The Big Book of Tiny Cars
A Century of Diminutive Automotive Oddities
by Russell Hayes
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Pub Date 21 Dec 2021 | Archive Date 21 Dec 2021
Quarto Publishing Group – Motorbooks | Motorbooks
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Description
From tiny homes to little lending libraries and even tiny food, people everywhere are resetting the premium they put on size. Fact is, the automotive industry has a “tiny” history going back to the car’s earliest days.
Beginning with the Curved Dash Oldsmobile and continuing through prewar classics such as the Austin Seven and Hanomag Kommissbrot, The Big Book of Tiny Cars is truly international in scope. Witness diminutive cars like the Bond Minicar and the BMWIsetta introduced to fuel-deprived postwar Europe, and continue through the classic 1950s microcars and ’70s subcompacts, right up to today’s tiny cars and electric vehicles (EVs) fromthe likes of Smart and Fiat.
In addition to iconic curiosities like the frog-like Goggomobil Dart, the futuristic Sebring Vanguard Citicar, and the three-wheeled Reliant Robin, you’ll read about more familiar classics like the VW Beetle, MiniCooper, and Crosley Super Sport. Other manufacturers represented include Honda, Datsun, Mitsubishi, Trabant, Heinkel, Renault, and Messerschmitt, to name a few.
- Each car is profiled with an entertaining and informative history and a fact box.
- Imagery includes archival photos, period ads, and modern photography.
- In all, more than 100 cars are included, from the weird to the sublime.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780760370629 |
| PRICE | US$40.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 176 |
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 823425
If you're a fan of both history and cars, look no further than The Big Book of Tiny Cars. Starting from the 1900s all the way to today, Hayes gives a chronological overview of all the most popular and visually appealing microcars, minicars, bubble cars and similar tiny vehicles. Each car comes with not only the information on its production history and social context, but also a bunch of car photographs and advertising drawings, essential facts like dimensions, engine and performance, and some fun facts and trivia.
This information-packed colourful book would also make the perfect present for any fan of odd or vintage vehicles that can usually be seen only in museums or old magazines. Huge thank you to NetGalley, Russell Hayes and Quarto Publishing Group for the advanced reader copy.
Janet P, Reviewer
Full of delightful vintage pictures, this book has entertaining essays about tiny cars from an early Oldsmobile until cars made since 2010. Although some of the information is a biit too ger-heady for the general reader, it's a fun book.
Randal W, Reviewer
Oh, what a fun little book! Chock full of wonderful little cars that time has seemed to forget. With over a hundred examples! I remember reading about some of these in the past, even seen a few of them in person, but this book really opened my eyes to a world that I scarcely knew existed. If this book does not bring a smile to your face, you must be the Grinch!
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