Three Million Miles in a Volvo and Other Curious Car Stories: 50 Fascinating Lives with Cars

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‘An intriguing series of tales about love affairs with cars which, like human relationships, can go badly wrong.’ – Christian Wolmar, best-selling author of The Subterranean Railway and Fire & Steam

Three Million Miles in a Volvo and Other Curious Car Stories is a whistle-stop tour of fifty fascinating petrolheads and how they changed car culture for good

Meet: The Prince of Darkness! The Sweeney’s ace stunt driver! Renault’s doyenne of colours and fabrics!

Discover: A pathetic steam car! Metal underpants! The unseen brilliance of Jaguars!

And find out exactly how one man adored his Volvo so much that he drove it around the world 120 times to cruise into the record books.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ The History Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 11 July 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1803995491
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1803995496
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 318 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.29 x 19.81 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 47,470 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 13 in Automotive Pictorial 162 in Biographies about Artists, Architects & Photographers 386 in Photography & Video
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