American Cars: Past to Present

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Beginning with the automobile's early days and Henry Ford's invention of the assembly line, and continuing to the present day, this intriguing, richly illustrated volume traces the history of American automobiles. American Cars , with its stunning photographs and informative text, not only details engineering and styling advances from self-starter to tailfins to the birth of the V-8 engine and muscle cars, but also establishes a context for how the automobile has evolved and thrived in a way that parallels and vastness of the country and its wide open roads.