The Driving MachineA Design History of the Car\nAuthor(s): Witold Rybczynski\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: WW Norton & Co, United States\nImprint: WW Norton & Co\nISBN-13: 9781324123514, 978-1324123514\nSynopsis\nIn this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski 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 engineering, he takes us from Carl Benzs three-wheel motorcar in 1855 to the present-day shift to electric cars. Along the way, he looks at the emergence of mass production with Henry Fords Model T; the Golden Age of American car design; postwar European subcompacts; and the long tradition of the elegant sports car.\n\nRybczynski explores how cars have been reflections of national character (the charming Italian Fiat Cinquecento), icons of a subculture (the VW bus for American hippies) and even emblems of an era (the .