the first automobile

10 Pioneers of the Automotive Age
12 First Commercial Cars
Mercedes-Benz Story 14
Early mass-produced cars 16
Ford Model T 18
Ford Model T inline 4-cylinder engine 22
The Birth of a Racing Car 26
Cadillac Story 28
30 Early Luxury Cars
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 32

1920s

Racing Car Race 38
Bugatti Type 35B 40
Cadillac V16 engine 44
Symbol of luxury and elegance 46
Lancia Lambda, 1922, 48
Hollywood Coupe and Roadster 50
Duesenberg Model J 52
Cars for the Middle Class 56
Rolls-Royce Story 58
The Sprouts of Compact Cars 60
Renault Story 62
The starting point of sports cars 64
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 66
Chrysler, 1929 70

1930s

Post-Great Depression mid-low priced model 74
Racing car and single-seater model 76
Chevrolet Story 78
Luxury Cars of the Depression 80
Lightcraft Scooter, circa 1937, No. 82
Sports Car Fever 84
Model 86 for mass sales
Volkswagen horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engine 88
Sunbeam Silver Bullet, Daytona Beach, 1930 90
Streamlined car 92
Lincoln Zephyr 94
A magnificent and exotic body style 98
BMW Story 100
Powerful sports tourer 102

1940s

106 large passenger cars before and after the war
Establishing American Style 108
Battlefield Taxi Jeep, 1942, No. 110
Practical Transportation 112
Ford F-Series 114
Roadster and Sports Car 118
Jaguar XK inline 6-cylinder engine 120
Jaguar Story 122
Compact Car Revolution 124
Volkswagen Beetle 126
Citroen Story 130
Midsize sedan 132

1950s

Economical Car 136
De Soto, mid-1950s 138
Detroit Finn and Chrome 140
Luxury and high performance 142
Ford Story 144
Evolution of Racing Cars 146
The Golden Age of Sports Cars 148
Chevrolet Corvette 150
Chevrolet small-block V8 engine 154
Micro Cars and Bubble Cars 156
Austin Mini Seven 158
Fiat Nuova 500, 1957, 162
Large sedan 164
Compact and mid-size cars 166
Chrysler Story 168
Convertible Style 170
Citroen DS 172

1960s

The Era of Success for Home Cars 178
Rear/mid-engine racing car 180
Luxury sports sedan 182
Aston Martin Story 184
The 186 sedan and sports coupe that swept the American market
Lotus/Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine 188
Ultra-luxury limousine 190
The BMC Mini, the vanguard of a classless society, 1968, 192
Austin Story 194
Compact Coupe 196
The legendary high-performance GT 198
Volkswagen new car crash test dummy, circa 1968, 200
The Twilight of Sports Cars 202
Mercedes-Benz 280SL 204

1970s

Supercar 210
Jaguar E-Type 212
The expanding compact car market 216
4×4 and off-road vehicles 218
Alfa Romeo Story 220
Sedan 222
Declining Sports Car 224
NSU Wankel rotary engine 226
The newly refurbished 228 Coupe
NASA's Lunar Rover, 1971, 230
Volkswagen Story 232
Muscle Car 234
Racing Car 236 in the Age of Power Limits
Hatchback 238

1980s

The Age of Turbo 242
American compact car 244
Toyota's export vehicles, 246 in 1980
Supermini 248
Audi Story 250
The ultimate sports sedan 252
Italian Designers in Action 254
DeLorean DMC-12 256
Porsche 911 horizontally opposed 6-cylinder engine 260
Lamborghini Countach 262
The 266, a two-seater beloved by yuppies
Ferrari F40 268
Discovering the Multipurpose Vehicle Market 272
Peugeot Story 274
Ultra-luxury luxury car 276

1990s

The emergence of the modern roadster 280
Mazda MX-5 282
Toyota Story 286
Evolution of Machines 288
Renault Zoom, 1992 290
The New Wave of American Design 292
Family-Friendly Car 294
Chrysler/Dodge Viper V10 engine 296
Porsche Story 298
The 300, a luxury sedan of the fin de siècle
Ultra-high-performance car 302
Bentley Continental R 304

Since the 2000s

Brand Rebirth 310
Crossovers and Off-Road Vehicles 312
Suzuki Story 314
Rediscovering the City Car 316
Tata Nano 318
322 over 300 kilometers per hour
Motorsports Champions of the New Millennium 324
Ferrari Story 326
The New Trend of Compact Cars 328
High-performance sports car 330
Morgan Aero 8 332
The Golden Rule of Sports Cars 336
Off-road vehicle luxury 338
Honda Insight gasoline/electric hybrid engine 340
Alternative Fuels and Electricity 342
Car of the Future 344
McLaren Speedtail 346
Sedan and Saloon 350

Engine Operation Principles 352

How Electric Drivetrains Work 354

Glossary 356
Search 359
Copyright 368
Translator's Note 370

You can forget all the car dictionaries that have come out so far.
One copy of "Car Book" is enough. ―Autocar Korea

After Karl Benz invented the first automobile in 1885, establishing a new concept of self-propelled transportation, mass production of automobiles began in earnest when Henry Ford mass-produced the Model T in 1908.
The golden age of the automobile industry arrived, and large, flashy cars became the symbols of Hollywood stars in the 1920s.
Thanks to the emergence of economy models in the aftermath of the Great Depression in the 1930s, automobiles emerged as a new symbol of equality in the era of mass production and mass consumption.
The influx of military technology accumulated during World War II in the 1940s led to the creation of engines and machinery of astonishing performance.

In the 1950s, automakers began to focus on speed, luxury, and power.
The 1960s saw the emergence of a wide range of cars, from family cars to luxury sports sedans.
The oil crisis of the 1970s and the growing awareness of automobile safety issues resulted in cars becoming easier and safer to drive than ever before.
With the rise of the Japanese automobile industry in the 1980s, the intercontinental war between the three major automakers, each from North America, Europe, and Japan, continued, and cars became increasingly safer and more comfortable.


Thanks to a revolution in automotive design led by Italian designers, even supercars and mid-size cars have benefited from new designs.
In the 1990s, SUVs and MPVs also began to enter the luxury car market.
Since the 2000s, hybrid engines have appeared and everything is becoming automated and more efficient.
In 『Car Book』(2nd edition), you can see various information and photos one by one, by era, nationality, and performance, of cars made in Germany, England, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, India, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Korea, and loved all over the world.
Everything about cars is in this book.

Car makers and famous automotive quotes from "Car Book"

For every dollar you lower the price of tea, you gain 1,000 new customers. —Henry Ford
I laid the foundation for the public to appreciate automobiles. —Armand Peugeot
We will develop a car that can compete with foreign cars in both performance and price. —Kiichiro Toyoda
I sold you my car and my name, but I don't sell myself. —Louis Chevrolet
The Mercedes name certainly has a personality that deserves attention.
Exotic and fascinating. ― Emil Jellinek
Ferrari is in high demand.
He was a racehorse and only cared about winning. ―Gian Paolo Dallara
All who buy the best buy only Rolls-Royce. —Lord Northcliffe

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★ Spotlight on 1,200 iconic cars representing the era
★ Specification statistics and infographics by vehicle model

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