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BUILT FOR SPEED CARS


Built For Speed

No. of pages 32

Published: 1998

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Designed to appeal to young car enthusiasts, this book looks at the latest technology and advances that have enabled people to drive at incredible speeds of over 100km/h. The process of design from the drawing board, through computer simulations to the finished product is followed. The book opens with ways in which cars are dissimilar - their shape, size, engine design and special features. Historical facts scattered throughout the book provide background information to stylish supercars, racing rally cars, dangerous dragsters, futuristic cars and vehicles designed to travel faster than the speed of sound.

 

This book is part of a book series called Built For Speed .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Pavilion Books .

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This book has the following chapters: The quest for speed; designing for speed; on the drawing board; will it work?; engine power; racing wheels; supercars; sports cars; track stars; dragsters; rally cars; record breakers; shaping the future.

This book is in the following series:

Built For Speed

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