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Auto Legends: Classics of Style and Design

Name: Auto Legends: Classics of Style and Design
Author: Robert Cumberford
ISBN: 9781858943480

by Robert Cumberford, Robert Cuberford

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Overview

"Auto Legends: Classics of Style and Design is a collection of over sixty of the most important - and beautiful - cars ever made. From the 'horseless carriages' of the early twentieth century, such as the 1908 Ford Model T, and the sleek lines of the BMW 328 and Jaguar E-Type, to the thoroughbred Ferrari Enzo Ferrari of 2002, this selection provides a unique overview of the key moments of car design." The cars are presented chronologically in a succession of photographs by Michel Zumbrunn, widely recognized as one of the best car photographers working today. The combination of general views, taken from a variety of angles, and numerous close-ups of exquisite detailing allows the reader to appreciate fully these masterpieces of the car designer's art. Each entry is accompanied by a commentary by Robert Cumberford, a car designer and renowned motoring journalist, who shares his knowledge with the reader in order to highlight the history and essential design features of each vehicle.

About the Author, Robert Cumberford

Michel Zumbrunn has been described by the British Journal of Photography as ‘one of the world’s most successful car photographers’. He set up his first studio in his native Zurich in 1961, and thirty years later was one of the founding freelance photographers of French car magazine Automobiles Classiques, for which he continues to work today, alongside numerous other magazines in Europe and Japan. Zumbrunn’s other books include Auto Legends (2004), Italian Auto Legends (2006), Ferrari Legends (2010) and British Auto Legends (2012), all published to critical acclaim by Merrell.

Robert Cumberford is a world-renowned independent car designer and journalist, who, since 1954, has written literally thousands of magazines articles on cars, aircraft and design. He is Automotive Design Editor for Automobile magazine (USA), and Special Features Editor for Auto & Design magazine (Italy). He co-curated the major exhibition The Italian Avantgarde in Car Design, held in New York in September/October 2002. An American by birth, he now lives in south-west France.