Fit for a King: The Royal Garage of the Shahs of Iran

A wide-ranging history of royal automobiles in twentieth-century Iran.

Iran’s monarchial history spans over 2,500 years; the automobile’s, not much over a century. It was not long after the advent of the earliest cars, however, that Iran’s Shāhan Shāhs used their broad powers to begin procuring some of the world’s most renowned and unique automobiles for their royal garages.

In his wide-ranging new book, Iranian automotive historian Borzou Sepasi details the story of the royal garage of ea...