The Driving Machine: A Design History of the Car

“[A] compact epic.… Brisk, lucid and enjoyable.” —Richard Snow, Wall Street Journal

In this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski—hailed as “one of the best writers on design working today” by Publishers Weekly—tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists, engineers, dreamers, and gearheads who created them. Delving into more than 170 years of ingenuity in design, technology, and engin...