Review by Pete Vack
All images from the book
At his home in old Wales near an ancient Norman castle, David Beare, historian extraordinaire, does his own thing and we are glad of this, because of his wonderful look at the flat twins of Panhard published in 2012, a two part history of Hispano Suiza and Pegaso published in 2017, and his comprehensive look at Fiat, Volume 1, which was completed early last year.
And we are now very happy to see that Fiat Volume 2, which takes the narrative from 1950 to 1979, has been finished and is available worldwide. In Volume 1, we enjoyed Beare’s use of colorful graphics, interesting anecdotes, and his knack of including social history as a means of background and to provide a deeper understanding of the forces that shaped the history of the company. [Read more…] about Fiat: Thirty Years of Progress Reviewed