What not to drive / Richard Hammond and Andy Wilman.
By: Hammond, Richard
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Contributor(s): Wilman, Andy.
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BookPublisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005Description: vii, 159 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 15 x 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0297848003; 9780297848004.Subject(s): Automobile ownership -- Social aspects | Automobile ownership -- Humor | Automobiles -- Purchasing -- Guidebooks | Automobiles -- Purchasing -- Humor | Transport | Motor cars: general interestDDC classification: 629.222 HAM Summary: Top Gear's Richard Hammond describes the 50 cars not to drive. The result is a book which jumps from an enormous height on personalised number plates, but celebrates Jarvis Cocker's decision to drive a station wagon and Roger Moore a Renault 5.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One positive if belated aspect of 'Cool Britannia' is that British-originated cars have become (again?) among the coolest on the planet. Range Rover, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin - especially the Aston Martin - these are names not only of historic significance but have a new resonance in the contemporary world too. But what of the not so cool cars, the cars you shouldn't opt to buy - and those you shouldn't even be seen in or alongside? No, not the Skoda or station wagon, which have a heroic anti-car coolness of their own, but the Golf or Astra or professional footballer's Ferrari.
This is a book that jumps from an enormous height on personalised number plates, but celebrates Jarvis Cocker's decision to drive a station wagon and Roger Moore a Renault 5. It questions what happens to the status of your car after you have seen Bernard Manning or Jade Goodie posing next to a model of it in the newspaper.
So there is a 'Showroom Questionnaire' for car manufacturers to check out their customers before they deign to sell them a car that might become irrevocably uncool as a result. As funny as it is cool and aspirational, WHAT NOT TO DRIVE will entertain all who love the information, banter and humour of BBC TV's Top Gear.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Top Gear's Richard Hammond describes the 50 cars not to drive. The result is a book which jumps from an enormous height on personalised number plates, but celebrates Jarvis Cocker's decision to drive a station wagon and Roger Moore a Renault 5.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. vii)
- Part 1
- The Celebrity Factor (p. 2)
- Cars and Romance (p. 14)
- Wedding Cars (p. 29)
- Family Cars (p. 39)
- Fashion Cars (p. 58)
- Private Plates (p. 68)
- The Rules of Cool (p. 70)
- Classic Cars (p. 83)
- Part 2 Lifestyle Choices
- The Lottery Winner (p. 98)
- Poor, But Want a New Car (p. 102)
- City Whizzkid (p. 106)
- Old Person in Eastbourne (p. 110)
- Girl About Town (p. 114)
- Gangster (p. 118)
- Local Celebrity (p. 122)
- IT Consultant (p. 126)
- Farmer (p. 130)
- Environmentalist (p. 134)
- New Money Landowner (p. 138)
- Sales Rep (p. 142)
- Company Boss (p. 146)
- Media Type (p. 150)
- Fighter Pilot (p. 154)
- Conclusion (p. 158)
- Picture Acknowledgements (p. 159)