Beautiful Machines - The era of the elegant sports car

Beautiful Machines tells, in thrilling detail, the story of over 45 cars that defined the zeitgeist. The book contains wonderful full-color photos that show how the most successful grand touring cars became trailblazers.

Get a grand tour of the most elegant cars ever created. Experience an era when elegance, romance and outright performance defined the car – and the fascinating stories that made them icons on the road.

From the shark-inspired Maserati Ghibli to the fiery Lamborghini Miura, from European elegance with American firepower like the Iso Grifo and Facel Vega to the cutting-edge designs of the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale and Renault Alpine and the advanced technology behind the Jensen FF or Porsche 918 Spyder – these cars is not just a means of transport but as much an appreciation of beauty, freedom, ambition, innovation and speed.

This book was created and edited by Gestalt. Stories are written by automotive expert Blake Z. Rong with a foreword by Classic Driver's Jan Baedeker and Gestalt's Robert Klanten.

Language: English

Editors: Blake Z. Rong & Gestalten
Release date: October 2019
Format: 30 × 27 cm
Features: Full color, hardcover, stitched, 336 pages