Ferrari 70 Years
Published on 3. November 2016
320 pages
978-0-7603-5306-6 (ISBN)
Description
For 70 years, Ferrari has produced automotive works of art to fire the imaginations of car lovers worldwide.
A stellar combination of beauty, performance, racing success, exclusivity and Italian flair have combined to make Ferrari the world's most iconic carmaker. All these traits coalesce in the form of Ferrari's road cars. From the 125S in 1947, to the versatile 340 in the 1950s, to the stunning 250s and 275s of the 1960s, to the Daytona, to the shocking F40, to the modern era's outrageous hypercars the Enzo and LaFerrari, no other sports car manufacturer has so consistently set the bar for style and performance. It's a near unbroken 70-year run of hits.
Ferrari 70 Years lifts the hood on Ferrari's sports car history beginning in 1947, but also touches on Enzo Ferrari's early career with Alfa-Romeo before he launched his iconic company.
Author Dennis Adler offers Ferrari owners and fans an engaging and comprehensive history of Maranello's extensive sports car range. Adler's detailed text is accompanied by his gorgeous photography and supplemented by fascinating images from Ferrari's historic archive. There is simply no better way to celebrate Ferrari's fantastic history.
A stellar combination of beauty, performance, racing success, exclusivity and Italian flair have combined to make Ferrari the world's most iconic carmaker. All these traits coalesce in the form of Ferrari's road cars. From the 125S in 1947, to the versatile 340 in the 1950s, to the stunning 250s and 275s of the 1960s, to the Daytona, to the shocking F40, to the modern era's outrageous hypercars the Enzo and LaFerrari, no other sports car manufacturer has so consistently set the bar for style and performance. It's a near unbroken 70-year run of hits.
Ferrari 70 Years lifts the hood on Ferrari's sports car history beginning in 1947, but also touches on Enzo Ferrari's early career with Alfa-Romeo before he launched his iconic company.
Author Dennis Adler offers Ferrari owners and fans an engaging and comprehensive history of Maranello's extensive sports car range. Adler's detailed text is accompanied by his gorgeous photography and supplemented by fascinating images from Ferrari's historic archive. There is simply no better way to celebrate Ferrari's fantastic history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Beverly
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
355 color & 57 b-w photos
File size
82,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7603-5306-6 (9780760353066)
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An authority on nineteenth-century Colt revolvers and Winchester shotguns, DENNIS ADLER has written and photographed several popular coffee table books on the topics, including Colt Single Action - From Patersons to Peacemakers, Winchester Shotguns, Guns of the American West and his latest work, Guns of the Civil War, published by Chartwell Books and Quarto Publishing Group.
An avid collector of American West and Civil War firearms, he is also involved in the design and manufacturing of custom cowboy guns for collectors and shooters, and has worked with such distinguished American firms as Sturm, Ruger & Co. and serves on the Antique Arms Committee of America Remembers and the United States Society of Arms and Armour.
An avid collector of American West and Civil War firearms, he is also involved in the design and manufacturing of custom cowboy guns for collectors and shooters, and has worked with such distinguished American firms as Sturm, Ruger & Co. and serves on the Antique Arms Committee of America Remembers and the United States Society of Arms and Armour.
Content
- Cover
- Titile
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Luigi Chinetti, Jr.
- Introduction: Cisitalia-Realization of the Modern Sports Car
- Chapter 1 Zero to Seventy Years-The Evolution of Ferrari
- Chapter 2 Enzo Ferrari's Venture-An Independent Decision
- Chapter 3 Early Road and Race Cars-Building an Image on Road and Track
- Chapter 4 Road Cars of the 1950s
- Chapter 5 The Dino-A Tribute to Enzo's Son
- Chapter 6 Coming of Age in America-Ferraris of the 1960s and 1970s
- Chapter 7 The North American Connection
- Chapter 8 The 1970s and a New Look
- Chapter 9 Contemporary Ferrari Road Cars-1980s to the Present
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- A
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- C
- D
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- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
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