Author : Justin Allison
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845845552
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (458 download)
Book Synopsis Alfa Mail by : Justin Allison
Download or read book Alfa Mail written by Justin Allison and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfa Mail is about Alfa Romeos. What made them great – and what will probably make them extinct. It’s also about other cars too – great, good, bad and appalling – plus planes, bikes, places, people, prejudice ... and tractors. Motor vehicles are the greatest practical enablers of the 20th Century (even IT can’t physically take us to Hollywood, or hospital), and stir our emotions like few other artefacts. Artefacts and their creators make history. Thus, this book is also about great endeavours and sad whimpers. About inspired artists, dedicated engineers, reckless drivers, and intellectually barren marketing people. Fortunately, for sanity’s sake, this book is also quite happy to take the piss. And Alfa enthusiasts are used to jokes. Combines scholarship with unbridled prejudice. Occasionally makes Clarkson seem strangely reasonable. - A.H. Davis