Rootes Story (eBook)

The Making of a Global Automotive Empire

Geoff Carverhill (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
240 Seiten
Crowood (Verlag)
978-1-78500-480-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The Rootes Story - The Making of a Global Automotive Empire traces the meteoric rise of the two Rootes brothers, William and Reginald, development of one of Britain's most important motor vehicle manufacturers. The Rootes Group acquired some of the most famous names in the British motor industry: Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam and Singer cars, as well as Commer and Karrier commercial vehicles. Over the years, some of the models built by Rootes would become household names: the Hillman Minx, Humber Super Snipe, Sunbeam Alpine, Singer Gazelle, Commer Superpoise and Karrier Bantam. In its heyday in the late 1950s, Rootes was the fourth largest manufacturer of cars and trucks in Britain, exporting to over 180 countries worldwide, becoming a global automotive empire. In this book, the people and various companies involved with Rootes are profiled, as are the cars and commercial vehicles built by them, with specifications of principal models. Personal insight from employees is given along with valuable contributions from the Rootes family themselves. This book celebrates the heyday of a truly global automotive empire and one of the most important British vehicle manufacturers of the twentieth century. This is the first book written about Rootes to be sanctioned by the Rootes family. Will be of great interest to owners and enthusiasts of Rootes cars, and those with an interest in British automotive and industrial history. Superbly illustrated with 52 colour and 361 black & white photographs.

Geoff Carverhill is an automotive journalist and historian, the author of many magazine articles on both well-known and obscure classic cars. As a specialist in American automotive history, he is a regular contributor to Classic American magazine. He is also a piano tuner and technician, a freelance photographer and music reviewer. This is his second book, the first being The Commer Story, also published by Crowood.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.11.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: 16/60 • 16 & 20/70 • 16/Hawk • 80 • Aero Minx • Alpine Mark I • Alpine Mark III • Alpine Mark II/IIA • Alpine Series I • Audax • bantam • Bill Rootes • Commer • Commer Superpoise • Dawn • Eighteen • Fourteen • Gazelle Series I • Gazelle Series II • Gazelle Series IIA • Gazelle Series III • Gazelle Series IIIA • Geoffrey Rootes • Hawk Mark I • Hawk Mark II • Hawk Mark III • Hawk Mark IV • Hawk Mark V • Hawk Mark VI • Hawk Mark VIA • Hawk Series I • Hawk Series IA • Hillman • Humber • Hunter • Hunter S • Husky • Husky Series I • IIIB • Imperial Mark II • Isuzu • Karrier • Karrier Bantam • Karrier Motors Ltd • Minx • Minx Magnificent • Minx Mark VI • Minx Mark VII • Minx Mark VIII & VIIIA • Minx Phase I • Minx Phase II • Minx Phase III • Minx Phase IV • Minx Phase V • Minx Series I • Minx Series II • Minx Series III • Minx Series IIIA • Pullman • Pullman Mark I • Pullman Mark II • Pullman Mark IV • Rapier Series I • Rapier Series II • Rapier Series III • Reginald Rootes • Rootes Securities Ltd • Sheila Van Damm • singer • Singer Motor Company Ltd • sixteen • snipe • Snipe 80 • Snipe Imperial • Stirling Moss • Sunbeam • Sunbeam Rapier • Sunbeam-Talbot • Super Snipe • Super Snipe Mark I • Super Snipe Mark II • Super Snipe Mark III • Super Snipe Mark IV • Super Snipe Mark IVA • Super Snipe Mark IVB • Super Snipe Series II • Super Snipe Series I/IA • Talbot • Thrupp & Maberly Ltd • TS-3 engine • Twelve • William Rootes • Wizard 65 & 75
• ISBN-10: 1-78500-480-8 / 1785004808
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78500-480-3 / 9781785004803