Peter Robinson
Arete Books /Abebooks AUS
ISBN10: 1921156104, ISBN13: 9781921156106, [publisher: Focus Publishing] Hardcover First Edition Rear of jacket has a small crease to the base else fine
[Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2006]
Peter Robinson ('Wheels' European Editor)
Book Orphanage /Abebooks AUS
ISBN10: 1921156104, ISBN13: 9781921156106, [publisher: Focus Publishing, Woolloomooloo, Sydney - n.d. (2006?)] Hardcover Hardcover, 31cms x 27½cms (12¼" x 10¾"), with dust jacket 246 pages Follow the step-by-step development of a landmark GMH vehicle from design concept to mass production - the first truly Australian Holden range in 35 years. Meet the people who made the decisions, see the evaluation process in action, learn how the full-size clay model is produced, hear the arguments for design revisions, appreciate the senior executives reactions, follow the interior space fit-out, compare Australian and overseas engineering requirements, attend the crash test laboratory, observe the fuel and handling tests, experience the outback & mountain test drives, watch the assembly-line revisions, marvel at how HSV further invigorated the model; and finally, phew, listen to the dealers, press and public when they are introduced to the VE Commodore. Its a book like no other automotive publication, packed with colour photographs, exciting to read - a real insider's volume, and beautifully produced. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
[McCrae, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2006]
Robinson, Peter
Ripponlea Books /Abebooks AUS
ISBN10: 1921156104, ISBN13: 9781921156106, [publisher: Focus, Woolloomooloo, NSW] Hardcover First Edition 246pp., Pictorial colour photographic dustjacket with portrait of author inside rear flap- covered in removable protective clear plastic, matching col. illust. laminated boards, illust. endpapers, intro. by Geoffrey Blainey, col. plts. & illust. & text, full page col. photos & illust., timeline, index. During my 45 year professional life i've written extensively and exclusively about cars and the motor industry and yet the level of complexity in the coming together of the many threads- in planning, designing, engineering, manufacturing and selling this new Commodore- has been a revelation. This is my account of that exciting story. And the great Australian car it has created. 0 Size: Oblong Quarto
[Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2006]
