I’VE just finished reading an extraordinary new book that is the latest addition to what my wife refers to as my ‘petrolhead library’. It was an entertaining and thought-provoking read. It could easily be the last book I buy about cars. You should read it too.
Everything else in my petrolhead library is a joyful celebration about the things the automobile and the motorcycle have given us: freedom to travel, independence, a means of exploration, delight in their multifarious designs and engineering innovations, fascination with particular makes and models, the pleasures of fettling and fixing…