Book Reviews

New Book Preview: Alfas and Ferrari

December 18, 2023 By pete

The below article is a preview, not a review. We’ll do a full, detailed and illustrated review of each and every one of the following nine books (five in one set, two in another and two separate) in the weeks to come. But we also needed to let you know that these books are available now, and that in every case they come highly recommended. Hence this preview, which give you a good sense of what each book is about and how to order, just in case you’d like to dress up your Christmas tree. -Ed.

And with that, Happy Holidays to our readers, subscribers and contributors!

Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ

Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ documentation and register by Martin Übelher and Patrick Dasse. The book consists of five volumes, totaling 1500 pages.
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Book Review: Citroen DS/ID Buyer’s Guide

July 22, 2009 By pete

Citroen DS and ID Essential Buyer’s Guide

The Essential Buyer’s Guide: Citroen DS and ID, All models from 1966 to 1975. By Rudy A. Heilig. Published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. 33 Trinity Street Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1TT, England. Telephone 01 305 260068 ISBN 978-1-84584-138-6
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Review by Pete Vack

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Like the Citroen 2CV, the D series cars are one of France’s marvels of differentiation, unless of course you are French and living in France. Then the are merely a part of the culture, although now receding into the distant past.

Introduced in 1955, these unusual cars continued to be produced until 1975 after 1,330,775 models were built. Rudy Heilig’s guide covers only the 783,863 Series 2 cars, produced from late 1965 to 1975.
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Book Review: Lancia Delta HF Integrale

April 6, 2008 By pete

Lancia Delta HF Integrale:The story of a champion
By Blaettel/Wagner
Hardbound, 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches , 208 pages,
Published by Veloce Publishing LTD, 33 Trinity Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1TT, England ISBN 978-1-845584-132-4
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Review by Pete Vack

From the early 1980s to the mid 1990s, Lancia, already owned by Fiat, virtually dominated the World Rally Championship with a small, unobtrusive looking tintop called the Delta.
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