Three Million Miles in a Volvo and Other Curious Car Stories : 50 Fascinating Lives with Cars

Author: Giles Chapman

Biography: historical, political & military

Published on 11 July 2024 by The History Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 100 Illustrations, black and white
204 x 136 x 23mm | 312g

‘An intriguing series of tales about love affairs with cars which, like human relationships, can go badly wrong.’ – Christian Wolmar, best-selling author of The Subterranean Railway and Fire & SteamThree Million Miles in a Volvo and Other Curious Car Stories is a whistle-stop tour of fifty fascinating petrolheads and how they changed car culture for good.

Meet: The Prince of Darkness! The Sweeney’s ace stunt driver! Renault’s doyenne of colours and fabrics!Discover: A pathetic steam car! Metal underpants! The unseen brilliance of Jaguars!And find out exactly how one man adored his Volvo so much that he drove it around the world 120 times to cruise into the record books.