This Portfolio covers one of Fiat’s iconic cars. Included are road & comparison tests, new model reports plus advice on acquiring a good pre-owned car. Models covered: 124 Spider 1400, 1600, 1800, 2000 Spider, Turbo Spider, Spidereuropa, Azzurra & Abarth 124 Rally.

This portfolio traces the life of one of Italy’s most successful sportscars. Included are road & comparison tests, new model intros & buying second hand. Models covered: Duetto, Junior, Veloce & Quadrifoglio with 1300, 1600, 1750 & 2000 engines.

Sports cars – to be driven open at all times, even when the sun does not shine – are as much a British icon as the black London taxi, the red telephone box, the Queen and Big Ben. In a country in which the sun only shines for a few days of the year, there has for many years been a long tradition of open sports cars, which have made fortunes for some of the great names in motoring history. This book recounts the sports car’s evolution, from their pioneering origins right through to today. Shoulder to shoulder with motoring legends like Aston Martin, Jaguar, Triumph, Morgan and MG stand the small artisans and less well-known constructors. One hundred of their key models are described with a brief text and a technical specification, all illustrated with an enormous selection of photographs. It is an ideal book for those who want a complete panorama of this fascinating motoring typology.

Models included in the book:

AC

AC Ace (1951)
AC Cobra 280 – 289 (1962)
AC Cobra 427 (1965)
AC 428 Convertible Frua (1965)
AC Brooklands Ace (1993)

ALLARD

Allard Palm-Beach (1952)

ASTON-MARTIN

Aston-Martin DB2 Drophead-Coupe (1950)
Aston-Martin DB Mk3 Drophead-Coupe (1957)
Aston-Martin DB4 Convertible (1961)
Aston-Martin DB5 Convertible (1963)
Aston-Martin DB6 Volante (1966)
Aston-Martin V8 Volante (1978)
Aston-Martin Virage Volante (1992)
Aston-Martin DB7 Volante (1996)
Aston-Martin V8 Volante (1997)
Aston-Martin DB9 Volante (2004)
Aston-Martin V8 - V12 Vantage Volante (2006)
Aston-Martin DBS Volante (2009)
Aston-Martin Virage Volante (2011)

AUSTIN

Austin A40 Sports (1950)
Austin-Healey 100 (1953)
Austin-Healey 100-Six (1956)
Austin-Healey Sprite MkI (1958)
Austin-Healey 3000 (1959)
Austin-Healey Sprite MkII - MkIII - MKIV (1961)

BERKELEY

Berkeley Sports (1956)
Berkeley B95 - B105 (1959)

BOND

Bond Minicar (1949)
Bond Equipe Convertible (1968)

BRISTOL

Bristol 402 (1948)
Bristol 405 Drophead-Coupe (1955)
Bristol 412 Beaufort - Beaufighter (1975)

DAIMLER

Daimler Conquest Roadster (1953)
Daimler SP250 “Dart” (1959)

ELVA

Elva Courier (1958)

JAGUAR

Jaguar XK 120 (1948)
Jaguar XK 140 (1954)
Jaguar XKSS (1957)
Jaguar XK 150 (1957)
Jaguar E-Type Series 1 (1961)
Jaguar E-Type Series 2 (1969)
Jaguar E-Type Series 3 (1971)
Jaguar XJ-S Convertible (1988)
Jaguar XJS Convertible (1992)
Jaguar XK8 - XKR Convertible (1997)
Jaguar XK - XKR Convertible (2006)

JENSEN

Jensen Interceptor (1950)
Jensen Interceptor (1974)

JENSEN-HEALEY

Jensen-Healey (1972)

JOWETT

Jowett Jupiter (1950)

LEA-FRANCIS

Lea-Francis 14 Hp Sports (1947)

LOTUS

Lotus Elan (1962)
Lotus Elan (1989)
Lotus Elise (1996)
Lotus Elise Mk2 (2001)

MARCOS

Marcos Mantula Spyder (1986)

McLAREN

McLaren MP4-12C Spider (2012)

MG

MG TC Midget (1945)
MG TD Midget (1949)
MG TF Midget (1953)
MGA (1955)
MG Midget (1961)
MGB (1962)
MGC (1967)
MG Midget 1500 (1974)
MG RV8 (1993)
MG F (1995)

MORGAN

Morgan Plus 4 (1950)
Morgan 4/4 Mk2 - Mk3 - Mk4 - Mk5 (1955)
Morgan 4/4 1600 - 1800 (1968)
Morgan Plus 8 (1968)
Morgan Aero 8 (2001)

PANTHER

Panther Lima (1976)
Panther Kallista (1982)

RELIANT

Reliant Sabre (1961
) Reliant Scimitar GTC (1980)
Reliant Scimitar SS1 - SST (1984)

SINGER

Singer Nine Roadster (1939)

SUNBEAM
Sunbeam Alpine (1953)
Sunbeam Alpine Mk1 - Mk2 - Mk3 (1959)
Sunbeam Alpine Mk4 - Mk5 (1964)
Sunbeam Tiger V8 (1964)

TRIUMPH

Triumph 1800 - 2000 Roadster (1946)
Triumph TR2 (1953)
Triumph TR3 (1955)
Triumph TR4 (1961)
Triumph Spitfire Mk1 - Mk2 (1962)
Triumph Spitfire Mk3 (1967)
Triumph TR5 - TR 250 (1967)
Triumph TR6 (1968)
Triumph Spitfire Mk4 - 1500 (1970)
Triumph Stag (1970)
Triumph TR7 - TR8 (1979)

TURNER

Turner A30 - 950 Sports (1955)
Turner Sports Mk1 - Mk2 - Mk3 (1959)

TVR

TVR 3000S (1978)
TVR Tasmin 200 - 280i - 350i (1980)
TVR S-Series (1986)
TVR 400 SE - 450 SE (1988)
TVR Tamora (2002)

When Donald Healey displayed a new sports two-seater on his firms stand at the 1952 motor show he cannot possibly have been envisaging the extraordinary success that it was to enjoy. Yet the reasons for that success are not hard to define today: the cars gorgeous, ageless looks, its mechanical simplicity, its very keen price, and the effortless torque of its big four-cylinder engine. The book covers all the four-cylinder 100s - BN1, BN2, 100M and the racing 100S.

In nine eventful years – 1957 to 1965 – the six-cylinder-engined Austin Healey evolved into a formidable and increasingly specialised rally car. By any standards, it was the first of the ‘homologation specials’ – a type made progressively stronger, faster, more versatile, and more suitable for the world’s toughest international rallies. This is the story...

The Complete Story is the only book to have been written exclusively about the iconic Mark 1 Austin Healey Sprite. The headlights in the bonnet and unusual radiator grill shape gave the car a cheeky grin, so it soon gained the name ’Frogeye’. The book covers the full story of the design, development and manufacture of the Mark 1 Austin Healey Sprite, including the considerable success of the car in racing and rallying.

A stunning pictorial review of the Bmw roadsters produced from 1929 up to 2006. Pictures in large format illustrate the cars in many beautiful landscapes. In appendix, a list with all technical datas and information.

All the Fiat 850 spyders, the special bodies included, produced up to the present days through the story of the Bertone coachbuilder and the analysis of the project 850.

Fiat’s history is not only about mass produced utilities and saloons, it is also rich with a whole series of glorious sports coupés and roadsters. This particular car category includes vehicles like the splendid 1933 Balilla 508 Spider, the first Fiat sports car of the modern era, the 1947 1100 S, the 8V and the 1100/103 TV of the Fifties. The subsequent 20 years also produced a wealth of such cars, among them the elegant 1200, 1500 and 1600 cabriolets bodied by Pininfarina, as well as the doughty 2300 S by Ghia, the fascinating 850 Coupé and Spider and the unforgettable 124 Sport and Dino, both of which were made in open and closed versions. The book reaches the latest cars such as the Barchetta, the Coupé and the Punto Cabrio, and is illustrated with attractive colour and black and white material, including detailed technical specification of every car.

2021 Reprinting

The definitive history of the Lancia Aurelia range, complete with in-depth technical descriptions, specially commissioned colour photography, rare archive pictures and advice on running these fine cars today.

Exhaustive monograh illustrating the spirit, engineering, design and road behaviour of the Spyder & coupé models.

The intention of this publication, whose author –apart from being a famous journalist- is a passionate collector who lavishes loving care on his Ghibli Spyder, is to trace the long journey on the open-top cars that carry the Trident badge on the occasion of the presentation of the new Spyder, and also to present the owners of the examples photographed here as representatives of all those who have never stopped loving these cars from Viale Ciro Menotti in Modena.

This originality guide covers the classic Mercedes SL sports cars from the W113 ’Pagoda’ of 1963 to the R129 which ended production in 2003. Model-by-model, with hundreds of pictures, it gives you all the details of correct factory specifications and equipment, including body panels, external trim and badging, paint colours, interior trim and trim colours, dashboard, instruments and switches, under-bonnet components, engine and transmission, lamps, and all other features right down to the tool kit, from the beginning of production to the end. All this detailed information is vital to the buyer, owner and restorer.

Through many archival documents and advertisements of the period, as well as lots of never published before pictures, a definitive portrait of this beautiful cabriolet. Included the sporting history.

The Mercedes-Benz W113 sports cars were introduced in 1963 and remained in production until 1971. They were known as the pagoda range SLs and were fitted with inline six-cylinder engines. The 230SL made its debut at the Geneva Show in 1963 and three years later it gave way to the 250SL, which was followed in 1967 by the 280SL. Included are road and comparison tests, new model reports plus full technical and performance data. Roadster and coupe versions of the 230SL, 250SL & 280SLs are covered and advice is given on acquiring a good used example.

A very detailed profile trough lots of pictures, technical descriptions, production data. Included the special versions and models.

A well illustrated portrait of these SL models of the sixties: origin, evolution, technical characteristics, production data, optionals, colour tables.

Mercedes-Benz has now been making some of the world`s most glamourous and desirable sports cars for 50 years. Beginning with the landmark "Gullwing" 300SL and Roadster, thru the 190SL, "Pagoda" roof cars, the long-running W107 shape to the current techno-fest R230 range, their success shows no sign of faltering. This book covers all the models in detail including the new SLR with the help of many archive photographs; a must for all Mercedes-Benz fans.

This detailed and beautifully illustrated book covers the Mercedes-Benz 107 series.