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Jason Barlow es periodista de motor, diseño y cultura, locutor y columnista durante muchos años de la revista británica GQ. También es redactor jefe de la revista Top Gear de la BBC. Barlow ha escrito para los periódicos The Times, Guardian e Independent, y fue nominado a un premio de la prensa británica por su columna semanal sobre coches en el Daily Telegraph. También ha presentado numerosos programas de televisión a lo largo de sus 30 años de carrera.

Brett Berk es un escritor independiente y periodista especializado en automoción, cuyo trabajo ha aparecido en Architectural Digest, Car and Driver, New York Times, Road & Track, Vanity Fair y Vogue, entre muchos otros.

Guy Bird es un escritor y editor londinense especializado en coches y diseño automovilístico, así como en aviación, arquitectura, arte callejero, zapatillas deportivas y música.

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As seen in Vanity Fair, CarandDriver, Architectural Digest, British GQ, and The Times

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‘A high-octane feast for petrol heads and lovers of design.’ – The Times

A ground-breaking survey of more than 650 of the most exceptional cars ever designed, organized geographically

The Atlas of Car Design is a global survey of the world’s greatest car designs, featuring more than 650 of the most revered (and occasionally reviled) models, from more than 190 manufacturers and more than 30 countries.

Organized geographically then chronologically by decade, the book covers more than a century of exceptional and noteworthy car design – from Japanese cult classics, French Art-Deco masterpieces, German iconic models, Italian icons, and British performance machines, to American styling sensations, and pop culture and family favorites.

This fresh take on an eternally popular subject, charts car design’s evolution across centuries and continents. Packed with images, combining period photography, studio shots, and original car advertising, the book’s oversized format generously displays the cars in all their remarkable detail.

With captivating texts that tell stories of engineering feats, economic twists and turns, high-society lifestyles, and the desires of the masses, this book is a must-have for car and design fans of every kind.