Drive : the definitive history of driving

CONTENTS
Foreword
1 INVENTING THE CAR 1885–1905
	Introduction
	Before the car
	Internal combustion
	Motoring into business
	“La Mouche” advertisement
	The freedom of the road
	The triumph of gasoline
	Behind the wheel
	Cars for the rich
	Paris–Madrid race
	Against the elements
	Built by hand
	Reliability trials
	Coast to coast
	Lighting the way
	The Gordon Bennett cup
	Traveling by forecar
	Working vehicles
2 AN INDUSTRY IS BORN 1906–1925
	Introduction
	Ford’s production line
	The story of gasoline
	Toy cars
	Gridlock on the streets
	Citroën 5CV advertisement
	Track racing
	The first sports cars
	Taming the traffic
	Refined design
	Vehicles of war
	Bygone brands
	Parking lots in the sky
	Economy cyclecars
	Middle-class driving
	Cars of the maharajas
	Right or left?
	Crossing the desert
3 SPEED, POWER, AND STYLE 1926–1935
	Introduction
	Mainstream auto racing
	Record breakers
	The golden age of gas pumps
	At the car wash
	Streamlined style
	Unitary design
	Life in the fast lane
	Art Deco elegance
	The Bentley Boys
	Far-flung corners
	Making roads safer
	Morris advertisement
	Early Japanese cars
	Fast and affordable
4 THE CAR COMES OF AGE 1936–1945
	Introduction
	Trading up
	Driving on a budget
	Hollywood glamour
	Engine oil for all
	Car showroom
	After the Crash
	The first four-by-fours
	Cars in World War II
	Building the People’s Car
	Home away from home
	SS Cars advertisement
	The rise of diesel
	Automobile adventures
	The other Mr. Ford
	Peugeot 402
	Taking control
5 REBUILDING THE WORLD 1946–1960
	Introduction
	The world gets back on the road
	Easy drivers
	Mobilizing the masses
	Everybody wants a car
	Demolition derby
	Australia’s Holden
	Sign language
	European workhorses
	Traffic grows in cities
	Route 66
	Cars for the jet age
	The rise of the bubble car
	Sports cars flourish
	At the drive-in
	Roll on, roll off
	Driving in postwar Japan
	The home mechanic
	Family load-luggers
	Car production in the Latin world
	Glittering prizes
	A home for your car
	The US import market
6 TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY 1961–1980
	Introduction
	Japanese cars go global
	International rallying
	The golden age of sports cars
	The road sign revolution
	Space-age driving
	Safer car design
	Wheels of fashion
	British cars set the pace
	Meyers Manx
	Popular small cars
	Crossing the Darién gap
	Alternative car culture
	The Dodge Deora
	A new kind of style
	Feeding the meter
	The first air ferry
	Adapted designs
	Speed reads
	Viva Fiesta!
	Fuel crisis drives change
	Making a monster
	Cars of the silver screen
	The first Hyundai
	Rise of the hot hatch
7 THE CHANGING WORLD 1981–2000
	Introduction
	Computers take control
	A new class of car
	Japanese kei cars
	Chrysler Allanté
	Safety over speed
	Europe reunited
	The decline of Detroit
	Safer cars, cleaner air
	Retro designs
	A world in gridlock
	Hood ornaments
	American pickups
	The rise of the SUV
	Mega-mergers
	Taxis of the world
	Turning against the car
8 DRIVING INTO THE FUTURE 2001–PRESENT
	Introduction
	Who killed the EV1?
	Crossovers for comfort and space
	Satellite technology improves safety
	China hits the road
	Superfast supercars
	Honda’s safety system
	Dawn of the hybrid
	Handcrafted cars
	Under the hood
	Prototype testing
	The big electric switch
	Autonomous cars
	Future concepts
GREAT DRIVES
	North America
	Latin America
	Africa
	Europe
	Asia
	Australasia
Index
Acknowledgments