some of the great cars from around the world, past and present. All the great marques are covered, including Ferrari, Lotus, Corvette, Aston Martin, Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche. Illustrated with specially commissioned photography, each car is examined from all angles in close-up detail. Detailed specifications are provided for each machine. More Information
A-Z Japanese Performance Cars
Since the late 1980s, Japanese motor manufacturers have been producing a line of high-performance cars that has found a ready market around the world. Yet there has never been a single source in which to read and find out about these giants of the motoring world. Now, this exciting book profiles all Japans greatest performance models, detailing their history, technical make-up and potential for speed. At last, here is a book that fills a yawning gap: a reliable source of information about all the most significant and fascinating Japanese performance cars, many of which have never been written about before in English. More Information
Encyclopedia of Classic Cars.
The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars lists over 1000 of the world’s most coveted cars, clearly ordered by manufacturer for easy reference. Detailed text is included on development and technical features as well as specification tables, listing every fact and figure imaginable. With over 1300 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations, this is the ideal reference work for car enthusiasts and casual readers alike. More Information
Standard Guide to American Muscle Cars
The world's most popular book on the mighty American cars of the 1960s and 70s is back and better than ever. Updated with more specs, more information and more color than ever before. This edition showcases more than 300 of Detroit's tire-twisting cars from Ford, Chevy, Dodge, AMC, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and more. Listings include a historical background, original factory specifications, available options, original pricing information and an updated price guide, with current values in six condition grades. Inside, readers will find every type of high performance model from early full-size favorites like the 1961 Chevrolet Impala SS to muscle car heyday favorites like the 1968 Shelby Mustang GT 500KR. Muscle cars of the 1970s, 80s, 90s and the toughest cars of the early 2000s are also featured in brilliant full color. More Information
Automotive Industry Books
The Toyota Way
In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors. The Toyota Way is the first book for a general audience that explains the management principles and business philosophy behind Toyota's worldwide reputation for quality and reliability. Complete with profiles of organizations that have successfully adopted Toyota's principles, this book shows managers in every industry how to improve business processes by: Eliminating wasted time and resources, Building quality into workplace systems, Finding low-cost but reliable alternatives to expensive new technology, Producing in small quantities, Turning every employee into a quality control inspector. Winner of the Institute for Industrial Engineer’s Book-of-the-Year award and the Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Excellence. More Information
High Noon in the Automotive Industry
The automotive markets of the industrialized world are saturated. There is no longer any growth for the "growth-minded" automotive industry. This situation is not fundamentally changed by countries like China, India, and Eastern Europe, their markets are too small and develop their own automotive production. As a consequence, automotive industry sees a cutthroat competition, leading to an explosion of new models and rebates. This book offers an impressive analysis and gives a sound forecast for the global automotive industry in the next ten years. Expecially, the book offers a thorough analysis of the 11 big automotive companies in the world and their outlook for the future. It answers important questions: Who will survive, who will drop out? What will be the consequences for suppliers? Which regions will loose, which will win? Don't miss this breath-taking insight into the struggle for survival of the automotive companies! More Information
Inside the Minds: The Automotive Industry
Inside the Minds: The Automotive Industry features C-Level executives from some of the world’s leading automotive companies. In this unprecedented look at the business, executives share their knowledge on the future of the industry – areas within it that are poised for the most growth, the endless impact of technology and the Internet, consolidation, effective management and client services, automobiles themselves, and more. This unique glance inside the automotive world is a must-read for every professional either in the industry, or impacted by it (marketers, lawyers, financial professionals), as well as any individual with a keen interest in the business. More Information
Shift
When French auto manufacturer Renault acquired Nissan, they sent Ghosn to engineer the failing company's turnaround, and in short order, interviews and pictures of him were everywhere. The story behind his success is familiar to any reader of business publications, but he gives it here again, along with an extensive recitation of the business strategy that put the failing company back in black. Those who haven't heard the continent-hopping tale of Ghosn's family will be fascinated by the first few chapters, in which he talks about his Lebanese grandfather, who went to Brazil to make his fortune, and reminisces about his own childhood in Brazil and Lebanon. Ghosn sprinkles in occasional passages about his business philosophy, briefly analyzing why Nissan went downhill under the traditional Japanese system and expounding on the necessity of communication, dedication and never hesitating. Nissan's resurgence was doubtless a relief for its shareholders and employees. More Information
The Second Century
As the auto industry moves into its second century, it suffers from low margins and a sclerotic value chain that cannot evolve with customer desires. Inventories of many weeks pile up on dealer lots and at distribution centers around the world while executives applaud marginal improvements in factory efficiency. Value streams based on Henry Ford's mass-production model from the early 1900s do not deliver the strategic flexibility that is needed in today's increasingly competitive and demanding market. With billions of potential product variations, customers still compromise by selecting from a limited number of products sitting at dealerships or at distribution centers. Those customers who dare insist on a specific variation not only wait weeks but also pay extra for the privilege of telling vehicle manufacturers what they actually want. In The Second Century, Matthias Holweg and Frits Pil provide a comprehensive look at today's dysfunctional value-chain strategies, then systematically discuss the changes in products and in processes that are needed to bring about responsiveness to customer needs through build-to-order. They look beyond the dealer, the factory and the design studio to examine the web of relationships and dynamics that have brought the auto industry to its current low point. More Information
Time for a Model Change : Re-engineering the Global Automotive Industry
The automotive industry ranks among the most significant business phenomena of the 20th century and remains vitally important today, accounting for almost 11% of the GDP of North America, Europe and Japan and one in nine jobs. Although its products have had a fundamental impact on modern society in economic and social terms, the industry has found it hard to adjust to contemporary conditions and is thus no longer esteemed in capital markets. Riven with internal contradictions that inhibit reform, it now faces a stark choice between years of strife or radical change. Highlighting the challenges and opportunities that exist for managers, legislators, financial institutions and potential industry entrants, this book is a wake-up call for those who work in the automotive industry. Most of all, it gives us all cause to reflect on the value of mobility, today and tomorrow. More Information
Automotive Magazines
Car And Driver Magazine
For automobile enthusiasts interested in domestic and imported autos. Contains road tests and features on performance, sports, international coverage of road race, stock and championship car events, technical reports, personalities and products. Presents articles concerning all aspects of automobiles, including ratings of new cars & products, automobile news, and motor racing.
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Motor Trend Magazine
America's automotive authority filled with road tests, service features, forecasts and racing news. A guide new-car buyers & enthusiasts trust most! An import and export automotive authority. Contains articles on the automotive industry, auto repair, buying tips and other topics of automotive interest.
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Road & Track Magazine
Contains information about cars and driving and includes road tests on enthusiast cars and features on automotive subjects, humor and fiction, industry trends, travel, books and racing events. This is the oldest most authoiritive automotive publication devoted to car enthusiasts. It blends road tests w/ racing coverage, history, technical updates and feature stories.
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Automobile Magazine
This magazine is edited for automotive enthusiasts interested in the impact the automotive world has had. Its focus ranges from cars and machines to road tests and road trips. It also includes reviews of new vehicles, tips for vintage car collectors and information about auto sports and the automobile business.
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Top Gear Magazine
This is a BBC published automotive magazine. It is packed with many features, news and road tests! More Information
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