If you owned a car in 1960s Britain, then you'll love this blast back in
time to when driving was still fun, highway speed limits were unheard-of
(well, until 1965 anyway), and buying a new car was a thrilling family
event. It was a golden period for iconic classic cars - the Mini Cooper,
Jaguar E-type, AC Cobra and MGB - but also a time when British
manufacturers really got their act together with stylish family models.
Who can forget great little runabouts with evocative names like Anglia,
Herald, Imp, Viva, Cortina and Hunter? Meanwhile, Rovers, Triumphs and
Jags were delighting executives as they cruised along near-empty
motorways. It was too good to last, of course, with regulations looming
and fancy foreign cars creeping on to Britain's driveways by the end of
the decade. In this richly illustrated book, Giles Chapman recalls all
the key cars of the era that you probably owned - or at least coveted -
and brings the swinging '60s back to life.